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“Zendaya like Madonna.”
She hadn’t even graduated from Disney Channel when she scored a role in the mega-blockbusterSpider-Man: Homecoming.
Not bad for a film debut, right?
Apparently the revolutionary organization held meetings in his family’s basement.
“My aunties were Black Panthers,” Zendaya said.
“Afros, the whole nine.”
“She knows she’s reaping the benefits from those who paved the way for her.”
Unsure what to do, her parents attended seminars to learn how to deal with a timid child.
Her shyness became such an issue that she did kindergarten twice.
“He was like … ‘I want you to try it and see if you like it.’
And then, of course, my parents were right.
I got on stage and I was ecstatic,” she shared.
She went on, “And it’s history from there.”
But as much progress as Zendaya has made, she hasn’t completely overcome her timidness.
I can’t help it."
We’re sure many people can relate to that.
“It’s funny where things evolved from and it’s cool to start small.”
Oh, and she revealed toTV Guidethat she blew a line during her chemistry read with eventual co-starBella Thorne.
Zendaya toldJ-14, “I originally came in for CeCe, and they asked me to read for Rocky.
And I really felt Rocky.
I had a connection with her character.”
“But then I said, ‘The hell with it.
Let them flow.'”
Can you blame him?
“I couldn’t believe that’s how I’d been getting my meat!”
Once she watched the PETA documentaryGlass Walls, she’d seen everything she needed to see to go meat-free.
But there is one thing she craved after going vegetarian.
She refuses to get taken advantage of and has been that way from an early age.
And she wanted the show, which was renamedK.C.
Undercover, to feature a family of color because she felt the mainstream media was lacking in that department.
“Thereneedsto be a black family on the Disney Channel,” Zendaya toldGlamour.
In the end, Zendaya got what she wanted, as well as a producer title.
Giuliana Rancicfelt the wrath of Zendaya and her supporters following the 2015 Oscars.
She released her self-titled debut album in 2013 and watched it peak at No.
51 on theBillboard 200, thanks, in part, to her platinum single “Replay.”
It sucks you dry a little bit.
Still, she hasn’t completely given up on the music business.
She wants to write songs for other artists one day… just not right now.
She toldGlamourthat she mostly shopped in the boys’ section.
“The whole point is [to wear] whatever you feel confident in.”
Before you go searching forDaya, we should note the clothing line is no more.
Zendaya wasn’t named in the lawsuit, but she probably learned a hard lesson in business.
Every child star goes through it, but few as smoothly as Zendaya.
Sure, there were a few small bumps in the road, but she persevered.
Zendaya also avoided the headline-making run-ins with the law that often plague former child stars.
“Queens is one of the most diverse places in the world.”
She doesn’t like discussing the subject and wishes people would stop inquiring about it.
People were particularly interested in knowing if Zendaya andSpider-Manco-star Tom Holland dated, as has often been speculated.
Zendaya denied that they were an item in an interview withVariety, claiming, “We are friends.”
But Zendaya did give some rare insight into her love life in a 2017 interview withVogue.
She said her boyfriend of four years called it quits with her shortly after gifting her a dog.
“It was my first love,” she said.
“It wasn’t a good ending.”
But she insisted she wasn’t too down in the dumps about the whole thing.
In other words, she took the Taylor Swift approach.
Zendaya toldVogueherEuphoriagig was the hardest role to prepare for.
And I get it: I’m a Disney kid.
There’s a lot to prove."
Even Zendaya admitted to doubting herself at times while shooting the series.
Turns out she could.Varietycalled her performance as Rue inEuphoria"breathtaking."
Tina Knowles-Lawson wrote on Instagram that she deserves an Emmy nomination (viaYahoo!
And she’sBeyonce’s mom that has to count for something.
