Zendaya nonetheless thinks about her 2013 stint on “Dancing with the Stars.” The runner-up on Season 16 of the ABC dance competitors sequence advised W in a current interview that she wished she had not taken the present as critically as she did on the time.
“I took it very critically, which, looking back, I want I didn’t,” Zendaya stated. “I want I’d loved it a bit of bit extra and simply was like, ‘Eh, no matter.’ You already know what I imply? However I used to be stressing myself out. I actually went by it on that.”
The “Challengers” star was in the end defeated by Kellie Pickler and Derek Hough for the glory of the Mirror Ball Trophy. She danced with Valentin Chmerkovskiy and earned second place over NFL broad receiver Jacoby Jones and Karina Smirnoff.
Zendaya continued, “Hear, I’m nonetheless harboring a bit of animosity about that. I felt that loss. I used to be solely 16 years outdated, and it was extremely hectic. Being on dwell tv each week? It’s so scary.”
Since leaving the present, she has not watched “Dancing with the Stars.”
“I didn’t actually watch ‘Dancing with the Stars’ earlier than I used to be on ‘Dancing with the Stars,’” Zendaya stated in an interview final October with EW’s The Awardist podcast, sharing that she doesn’t imagine she was essentially the precise target market for the sequence. “My grandma loves ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ that’s her bag. However yeah, I additionally assume it was a really hectic expertise. I used to be like, I don’t assume I’m gonna be watching this anymore.”