{"id":73372,"date":"2024-02-04T11:16:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T11:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/04\/zendaya-reveals-why-she-had-to-protect-herself-as-a-child-stari-wish-i-couldve-just-been-a-kid\/"},"modified":"2024-02-04T11:16:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T11:16:22","slug":"zendaya-reveals-why-she-had-to-protect-herself-as-a-child-stari-wish-i-couldve-just-been-a-kid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/04\/zendaya-reveals-why-she-had-to-protect-herself-as-a-child-stari-wish-i-couldve-just-been-a-kid\/","title":{"rendered":"Zendaya reveals why she had to ‘protect’ herself as a child star:’I wish I could’ve just been a kid’"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Zendaya<\/a> had to learn to “protect” herself as a child star.<\/p>\n

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Zendaya had to protect herself as a child star<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old actress shot to fame in her early teens when she was cast alongside Bella Thorne<\/a> in the Disney Channel sitcom ‘Shake It Up’ before going onto a glamorous Hollywood career in later years but admitted that she sometimes wishes she could have stayed as a normal kid for a “bit longer” as she recalled feeling very “vulnerable” at a young age. <\/p>\n

Speaking on YouTube series PayOrWait, she said: “It’s a lesson you have to learn young. I was a kid thrown into a very adult industry where if you do have a perspective or something to say, it’s like ‘Well they’re a kid’. And the parents…it’s like…they are just the parents so you have to learn how to protect yourself quite quickly. <\/p>\n

“For me, it was a lesson learned quite early – back in my Disney days – of little tricks and little things I could do to protect myself, or protect my peace or protect my happiness. I think when you’re a kid in this industry, you’re very vulnerable. I do wish I could have just been a kid for a little bit longer but yeah, the lessons happened very early. I don’t know if there was a specific moment but it definitely happened quite young, having to learn to have my own back a little bit.” <\/p>\n

However, the ‘Dune: Part Two’ star recalled having an on-set teacher during her time on Disney Chanel who she felt prioritised the child’s wellbeing above all else and claimed it may come as a “surprise” to learn that someone like that is fairly uncommon in the industry. <\/p>\n

\nShe said: “I had a wonderful on-set teacher who was very adamant about safety, breaks, time and so…she’s like an aunt to me now. Shoutout to Monique! <\/p>\n

\n“She became my family, but she was someone who just advocated for the kid, she’d say ‘They need to take a break’, or ‘That’s too dangerous, I don’t want them doing that’, or ‘They have school!’. <\/p>\n

\n“You’d be surprised how that is not common practice in this industry.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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