{"id":2216891,"date":"2024-04-09T19:44:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T23:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zendaya-talks-becoming-breadwinner-as-child-star-says-she-wished-she-went-to-school\/"},"modified":"2024-04-09T19:46:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T23:46:23","slug":"zendaya-talks-becoming-breadwinner-as-child-star-says-she-wished-she-went-to-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zendaya-talks-becoming-breadwinner-as-child-star-says-she-wished-she-went-to-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Zendaya discusses taking on the role of the family&#8217;s primary earner as a young star and expresses regret for missing out on traditional schooling"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">48<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fzendaya-talks-becoming-breadwinner-as-child-star-says-she-wished-she-went-to-school%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2216891&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Zendaya, a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yes-bidens-hhs-pick-advocates-puberty-blockers-medical-transition-of-minors\/\" title=\"Yes, Biden\u2019s HHS Pick Advocates Puberty Blockers, Medical Transition Of Minors\">child star<\/a>, reflected on shouldering family financial responsibilities early in her Hollywood \u2063career and\u200d shared regrets\u200b about\u2062 missing out on a traditional \u200ceducation. In\u2063 a Vogue interview, Zendaya expressed complicated feelings \u200btowards children in the limelight\u200c and \u2064discussed her transition \u200cto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/7-bro-comedy-films-that-couldnt-be-made-in-todays-woke-era\/\" title=\"7 \u2018Bro-Comedy\u2019 Films That Couldn\u2019t Be Made In Today\u2019s Woke Era\">adult responsibilities<\/a>.\u200d Her journey highlights the challenges and complexities of \u2064fame \u200cat a young age.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/zendaya\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Zendaya<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  talked about becoming the \u201cbreadwinner\u201d as a child star and how she wished she went to school, after getting started working in Hollywood at age 13 and never getting to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-the-racist-left-smears-clarence-thomas-as-an-angry-black-man\/\" title=\"Why The Racist Left Smears Clarence Thomas As An \u2018Angry Black Man\u2019\">attend high school<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/zendaya-may-cover-2024-interview\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Vogue<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  article, the 27-year-old actress \u2014 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">born <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Zendaya Coleman \u2014 admitted she has \u201ccomplicated feelings about kids and fame and being in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-holds-parking-lot-rally-for-ossoff-and-warnock-at-empty-wearhouse-photos-where-are-the-people-this-guy-got-81-million-votes\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Holds Parking Lot Rally for Ossoff and Warnock at Empty Wearhouse \u2014 Photos \u2014 WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE? This Guy Got 81 Million Votes?\">public eye<\/a>, or being a child actor,\u201d noting there\u2019s \u201ccases of it being detrimental\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAnd I think only now, as an adult, am I starting to go, Oh, okay, wait a minute: I\u2019ve only ever done what I\u2019ve known, and this is all I\u2019ve known,\u201d Zendaya explained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019m almost going through my angsty teenager phase now, because I didn\u2019t really have the time to do it before,\u201d she added. \u201cI felt like I was thrust into a very adult position: I was becoming the breadwinner of my family very early, and there was a lot of role-\u200breversal happening, and just kind of becoming grown<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  really.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Zendaya says breaking away from high school roles is \u201crefreshing,\u201d but admits \u201cI wish I went to school\u201d in real life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have complicated feelings about kids and fame\u2026I was thrust into a very adult position [as a teen star]: I was becoming the breadwinner of my family very\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8TG67mVezm\">pic.twitter.com\/8TG67mVezm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Variety (@Variety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Variety\/status\/1777710727999988216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The \u201cSpider-Man: No Way Home\u201d star said she felt she needed to be \u201cthis perfect being, and be everything that everyone needs me to be, and live up to all these expectations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now, when I have these moments in my career\u2014like, my first time leading a film that\u2019s actually going to be in a theater\u2014I feel like I shrink, and I can\u2019t enjoy all the things that are happening to me, because I\u2019m like this\u2026I\u2019m very tense<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  and I think that I carry that from being a kid and never really having an opportunity to just try s***,\u201d Zendaya said. \u201cAnd I wish I went to school.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI think growing up, I always felt like when someone asks for a picture, I have to do it, all the time,\u201d she added. \u201cYou have to say yes, because you need to be grateful that you\u2019re here. And while I still feel that way, I also have learned that I can say no, and I can say kindly that I\u2019m having a day off, or I\u2019m just trying to be to myself today, and I don\u2019t actually have to perform all the time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cBecause I don\u2019t necessarily want my kids to have to deal with this,\u201d Zendaya continued. \u201cAnd what does my future look like? Am I going to be a public-facing person forever?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When asked <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">about what her \u201cperfect future\u201d would like like, she said, \u201cmake things and pop out when I need to pop out, and have a protected life with my family, not worried if I\u2019m not delivering <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">something all the time, or not giving all the time, that everything\u2019s going to go away.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zendaya, who began her Hollywood journey at 13, opened up about shouldering the family&#8217;s financial responsibility as a child star and lamented missing out on formal education. In a Vogue feature, the 27-year-old actress, born Zendaya Coleman, revealed her nuanced views on children navigating fame<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":2216892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/01\/Zendaya-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2216891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/01\/Zendaya-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2216891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2216891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2216891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2216892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2216891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2216891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2216891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}