<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/zendaya">Zendaya</a> talked about becoming the &#8220;breadwinner&#8221; 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 attend high school.
In a <a href="https://www.vogue.com/article/zendaya-may-cover-2024-interview">Vogue</a> article, the 27-year-old actress &#8212; born Zendaya Coleman &#8212; admitted she has &#8220;complicated feelings about kids and fame and being in the public eye, or being a child actor,&#8221; noting there&#8217;s &#8220;cases of it being detrimental&#8230;&#8221;
&#8220;And I think only now, as an adult, am I starting to go, Oh, okay, wait a minute: I&#8217;ve only ever done what I&#8217;ve known, and this is all I&#8217;ve known,&#8221; Zendaya explained.
&#8220;I&#8217;m almost going through my angsty teenager phase now, because I didn&#8217;t really have the time to do it before,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I 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-​reversal happening, and just kind of becoming grown, really.&#8221;
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Zendaya says breaking away from high school roles is &#8220;refreshing,&#8221; but admits &#8220;I wish I went to school&#8221; in real life.
“I have complicated feelings about kids and fame&#8230;I was thrust into a very adult position [as a teen star]: I was becoming the breadwinner of my family very… <a href="https://t.co/8TG67mVezm">pic.twitter.com/8TG67mVezm</a>
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The &#8220;Spider-Man: No Way Home” star said she felt she needed to be &#8220;this perfect being, and be everything that everyone needs me to be, and live up to all these expectations.&#8221;
&#8220;Now, when I have these moments in my career—like, my first time leading a film that&#8217;s actually going to be in a theater—I feel like I shrink, and I can&#8217;t enjoy all the things that are happening to me, because I&#8217;m like this…I&#8217;m very tense, and I think that I carry that from being a kid and never really having an opportunity to just try s***,&#8221; Zendaya said. &#8220;And I wish I went to school.&#8221;
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&#8220;I think growing up, I always felt like when someone asks for a picture, I have to do it, all the time,&#8221; she added. &#8220;You have to say yes, because you need to be grateful that you’re here. And while I still feel that way, I also have learned that I can say no, and I can say kindly that I’m having a day off, or I&#8217;m just trying to be to myself today, and I don&#8217;t actually have to perform all the time.”
&#8220;Because I don’t necessarily want my kids to have to deal with this,&#8221; Zendaya continued. &#8220;And what does my future look like? Am I going to be a public-facing person forever?&#8221;
When asked about what her &#8220;perfect future&#8221; would like like, she said, &#8220;make things and pop out when I need to pop out, and have a protected life with my family, not worried if I’m not delivering something all the time, or not giving all the time, that everything’s going to go away.&#8221;

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/far-too-much-nudity-sex-and-violence-in-euphoria-season-2-reviewers-say-of-racy-teen-drama" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zendaya</a> talked about her relationship with fellow Marvel star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-holland-says-hollywood-really-scares-me" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tom Holland</a> and said she knows she &#8220;can&#8217;t hide&#8221; and wants to love who she wants to love, but has tried to keep the details of their romance private.
The 26-year-old actress spoke to <a href="https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a44878906/zendaya-tom-holland-romance-privacy-fame-change/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elle magazine</a> about having control over how much she shares about their relationship because it&#8217;s a balancing act, adding that it&#8217;s about &#8220;protecting the peace.&#8221;
&#8220;Parts of my life, I accept, are going to be public,&#8221; the former Disney star said. &#8220;I can&#8217;t not be a person and live my life and love the person I love.&#8221;
&#8220;But also, I do have control over what I choose to share,&#8221; she added. &#8220;It&#8217;s about protecting the peace and letting things be your own but also not being afraid to exist. You can&#8217;t hide. That&#8217;s not fun, either. I am navigating it more than ever now.&#8221;
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Zendaya on her public relationship with Tom Holland:
“Parts of my life, I accept, are going to be public, I can’t not be a person and live my life and love the person I love. But also, I do have control over what I choose to share. It’s about protecting the peace and letting… <a href="https://t.co/9fJlwSIbDY">pic.twitter.com/9fJlwSIbDY</a>
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The comments about keeping their relationship private were similar to ones the &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-holland-says-hollywood-really-scares-me" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Spider-Man: No Way Home</a>&#8221; star made in July during his appearance on Jay Shetty&#8217;s &#8220;On Purpose&#8221; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOqEl4ADyVk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">podcast</a>.
&#8220;I just am really, really keen to focus on what makes me happy, which is my family, it&#8217;s my friends,&#8221; Holland said. &#8220;It&#8217;s my carpentry, my golf, the charity that my mom runs.&#8221;
&#8220;Like, that is the stuff that makes me really happy, and that&#8217;s the stuff that I should protect,&#8221; he added. &#8220;My relationship is the thing I keep most sacred. I don&#8217;t talk about it. I try my best to keep it as private as possible. We both feel very strongly that that is the healthiest way for us to move on as a couple.&#8221;
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During an interview with <a href="https://www.gq.com/story/tom-holland-superhero-of-the-year-2021" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GQ</a> in November 2021, Holland expressed his frustration with their romance being a focus and said, &#8220;One of the downsides of our fame is that privacy isn&#8217;t really in our control anymore, and a moment that you think is between two people that love each other very much is now a moment that is shared with the entire world.&#8221;
Both stars have previously been photographed on the red carpet holding hands and embracing, but they have tried to keep their romance out of the headlines. The couple are rumored to have been dating for years, but exactly how long is unclear.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dont-go-there-spider-man-producer-warned-tom-holland-and-zendaya-against-dating-but-they-ignored-her" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8216;Don&#8217;t Go There&#8217;: Spider-Man Producer Warned Tom Holland and Zendaya Against Dating, But They &#8216;Ignored&#8217; Her</a>

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