Zendaya opens up about financially supporting her family at an early age

Zendaya reflects on being the sole breadwinner for her family at a young age

By Web Desk
April 09, 2024
Zendaya shares her perspective on her childhood now, as an adult.

Zendaya has recently opened up about financially supporting her family at a very early age.

In a new interview with British Vogue, the Euphoria star, who began her acting career on Disney's Shake It Up, said, "I felt like I was thrust into a very adult position."

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"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," explained the 27-year-old.

Zendaya mentioned, "I almost going through my angsty teenager phase now, because I didn’t really have the time to do it before."

"I don’t know how much of a choice I had," I have complicated feelings about kids and fame and being in the public eye, or being a child actor," remarked the Spider-Man: No Way Home actress.

Zendaya told the outlet, "I think only now, as an adult, am I starting to go, Oh, okay, wait a minute: I’ve only ever done what I’ve known, and this is all I’ve known."

"Now, when I have these moments in my career — like, my first time leading a movie that’s actually going to be in a theatre — I feel like I shrink, and I can’t enjoy all the things that are happening to me," she pointed out.

The actress pointed out, "I’m very tense, and I think that I carry that from being a kid and never really having an opportunity to just try... And I wish I went to school," she remarked.

Elsewhere in the interview, Zendaya discussed about her upcoming movie, Challengers which gave a new outlook to the actress.

“I’m always in a high school somewhere. And, mind you, I never went to high school," she added.

Meanwhile, Zendaya's Challengers is scheduled to release in theatres on April 26.

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