The Reason Zendaya Hasn’t Watched Dancing With the Stars Since Competing
Zendaya prefers not to watch this show again.
As Dancing With the Stars‘ 33rd season continues, the Challengers actress shared why she hasn’t been keeping up with the series since finishing as runner-up in 2013 with dance partner Val Chmerkovskiy.
“I haven’t watched Dancing With the Stars since I was on,” Zendaya admitted on The Awardist podcast on Oct. 3. “I didn’t really watch Dancing With the Stars before I was on Dancing With the Stars. I don’t think I was the target demographic. My grandma loves Dancing with the Stars, that’s her thing.”
In addition to lacking interest in watching, the 28-year-old also confessed she doesn’t really want to revisit that time in her life.
“I also think it was a very stressful experience,” she added. “I was like, ‘I don’t think I’m going to be watching this anymore.'”
Despite the stress it caused the then-16-year-old Zendaya, she performed admirably during her stint on the show. After all, the Disney star made it to the finale, competing against other celebrities like Lisa Vanderpump and Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman.