If Zendaya wakes up later this month without an Oscar nomination — which, unfortunately, looks likely at the moment — it wouldn’t be the biggest snub in her career. No, that was losing the Mirrorball Trophy on Dancing With the Stars. The actress admitted that, like many of us, she also thinks she should’ve won in 2013. “Listen, I’m still harboring a little animosity about that,” she told W, doing double duty in the magazine’s “Best Performances” issue for Challengers and Dune: Part Two. As one of the show’s youngest contestants ever, Zendaya came in second to American Idol contestant Kellie Pickler. “I felt that loss,” she continued. “I was only 16 years old, and it was highly stressful. Being on live television every week? It’s so scary.”
The former Disney star added that she “really went through it” at the time and would welcome a do-over. “I took it very seriously, which, in retrospect, I wish I didn’t,” she said. “I wish I’d enjoyed it a little bit more and just was like, ‘Eh, whatever.’” Well, if she ever wanted to shake it up, we’d be seated — your move, ABC.
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