Zendaya nonetheless thinks about her 2013 stint on “Dancing with the Stars.” The runner-up on Season 16 of the ABC dance competitors collection instructed W in a current interview that she wished she had not taken the present as critically as she did on the time.

“I took it very critically, which, on reflection, I want I didn’t,” Zendaya mentioned. “I want I’d loved it just a little bit extra and simply was like, ‘Eh, no matter.’ You understand what I imply? However I used to be stressing myself out. I actually went by it on that.”

The “Challengers” star was in the end defeated by Kellie Pickler and Derek Hough for the glory of the Mirror Ball Trophy. She danced with Valentin Chmerkovskiy and earned second place over NFL large receiver Jacoby Jones and Karina Smirnoff.

Zendaya continued, “Pay attention, I’m nonetheless harboring just a little animosity about that. I felt that loss. I used to be solely 16 years previous, and it was extremely aggravating. Being on stay tv each week? It’s so scary.”

Since leaving the present, she has not watched “Dancing with the Stars.”

“I didn’t actually watch ‘Dancing with the Stars’ earlier than I used to be on ‘Dancing with the Stars,’” Zendaya mentioned in an interview final October with EW’s The Awardist podcast, sharing that she doesn’t imagine she was essentially the precise target market for the collection. “My grandma loves ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ that’s her bag. However yeah, I additionally suppose it was a really aggravating expertise. I used to be like, I don’t suppose I’m gonna be watching this anymore.”