Yahoo Finance Zendaya just opened up about setting boundaries with her fans
If there's one thing we know about Zendaya, it's that she's got a *lot* of fans (147 million of them, if we're going off Instagram). And in a new interview, the Euphoria star has opened up about how she navigates this relationship with her fans, including how she manages to maintain healthy boundaries.
Speaking to Vogue Italy, Zendaya noted that the way people interact with her has changed as her fame has grown. She explained, "For so long I've been able to maintain a little bit of anonymity in a way where I could go off and do things and still live a pretty normal life. Of course it comes with new sets of challenges and pressures, but I've been doing this for a long time, and I started when I was quite young.
"So thankfully I've had a little bit of time to ease and grow my experience in a way that wasn't just completely an overnight change. I'm always adjusting to it and trying to be grateful for it all in the end, because it means that people are clearly resonating with the work that I'm doing, and that means a lot to me."
Discussing her relationship with her *many* fans, Zendaya added, "Many of them have grown with me and have watched me evolve in different parts of my life and career and with that, many of us being around the same age, have similar outlooks on life, similar thoughts or even just hopes and wishes for the future, whether it be for my career or the world.
"They're really understanding that I'm human, even the hardcore ones and they want me to be happy and I genuinely feel that from them. They're really respectful of my boundaries and the things that I choose to keep a little bit more private and keep for myself."
Later in the interview, Zendaya discussed the power that her work has had on her fans, saying, "Sometimes I feel kind of silly being an actor. Because it’s like I make-believe for a living, which may seem ridiculous, but then I remember the stories that I'm telling & the reasons behind them.
"Especially as of recent with Euphoria, I had so many people reach out and share their experiences of connecting with it, in the sense of loss or addiction or grief or mental illness and their struggles with that."
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