Zendaya Extended Interview | The Jennifer Hudson Show

Zendaya drops by to chat about playing a tennis coach in her new feature film, “Challengers.”
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[@fatimp8]

producer, actor, singer, dancer, model. WHAT CAN'T SHE DO???

[@ImAshley2023]

Director next

[@kennedismith3103]

I know zendaya can’t go to the moon

[@AJ10003]

Remember Spider-Man…

[@Pnthandah]

She loves the arts

[@nicolaspapanicolaou3891]

Fly

[@skb4055]

I hope Zendaya and Law are planning a museum tour of her outfits. Take my money, please!

[@Solomon7515]

Right?! They need a Met theme based off Law and Zendaya’a fashion collaboration!

[@sieraclayton1503]

Please take some of that money and go see CHALLENGERS. I've seen it Three (3) times. The acting, cinematography, and music are magnificent. Just wish it were a more wholesome vehicle for wonderful Zendaya. It is much more wholesome than those Awful previews tried to Pretend, though. If CHALLENGERS is successful In Theaters, then Zendaya will have more power/clout and funds to make more Wholesome films. Wholesome Zendaya wisely has a "NO Nudity" clause in her contracts. Thank God.

[@safirestudio]

This sweater outfit OMG! Always slaying the fashion 🫠

[@sabiaan]

Does not miss. Zendaya is one of the few younger celebs that actually has that super star energy like Rihanna and Beyoncé. The look, the talent, and personality. So likable and thrives in everything she does

[@b.chamberlain1137]

I like how Zendaya interacts with the audience. 👏🏽

[@luisa3904]

Zendaya is such a role model! I love her so so much!!!♥️♥️♥️

[@ThatGirl551]

A role model for bi racial people?

[@alexandraanderson3988]

​@ThatGirl551 but she's also half black too 😂😂😂😅😊

[@maryannjacobs4946]

She's a lovely person just the way she is.

[@ThatGirl551]

@@alexandraanderson3988 Guess I'm not following the comment. I said she was biracial.

[@tineshacopeland5414]

​@@ThatGirl551Stop trolling.

[@curliousunique8631]

Zendaya is soooo Gorgeous and she seems so humble and true to herself.

[@lina-5640]

Literallyy

[@annastasia248]

Zendaya is so beautiful and is very talented. More success to her fr.

[@user-yu9mg5hm6r]

I add my well-wishes for wonderful Zendaya to yours, Annastasia. Have you seen CHALLENGERS? We need to support the film so that she will have the power to make more Wholesome films in the future. Pass it on!

[@BEAUTIINBRAVERY]

Zendaya is that girl. Talented, beautiful and she stays away drom the Hollywood madness💯💯

[@adey126]

Been a fan since her Disney days. She has done so well for herself (raised right) and escaped the horrors curse of child actors. I wish her all the best.

[@sammy_longlegs]

Zendaya and Law are literally katniss and Cinna from hunger games 🙌🏽

[@THEBEASTKING109]

Watched her since Shake it Up days..... She grew up soooo much 😭😭😭 since then ...

[@janelevey3435]

Two beautiful women! I love Zendaya, breathtakingly beautiful, and so talented!

[@janelevey3435]

Jennifer Hudson is a wonderful interviewer.

[@FocusedVoices]

I thought the same thing

[@lourdesgreen2213]

She is really a nice person and has a beautiful voice.

[@SoniaRamos-ry2tj]

She’s definitely not 😂

[@Misstiaa]

She’s awesome!!!

[@rmcmariusable]

I am a fan and very proud of Zendaya's success from Dune to co-chair of the Met gala, to being on the cover of both US Vogue and British Vogue simultaneously, to Challengers. This is her time and she is handling it all so graciously. My daughter, Marley Marius, interviewed her for those Vogue cover stories and said she could not be kinder and was a joy to chat with.

[@yourfellowlamb]

It's such a rare experience to watch someone talking and feel like we're friends with them like so easy to listen to and relate to them.

[@zasharadouglas770]

She must be tired answering the same questions over and over again. She handles everything with such grace.

[@jamiejohnson9732]

I love Zendaya ❤

[@chayselindsey8330]

12:50 Zendaya is so real i love it

[@sydneymya19]

Two of my fave women in the industry together, I love it 🥹🫶🏽

[@curliousunique8631]

Jennifer Hudson is so cool and gives such Great Interviews.

[@britneymarieharris2149]

The tennis ball bouquet on the table 🫶🏾

[@stellawynia9542]

She is a talented woman.

[@listentomyheartbeat]

She's so pretty!

[@user-dd5ds7cy9d]

Omg I’ve literally have never seen her being herself!! I think of her in characters which speaks volumes to her work

[@thandoshangase7513]

Trust Zendaya to come through with the fashions 😍🔥🔥🔥

[@AyaKay413]

Zendaya has been my role model since i was a little kid and she was on Shake It Up. LOVE HER SO MUCH!!!!

[@sieraclayton1503]

Zendaya is brilliantly multi-talented. Zendaya acts, dances, writes, produces, sings, paints/draws, is a great photographer, and even became a Trapeze Artist, doing most of those impressive stunts way up in the air in her Hit film, THE GREATEST SHOWMAN, Herself! Zendaya is magnificent. And the acting, cinematography, music, etc in her # 1 film, CHALLENGERS, in theaters now, is great. Just wish it were a more wholesome film. If enough people go see it, Zendaya, as a producer, will hopefully make enough money to fund wholesome films that even more of her fans will be comfortable seeing.

[@kateshvlog]

After Kelly Clarkson show this HOST is waaaaay better!!!!! No interrupting, amazing ))) Loooove it ❤

[@user-yu9mg5hm6r]

Among my faves are Joan of Arc (at the Met) and the tan wet-look gown at the Venice premiere of the first DUNE film from Denis Villeneuve a few years ago. I also like the white tennis look dresses.

[@lavienrosewon8811]

Zendaya is everything i hope she success carrer with long longevity ❤because she is hzrd worker and humble

[@Rose-re9tn]

Black girl magic! Zendaya is beautiful.

[@domspeakslife]

God bless you Zendaya! 😊

[@maxalvarez7920]

Zendaya is soo nice, cool. Love her.

[@JaylenPotts-zs2qw]

Great to see the full interview with Zendaya

[@kathywarren745]

I❤ The Jennifer Hudson show!😊

[@cg.visuals7]

She’s so gorgeous!!

[@josephrodriguezrivera6479]

Gonna see her new movie this Tuesday cant wait

[@lourdesgreen2213]

Love Zendaya, been following her since DWTS. Was impressed with her then and she just blows me away with her talent and beauty.

[@Solomon7515]

What a great interview! JHud - awesome job, it was very engaging! Zendaya is such an inspiration to watch!

[@HealwNonaBlacktv]

Really enjoyed ❤❤❤

[@Jaylynn-uq2ie]

Zendaya ❤❤ is such a role model I look up to her so much

[@theevahouston]

CMON CO-CHAIR OF MET GALA I love this so bad for her ✨💕 so deserving

[@sieraclayton1503]

Well, that's nice. But obviously having the # 1 movie in the country is even more exciting than MET GALA chair. Just wish more people would support Zendaya by going to see it. It will take a good bit more for CHALLENGERS to break even financially. I'm shocked that the nearly 200 Million Instagram fans don't realize they should support her new film since she's a producer. Like many of them, I wish it were a more Wholesome film, too, but if this is successful, she will then have the clout Herself to Make Wholesome films. This is just her first Leading Role. She will need considerably more funds to create her own wholesome films from now on. So please, Get the word out, please. Tell everyone you know (preferably older middle aged ladies) to see the film. I don't want youth corrupted by it. So please tell middle-aged women whose psyches and personalities are already formed, to see CHALLENGERS. Zendaya's character is Not the "bad guy," though for some strange reason, the racist previews try to make her look like that. Somebody tried to sabotage her success with those evil, misleading, racist previews. People, generally, don't go to movies to see "the bad guy." That's why whoever put out those misleading previews did Not have her best interests at heart. To Pretend the most popular actor in the film is "the bad guy," is the worst marketing EVER. So bad it seems deliberate. The songs calling her "bad" and how you wish you'd "never met her" loudly blasting over the previews are NOT even in the film. Some BIGOT was deliberately trying to make this good film Tank (thank goodness it's # 1), and they need to find out who it is. Zendaya's (older) fans need to show up and show out. And after this we should crowd fund to Ensure she has the clout to make Wholesome films. Margot Robbie had to get a woman, Greta Gerwig, to write a normal role, BARBIE, for her that is wholesome and that made over a BILLION dollars at the box office. It's clear that Women need to take their characters, scripts, and direction in hand. Some men in the industry have no clue what most women's lives are really like so those men don't know how to write for women, direct them, etc. For instance: There is NO WAY a Teenaged GIRL at the Top of her Game, with a Million Dollar Addidas Endorsement, a concerned, committed father who travels with her, a cross on her neck, and the brains to get into STANFORD, is going to go to the hotel room of Two Men she does Not even Know - potentially risking It ALL - including life and limb! SMH Women can get pregnant, Luca. Look it up. Or they could get raped AND pregnant. Or they could be raped. Then KILLED. Sheesh, Man! Having Tashi, a brilliant, self-disciplined, top-of-her-game athlete headed to Stanford, go to the hotel room of those men she'd never met is downright ridiculous. Great art rings true. THAT does NOT. That is dangerous and No Sane girl would do it. To have her risk life and limb going to that hotel room of TWO MEN she doesn't know from Adam just so she (YOU) could make them kiss and get to watch them is voyeuristic and dumb. If a straight man hands you a script from now on with straight people in it, please do not try to Force Fit them into being "gay." Just make some gay films with gay people and have the straight people have a gay friend or something. Literally BILLIONS of people on this earth have Never even had a "gay" thought. Stop acting as if they have.

[@user-gg2vp2xz2m]

Love you zendaya

[@germandosilva9850]

Jeniffer is a great interviewer , she never cuts people off such as Kelly C.

[@hamzabenabdeslam]

Kelly just has lots of energy she's awesome in her own way, same with Drew B.

[@Gmez759]

@@hamzabenabdeslamI find it hilarious you mentioned Kelly Clarkson and Draw Barrymore who both CONSTANTLY interrupt the people they’re interviewing . They cannot be quiet for 10 seconds.

[@Gorgeousbaebeauty]

So proud of zendaya ❤ her movie challengers was great ❤ can't wait to see what she does next 🔥 been a fan of her forever since her Disney shake it up days it's amazing watching her growth ❤

[@yasminhersi3793]

Yes 🙌 ❤❤❤❤❤

[@user-dd3um9we7b]

Zendaya looks gorgeous so gifted and talented ❤❤❤❤❤.

[@LAVISHING]

It’s awesome having Zendaya on here. I’m a Virgo too!

[@alicecante5283]

She a beautiful and talented young lady

[@73grapes]

Zendaya is the best. She is a beautiful young lady wish nothing but the best for her.

[@BeeCatGirl]

Amo! ❤

[@lullul177]

6:59 AI yea exactly zed,😂😘

[@yichen4398]

Kiss the frog 🐸 is the best!!!

[@ROSADIANA-DSB]

She does it alll love her ❤

[@RealTakerslady]

She’s a joy

[@BalanceIt-tn6gm]

I 😍 😍 😍 JH glasses!

[@jennifermarieakajmarie8992]

She’s soooooo beautiful!

[@BlenDejene]

I still haven’t forgotten that timbaland snip it she did😩

[@CHEQQUEENSNBROOKLYNMF]

CHI. N. DAYA. GOD BLESS. OUR. BEAUTIFUL. NATION. UUUURRAAA. 1❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@ms.congeniality3976]

I’ve been watching Zendaya since Shake it Up 💅🏾

[@gigievanstv]

If zendaya pursue modeling, Kendall would definitely outshine for sure! Every outfit zendaya’s wear was stunning !! Love her

[@hongkongmomslife]

ZENNNNNNDAYAAAAAAAA 🫶

[@bettyjean4836]

She never ages! So beautiful love her soo much❤☺️🥰

[@CHEQQUEENSNBROOKLYNMF]

DAYA. THE LAID BACK. PLAYA. SHAKE IT OFF. 1❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@ChrisBronson-gn5yd]

⚡️🪬⚡️ 🐬😏🐬 Zen is not only a Sweetheart , she's also a Prodigy !!! Awesome interview Jennifer, u got da Stories out of her !!! 🌟👍🌟 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🥀🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@kingjudah27]

♥︎♥︎♥︎𝙶𝚘𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚐!!!♡♡♡

[@gabbie.13]

She doesn’t have a single flaw 😩♥️

[@paulawashington6111]

❤❤

[@kaleblouden8707]

I know Zendaya is her OWN GIRL but her & JLO has very similar mannerisms

[@conquerorofbabylon]

JLo is her biological mother

[@aleathacoleman6413]

Umm..

[@kylecatchings3447]

GIRL JUST GIVE US AN ALBUM

[@Andrew_Di]

Amazing person🎉

[@noodleMoodle253]

I love Zendaya 🧡 she has to be the WORLDS sweetheart right ?🧡

[@Tojoj22]

Miss Virgos ❤

[@timothynguyen6190]

YASS love astrology

[@rennexoxo]

Virgo gang gang. ♍️ ♍️ ❤

[@Kris-ub5jj]

🔥🔥🔥

[@DimitriHill]

Kc undercover

[@anitayaj]

Love Zendaya so much! So much talent, grace, and beauty!!!

[@kevinmurphy5920]

I can see why Tom Holland is in love with her!

[@khaloodh58]

That’s a lot of clapping

[@user-yu9mg5hm6r]

Everyone go see CHALLENGERS at the movies now. The acting, cinematography, and music in CHALLENGERS are magnificent. And Zendaya's character, Tashi, is not even the bad guy in the film those the misguided, stupid, self-destructive previews strangely tried to make it seem like she is. IF this film is successful, Zendaya will have the power to make Wholesome movies. And the music she likes, too, if she so chooses. See CHALLENGERS while you still can!

[@joicecosme9710]

❤

[@katelynnbreezy2521]

Virgo shi❤

[@sofianavarrete4231]

A 100

[@SL-lz9jr]

Enya does not perform live or give interviews and Sia is also really shy and wears a wig when she’s performing or giving interviews. I think Zendaya can release music and do very limited performances and still be successful.

[@safirestudio]

hope she sees this and considers

[@Dale-jp9bl]

Did she ask you to remove the Spiderman reference? It was sweet. Unkess of course she is becoming full of herself as some fans have stated since watching the Challenger interviews. Maybe Marvel and Holland are beneath her now? ❤

[@aleathacoleman6413]

Not getting that feeling at all.

[@CHEQQUEENSNBROOKLYNMF]

JU. DOJ. ROGER N JOLLY WALLEY. . GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS. UUUURRAAA. 1

[@igorsokolov7058]

I want new Euphoria season

[@user-uw5gn6hh3j]

Personalities

[@V5ENT]

OAKLAND'S OWN CONTINUED SUCCESS & BLESSINGS YO WAY 4RM DA BAY AREA CZAR V5 CEO YEEE AGAPE🖤✌🏿🤟🏿✨️

[@teedee643]

Zendaya keeps trying to steer the interview towards why she is there… her movie!!!

[@paulinbombelemateh8596]

Célébration disable all commentaires only mine

[@bodelaire6395]

Jennifer fired her stylist after this interview.. 🤓

[@ludaboi19]

Zendaya should be Zatana

[@6PathsGohan]

😲 I actually see this

[@ludaboi19]

@@6PathsGohan riiight she could pull it off

[@NewCreationInChrist896]

Romans 10:9💕

[@user-yu9mg5hm6r]

Jennifer is a good interviewer. Go see CHALLENGERS now while it's in theaters. The acting, cinematography, and music are great! And Zendaya's character, Tashi, is Not the "bad guy." The film is more wholesome than those awful previews try to pretend. Though I wish it were actually really wholesome. Zendaya deserves that. If the film is successful, Zendaya will have the power to make more Wholesome, great films. Go see CHALLENGERS now!

[@justindesue9512]

Zendaya is bae, but has she always looked this white lol I aint seen her in a minute, but my mind could be playing tricks on me

[@myricn]

I think you’re right, but it might be the lighting too…who knows

[@conquerorofbabylon]

JLo gave Zendaya up for adoption. I’m glad she turned out well. She’s supposed to have my last name. I’m her biological father.

[@TimaimaTavutunawailala]

🫰

[@kcried1081]

She isn’t as popular as she think she is but I think what would help her tremendously would be to play a villain of some kind that has a very good thought process behind her.

[@seoulku]

you don’t get to dictate her popularity.. especially with all the accolades she’s received throughout 2018-so on. she has made a significant name for herself in pop culture and she’s one of the best actresses of our generation. put some RESPECT on ZENDAYA

[@kcried1081]

@@seoulku im not trying to dictate anything. I genuinely do like her for the most part but I’m not delusional or bias bc objectively speaking she hasn’t won over enough ppl bc the roles she has had has been up to now been a bunch of scrounge face characters that haven’t done her enough favors to win ppl over for long term staying power. All I’m saying is I think if she took on some more dynamic roles like a villain where often time ppl ten to sympathize with it bc something tragic happened to them and where they get a chance to play some real Raw emotions will do her some good. A lot of actors rise or down fall is picking roles that aren’t different enough from the last and once u find that sweet spot staying in it. Johnny depp for instance is the very best at following for any actor. Bro is the model for any actor or actress for nation wide popularity and appeal. The looks helped but the roles and Timmothee follows that same type of blue print as well

[@Lulu-hy2ko]

She is popular who don’t know zendeya? 😂 she just be out the way she don’t be in drama on the internet, or put herself out there , she definitely has a lot of movies and commercials

[@goldkephas3099]

Jennifer pls don't wear that dress again, add some colours pls..change your stylist. And that hair has to go make this show glamorous