Overview
- Thorne told Alex Cooper on the Call Her Daddy podcast Wednesday that adults around the show and outside pressures set her and Zendaya up to compete while they were about 12 on Shake It Up.
- She described a specific moment during a 2011 Good Luck Charlie crossover when the two performers quietly left a live taping to talk privately and 'hash it out' before returning to the set.
- Thorne called that off-set talk 'one of the most genuine, girl-on-girl talks' and said the conversation repaired their relationship so they left seeing each other differently.
- She framed the rivalry as part of a broader pattern, saying the industry and media often push women into zero-sum contests and invoking 'the patriarchy' as the driver of that dynamic.
- Multiple mainstream outlets reported Thorne’s Aug. 5 interview and repeated the anecdote, and at least one outlet says it has sought comment from Zendaya’s representatives with no public response reported.