Overview
- Thorne told Alex Cooper on Call Her Daddy on Wednesday that people around the Disney set treated her and Zendaya as competitors rather than equals.
- She said tensions "got pretty bad" and recalled that during a Good Luck Charlie crossover they snuck to an unused soundstage to have a private, intense conversation and reconcile.
- Thorne described that private talk as "one of the most genuine, girl-on-girl talks" she has had and said the conversation led them to become close.
- She argued that she was a co-lead who "wasn't treated like one" and criticized how the industry makes young women compete for limited roles and attention.
- Shake It Up ran from 2010 to 2013 and launched both actresses as child stars at about age 12, after which they pursued separate film careers; no public response from Zendaya to Thorne’s 2026 remarks has been reported.