A viral video of a young battered woman led the internet to believe it could be Zendaya – but based on the visual evidence we’ve seen…it’s probably BS.
This clip made the rounds over the weekend… it’s 7 seconds long and shows someone crying over this poor girl inside an apparent store somewhere. Once they’re done punching, they resort to kicking, throwing the woman back and banging her head against a wall.
Indeed, it is incredibly brutal – and there is no context, to our knowledge, that indicates where or when it happened, who exactly was involved or why.
What people think they’re seeing here, though, is someone who looks like Zendaya – at least from the quick glimpses of that girl’s face that you can make out in the video. Yeah, we admit it… it does look a bit like the actress – especially in her “Euphoria” scenes.
Again, it’s unclear when this might be coming from – or if it’s even Zendaya at all, frankly – but FWIW, Z isn’t rocking this hair length yet… she’s got a much shorter cut in right now, as you can see in recent pap snaps of her in Massachusetts.
His shoes are also different from the ones shown in this video – rainbow colored Crocs. Zendaya has sneakers here…and has publicly said she will wear tennis shoes or heels, not much in between. Zendaya was never taken into Crocs as far as we could find.
Ultimately, there’s no clear evidence that it’s actually Zendaya — and yet Twitter is trending it right now because they think it might be her. Zendaya or not though – others have pointed out that those who poke fun at this are sending the wrong message.
Even though it’s just a lookalike…the filming and recirculation of an assault on a woman of color is something that many see as a disturbing trend – this being just the latest example.
We’ve reached out to Zendaya Camp for comment. She hasn’t spoken about it yet – but if it’s not her, it might be worth debunking…because this thing is rampant.