Zendaya on returning to Disney: 'I needed more power'

Singer and actress Zendaya has revealed why she returned to Disney for its K.C. Undercover show, on which she is both an actress and co-producer.

She sat down with Cosmopolitan magazine for its July edition and explained that there is one condition which would see her return to Disney:

"The only way I was going to come back to the Disney Channel was if I was in a position of more power. One thing that is really important to me is diversity on the channel. It's hard as a young person of a different ethnicity or background to look at the TV and not see anyone who looks like you. Representation is very important."

Zendaya went onto add that she once experienced racial insensitivity on set and found it inexcusable: "I didn't like my hair and makeup one time on a photo shoot, and my publicist told me, 'You should just be happy with it—they haven't had a black girl on the cover since forever'. She's no longer my publicist."

Watch an interview with Zendaya below: