What in the Lesbian Heck Is This? “The Princess Diaries 3” Feat. Zendaya?

Hello, trolley people!

Yesterday I received a PR email about some “branded content,” a “short film by Paolo Sorrentino” starring Anne Hathaway and Zendaya. It’s from Bulgari, which, frankly, I thought was an imaginary kind of necklaces that rich heist-doing ladies wear in movies, like the Acme brand dynamite Wile E. Coyote is always blowing himself up with. But no! It is real jewels! “Marvelous” jewels, according to Bulgari’s website. Jewels that “cost more than my annual salary,” according to Autostraddle femme bi icon, KaeLyn Rich.

Anyway, it doesn’t matter. The point is that this is not “branded content” — it is very clearly the trailer for The Princess Diaries 3 feat. Zendaya. The plot of which is: Mia Thermopolis falls in love with Princess Zendaya who is visiting Genovia on some kind of diplomatic business, and they spend the summer wearing marvelous jewels and eating Genovian pears and staring at each other and holding hands and generally being rich and fancy lesbians. It is, as they say repeatedly, “unexpected.” Something between a waltz and a tango. A bisexual wango.

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Heather Hogan

Heather Hogan is an Autostraddle senior editor who lives in New York City with her wife, Stacy, and their cackle of rescued pets. She's a member of the Television Critics Association, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, and a Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer critic. You can also find her on Twitter and Instagram.

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16 Comments

  1. What? Can’t two ladies just sit on the same bed in silky clothing, staring wistfully at each other?

    • If this true I’m done with Zendaya AND the whole Princess Diaries series. Why make characters who have never been gay that way? What is the purpose? But, it is her life and career, and she can do what she wants, but to me, she will be another pied piper, just like Lil Naz X.

    • To me it just looks like they are best friends, why do people have to twist things…ridiculous

  4. Wait wait wait. Now I need to see Anne and Zendaya perform a bisexual wango and break the Internet 💃🏻💃🏽.

    Heather, thank you for coining this new dance name. 😂

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