Zendaya thanked parents for allowing her to be a role model for their children during her acceptance speech at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards on Saturday, but comedian Julie Klausner sees her as a different kind of model for kids. The "Difficult People" star called the 19-year-old actress a "thinspo model" and argued she's making more of an unhealthy impression on tweens.

Klausner's Twitter rant came in response to a story about Zendaya's acceptance speech. She began with a few tweets on Saturday night and picked it up again Sunday morning.

Her biggest argument was for young female stars to perpetrate more realistic beauty standards. She tweeted her greatest concern was for the girls who aspire to look like Zendaya and not whether Zendaya is healthy.

Zendaya picked up an orange blimp for Favorite Female TV Star in a Kids' Show for her lead role in Disney Channel's "K.C. Undercover." She thanked her fans and expressed how it important it is for her to make "positive programming" for young people.

"This means so, so much to me," she said. "I've been doing this for a long time, and I do it for you guys. I just want you to know that doing and making positive programming for young people is so important to me, and I will keep doing it."

She continued, "To all the parents out there, thank you for allowing me to be a role model for your children. I really, really do not take that for granted."

Zendaya responded to Klausner via Twitter on Sunday morning. She also encouraged all girls to "look in the mirror at their beautiful body."

The "Zenhive," as Klausner referred to Zendaya's fans, swiftly came to their favorite star's defense against the 37-year-old comedian, who continued to coax them with more infuriating tweets.

Klausner didn't log off for long. She extended an "olive branch" to the Zendaya lovers and then came back later on Sunday to say she wouldn't apologize or delete any other her previous tweets.

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