It's hard to imagine that someone who is surrounded by crocodiles and snakes all day doesn't have a rebellious bone in her body, but Bindi Irwin really is as sweet and bubbly as she appears.
"We're still waiting for that rebellion to hit," the 17-year-old animal activist and "Dancing With The Stars" contestant told People. "I keep waiting for it, like, one day I'll just wake up and feel like going crazy, but so far it hasn't happened. It just doesn't appeal to me."
So many people have continuously warned her mother, Terri Irwin, that Bindi will start her typical teenage rebellious stage "any day now," but it's been six years, and Irwin is still as innocent as can be. As for what she considers her most rebellious act, it's the farthest thing from it.
"I think my most rebellious times are on my birthday," Bindi explained. "When I go out and get Chinese food, bring it home and watch a movie or read a book with a cup of tea."
This past week on Halloween Night on "DWTS," we got to see a darker side of Bindi as she channeled her inner vampire, but even then, she had a hard time keeping a straight face and just couldn't hold back her infectious smile. Her partner Derek Hough has been so proud of the way she's tackling the challenges that come with dancing, and really giving it her all.
"Fierce Bindi is fierce!" Hough wrote in his blog for TV Guide. "Here's one of the many great things about Bindi: she has this amazing ability to perform. And she's not a performer in her real life. She's this girl who just lives outside with animals and to see her get into characters so well is nothing short of awesome."
As sweet as she may be, though, Hough does know that she does have a badass side to her.
"Yesterday she had her socks off and my jaw dropped to the floor when I saw her feet," Hough continued to write. "Three of her toenails have fallen off, she had huge blisters all over and bruises on her knees. It was not pretty! She was like, 'Oh, yeah, they fell off yesterday. That one was bleeding last night.'"
When Hough explained that she needs to inform him of things like that she said, "'Oh, it's nothing...Really, I'm fine. It's not a big deal.'"
"I've had partners who needed to take a 20-minute break if it's one little blister," Hough explained. "Bindi is a badass."
When her father Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter, tragically passed away in 2006, Bindi knew she had to be strong for her mother and little brother Robert and the whole incident really made her strong and gave her a positive outlook on life.
"She's not asking me what I think anymore. She's being courageous and making good decisions for herself," her mom told People. "When a child is really young, you work so hard on 'please' and 'thank you' and then you work hard on them understanding that everyone around you has a life and may need a hand. She has that awareness of others and that the world doesn't revolve around her. And now she's starting to make those kinds of statements and decisions on her own and I'm really proud of her for that."
