Bindi takes show to US

[kskiska]

Sydney - The eight-year-old daughter of late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin will star in a high-profile promotional US tour this week, but she will not be forced to perform, her manager said on Tuesday.

Bindi Irwin, whose wildlife television star father was killed by a stingray barb last September, will visit Los Angeles and New York as part of Tourism Australia's G'Day USA week to promote the country.

She is set to perform her song and dance stage show Bindi and The Crocmen and feature on TV talk shows including The Ellen Degeneres Show and The Late Show with David Letterman.

Bindi has shown remarkable resilience in the wake of her father's death, delivering a spirited eulogy during the worldwide broadcast of his funeral, but some critics have objected to her exposure to the spotlight at such an early age.

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[snowbear]

1. What a cutie pie..

Still hard to believe that Steve Irwin is gone..

[silverojo]

4. Bindi is SO adorable

She looks so much like Steve, and she has his enthusiastic personality and love of wildlife.

So sad that Steve died before he saw his little girl grow up and become a star in her own right. :(

[Beausoir]

2. She can do what she wants. I refuse to criticize her or her family.

They seem like kind and good people.

[AtomicKitten]

3. since it was a family operation,

I am pleased she'll be following in dad's footsteps. She's a natural.

[Raine]

5. What a sweetie...

she is, I still feel so sad about what happened to her father. :cry:

[DoYouEverWonder]

6. Did these 'critics'

oppose Shirley Temple, Judy Garland or the Olsen Twins?

There are plenty of child actors in the world.