Channing Tatum says he and ex-wife Jenna Dewan realized how different they were once they began parenting together. The former couple have a daughter Everly ...
When I became a single father, I had a lot of fear about connecting to Everly in every way that a little girl might want. “Only in having a daughter did it start to really scare me how scary the world is for women,” said the actor. And it was truly the best possible thing that I ever could have done. Because in the alone time that I have with just me and her, we’ve become best friends." This whole plan that you had literally just turns into sand and goes through your fingers and you’re just like, ‘Oh, s---. “But when you’re actually parents,” the actor continued, “you really understand differences between the two of you.
Nearly five years after Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan first announced their split, the Magic Mike star is looking back at the breakup and why it felt ...
[engaged](https://www.eonline.com/news/1082839/jenna-dewan-is-engaged-to-steve-kazee) to [Steve Kazee](https://www.eonline.com/news/1354515/why-jenna-dewan-isnt-ruling-out-a-courthouse-wedding-with-steve-kazee), with whom she shares son 2-year-old son [Callum](https://www.eonline.com/news/1129950/jenna-dewan-is-so-happy-as-she-shares-new-photos-of-newborn-baby-callum). "I don't think I would've ever done the work, I think, on myself in the way that I had to do the work on myself to really try to figure out what next. But in 2018, the pair [announced their decision to separate](https://www.eonline.com/news/924618/channing-tatum-and-jenna-dewan-tatum-separate-after-8-years-of-marriage) and [filed for divorce later that year](https://www.eonline.com/news/925840/jenna-dewan-files-for-divorce-from-channing-tatum). "In the beginning of my separation, it felt as though I were in a dark closet, desperately trying to find the light or the way out," the former World of Dance host, 42, wrote. She continued, "The pain hit me like a tumbling avalanche. A judge signed off on the [dissolution of their marriage](https://www.eonline.com/news/1083560/jenna-dewan-and-channing-tatum-finalize-their-divorce) in 2019. "I was in a state of shock. This whole plan that you had literally just turns into sand and goes through your fingers and you're just like, 'Oh, s--t. "I think we told ourselves a story when we were young, and we just kept telling ourselves that story, no matter how blatantly life was telling us that we were so different," Tatum continued. "It was probably exactly what I needed," he added. "Your life just turns on its axis. How you parent differently, how you look at the world, how you go through the world."
Actor Channing Tatum just opened up about why he and Jenna Dewan got a divorce back in 2018, putting it down to their parenting techniques.
Now, Channing has opened up to [Vanity Fair](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/01/channing-tatum-magic-mikes-last-dance) about what happened, explaining how the couple became more aware of their differing opinions on everything from parenthood to life. "I don’t know if I’m ever going to get married again," he disclosed. This whole plan that you had literally just turns into sand and goes through your fingers and you’re just like, 'Oh, shit. How you parent differently, how you look at the world, how you go through the world." They tied the knot three years later in 2009, before welcoming their first and only child together, Everly, in 2013. [Magic Mike ](https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/a42022716/channing-tatum-zoe-kravitz-relationship-timeline/) [actor met Jenna](https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/a42022716/channing-tatum-zoe-kravitz-relationship-timeline/) while filming Step Up back in 2006.
Tatum admitted that during his marriage to his “Step Up” co-star, he often ignored “how blatantly life was telling us that we were so different.”
“It was probably exactly what I needed,” he told Vanity Fair. “When you’re actually parents,” Tatum told the outlet. Tatum and Dewan met on the set of “Step Up” in 2006, and the pair quickly began dating. But Tatum told Vanity Fair that although his life appeared to resemble a Disney animated classic — “something just wasn’t quite filling me up.” “I think there are such things as great fits. The two tied the knot in 2009 and had a daughter named Everly in 2013.
Over four years after Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan went public about the end of their marriage, Tatum is ready to talk in full about what happened—and the ...
Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan, who share daughter Everly, announced their split in 2018 after nearly a decade of marriage — all the details.
The pair, who got engaged in 2020, [welcomed their son, Callum, that same year](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/jenna-dewan-and-steve-kazees-relationship-timeline/). [after they met on the set of Step Up](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/costar-couples-201215/). After nearly a decade of marriage, Tatum and Dewan [announced in 2018 that they were separating](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/most-shocking-celebrity-splits/). [Steve Kazee](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrities/steve-kazee/). [made attempts to work things out before pulling the plug](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/pictures/celebrity-exes-who-use-an-app-to-help-coparent-their-children/), adding, “We fought for it for a really long time, even though we both sort of knew that we had sort of grown apart. Even though I am a bit of a monogamist. “And really, it just started with my daughter. I just dropped everything and just focused on her. What now?’” he admitted. And I was kind of going, ‘What’s …’ And it really had nothing to do with my work. “I don’t think I would’ve ever done the work, I think, on myself in the way that I had to do the work on myself to really try to figure out what next,” he shared. Because it is screaming at you all day long.
In a new interview for Vanity Fair, Channing Tatum opens up about his divorce from Jenna Dewan and how 'terrifying' it was. Category : Celebrity News.
“I don’t think I would’ve ever done the work, I think, on myself in the way that I had to do the work on myself to really try to figure out what next. And really, it just started with my daughter,” Tatum said. He opened up about how the whole experience, through the last few years, have really solidified his bond with Everly. How you parent differently, how you look at the world, how you go through the world.” “This whole plan that you had literally just turns into sand and goes through your fingers and you’re just like, ‘Oh, s***. “We fought for it for a really long time, even though we both sort of knew that we had sort of grown apart,” he said.