Channing Tatum is opening up about his troublesome divorce from Jenna Dewan.
“Jenna and I are good now, however it was a painful break to have that crumble, particularly being so younger,” Tatum, 45, informed Variety in an interview printed on Tuesday, September 2. “We tried to maintain it collectively, tried for a 12 months and a half. … It's up to now.”
The White Home Down actor, who shares 12-year-old daughter Everly with Dewan, 44, additionally mentioned the draw back of coparenting along with his ex-wife.
“It's actually robust to not have your daughter half the time,” he admitted. “I want I might simply have her on a regular basis.”
Tatum and Dewan tied the knot in 2009, three years after they met on the set of 2006's Step Up. The pair welcomed Everly in Might 2013.
Us Weekly confirmed in April 2018 that Tatum and Dewan had known as it quits after 9 years of marriage.
“We have now one thing we wish to share … It feels odd that now we have to share this type of factor with everybody, however it's a consequence of the lives we've chosen to steer, which we additionally occur to be deeply grateful for,” the pair stated in a joint assertion on the time. “We're residing in an unimaginable second in time, however it's additionally a time the place reality can simply get distorted into ‘various info.' So we wish to share the reality so you understand that in the event you didn't learn it right here then it's most actually fiction. We have now lovingly chosen to separate as a pair.”
Tatum and Dewan reassured followers that “no secrets and techniques nor salacious occasions” led to their cut up.
“[It was] simply two finest mates realizing it's time to take some area and assist one another stay probably the most joyous, fulfilled lives as potential,” they continued. “We're nonetheless a household and can all the time be loving devoted mother and father to Everly. We received't be commenting past this, and we thanks all upfront for respecting our household's privateness.”
Dewan filed for divorce in October 2018. She and Tatum had been declared legally single the next 12 months.
Although Dewan and Tatum's cut up was initially amicable, the divorce turned contentious in April 2024, when Dewan's authorized crew alleged that Tatum had hid particulars about his Magic Mike earnings and argued that she ought to obtain a portion of the earnings since she was married to the actor when the movie was made. Tatum denied Dewan's request in a submitting of his personal. Later, in August 2024, they accused one another of making an attempt to lengthen the divorce proceedings. The divorce was finally settled in September 2024.
Dewan wrote about closing one chapter of her life and coming into one other in an essay for InStyle in January.
Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan went from Hollywood it couple to coparents to combating in courtroom. The previous spouses started courting in 2006 after assembly on the set of their film, Step Up. They tied the knot in July 2009 and welcomed their daughter, Everly, in Might 2013. 5 years later, they introduced their cut up […]
“This previous 12 months I realized that life has a method of bringing you precisely what it is advisable to study at precisely the appropriate time,” she shared. “The transitions weren't simply modifications; they had been invites to develop, to lean into the discomfort and uncover the energy I didn't know I had. In 2024, particularly, I realized rather a lot about myself, my resilience and my voice. I realized to let go of over-accommodating in my relationships and to sit down with uncomfortability.”
Dewan continued, “Contemporary begins, I've realized, don't look ahead to calendars or huge proclamations. They occur within the quiet selections: forgiving your self, exhibiting up once more, trusting the method even when it feels hopeless.”
Dewan moved on with Steve Kazee after her cut up from Tatum, and the pair bought engaged in 2020. They share children Callum, 5, and Rhiannon, 14 months.
In the meantime, Tatum was engaged to Zoë Kravitz from October 2023 to October 2024.
