Jenna Dewan light-heartedly shared her 12-year-old daughter Everly Tatum's preparation for an Irish dance competitors.
The Step Up alum, 44, joked through her Instagram Story on Saturday, October 25, that one of many key steps in getting Everly prepared for her efficiency was making use of “immediate tanner” at 7 a.m. That's dedication!
The early morning preparation seemingly paid off as a later video on Dewan's Instagram Story showcased Everly effortlessly performing her formal routine.
In fact, the mother of three — who shares Everly with ex-husband Channing Tatum, plus she shares son Callum, 5, and daughter Rhiannon, 1, with fiancé Steve Kazee — has a wealth of expertise to depend on as she guides her younger daughter's foray into aggressive dancing.
Jenna Dewan ready daughter Everly for a dance competitors by making use of pretend tanner. Courtesy Instagram/Jennadewan
Dewan began her profession as a backup dancer for Janet Jackson, Celine Dion and Pink earlier than placing her dance expertise to wonderful use in her 2006 breakthrough film Step Up.
Surprisingly, the actress beforehand instructed Us Weekly that Everly initially wasn't involved in dancing as she grew up, regardless of coming from two mother and father with robust efficiency backgrounds. (Tatum costarred with Dewan in Step Up and in addition appeared within the Magic Mike motion pictures.)
“We've all the time had this joke that coming from two dance mother and father, she simply had no curiosity in any respect,” she instructed Us in 2022. “Just lately, she's wished to take up Irish dancing … on her personal accord.”
Dewan defined that Everly's curiosity in Irish dance caught each of her mother and father fully abruptly because it was such a far cry from their kinds.
“She was like, ‘Oh, my gosh, I need to try this,” the Come Dance with Me decide defined. “And now she's going to Irish dance courses. She is so critical about it. She loves it. We're in it to win it … in her personal method. That's very Evie. She needs to do issues in her personal distinctive method. It's so cool.”
On the time, Dewan hinted to Us that her son Callum would be the subsequent member of the household to attempt dancing, since he has “a bit swag [and] a bit bounce” like his dad. (Kazee has an in depth musical theater background, together with profitable a Tony Award for his main efficiency in As soon as.)
“[Callum] already has a little bit of an inclination for rhythm and music,” she teased. “So we'll see. I'm very large on not pushing [my interests] on my youngsters as a result of I need them to search out what they're uniquely involved in. However yeah, they're discovering it.”
Dewan and Tatum received collectively in 2006 after assembly on the set of Step Up and ultimately tied the knot in 2009. Each have been reluctant to publicly focus on their 2018 separation and subsequent divorce, although Tatum, 45, admitted to Selection in September that he'd labored by means of any points together with his ex-wife as a way to coparent Evie.
“Jenna and I are good now, nevertheless it was a painful break to have that collapse, particularly being so younger,” Tatum acknowledged. “We tried to maintain it collectively, tried for a yr and a half. … It's up to now.”
Admitting that the divorce was “powerful” on the entire household, he added: “It's actually powerful to not have your daughter half the time. I want I might simply have her on a regular basis.”
Tatum has moved with long-term relationships with Jessie J first after which with Zoë Kravitz — each of which have now ended — whereas Dewan introduced her engagement to fiancé Kazee in February 2020. Kazee and Dewan went on to welcome son Callum in March 2020 and daughter Rhiannon in June 2024.
“From the second you arrived, you will have introduced immense pleasure and love into our lives… your mild grace, sweetness, and sweetness have captivated our total household,” the couple wrote in a 2024 delivery announcement for Rhiannon. “Our hearts are overflowing with love, and we're really blessed by your presence. Welcome to our world child woman.”
