Channing Tatum admits his divorce from Jenna Dewan was ‘scary and terrifying’

Divorce is not an easy process. Even the most peaceful separations can be difficult for both the emotional and mental health of those involved. Channing Tatum now opens up about his 2019 Divorce. Jenna Dewan.

The following is an interview with Vanity Fair, the “Magic Mike” star talks about how he met Dewan on the 2006 set of “Step It Up” (as any millennial worth their salt would immediately know) and stayed together until announcing their separation in 2018. Everly was their first child.

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“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. “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.”

He spoke out about the difficulties of being a parent and knowing when to end your marriage.

“But when you’re actually parents. you really understand differences between the two of you,” he explained. “Because it is screaming at you all day long. How you parent differently, how you look at the world, how you go through the world.”

He says the initial anxiety and fear he felt immediately following the initial separation was overwhelming—something many separated and divorced parents can likely relate to.

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“In the beginning, it was super scary and terrifying. Your life just turns on its axis,” Tatum admitted. “This whole plan that you had literally just turns into sand and goes through your fingers and you’re just like, ‘Oh, s***. What now?’”

He spoke out about how his experiences over the last few decades have strengthened his connection with Everly. His relationship with her inspired him to write his own children’s books: “The One and Only Sparkella” and “The One and Only Sparkella Makes a Plan.”

“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. “I just dropped everything and just focused on her. It was the best thing that I could do. Because in the alone time that I have with just me and her, we’ve become best friends.”