It says something about Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan that they really keep their private lives locked down when they needed to. Most people were stunned by the news of their split, and then came the kicker: they’ve actually been separated for months, and Channing had already moved out of their Beverly Hills mansion. There’s been very little in the way of scandalous gossip following the split announcement too. If anything, their separation sounds rather mundane and just sad, two people who fell out of love and wanted different things. This Page Six story was one of the few almost-shady pieces I’ve read so far:
Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan have separated after eight years of marriage, while his career continues to soar — causing deep divisions about the time they were spending apart. Jenna has struggled with the pace of Channing’s career, according to a source, who said, “She is troubled by his success. He was turning down jobs because of her, and they were fighting a lot. He has been filming the ‘Lego Movie’ sequel and has at least four other acting projects in development, and that isn’t even his focus. He’s moving toward producing and directing.
“Jenna always said they had to put work into their marriage to keep it alive, and while Channing is a great dad to their daughter, [Jenna] felt like he stopped wanting to work as hard on them as a married couple. This has been a long time coming. They fell out of love.”
Channing — who has 4-year-old daughter Everly with Jenna — has more than 20 projects in development as a producer. Jenna — already a well-known dancer when she met Channing on 2006’s “Step Up” — just shot the movie “Berlin, I Love You” and is in the Fox musical “Mixtape.”
The source further explained of their differences: “Channing is living at their ranch in Ojai, Calif., and Jenna is in Beverly Hills.” While they still spend time together with Everly, Channing enjoys “living like a dude at their ranch,” while Jenna is a fitness-obsessed vegan, the friend added.
Channing told GQ in 2014, “I have an inner fat kid in me . . . I can completely lose myself into just absolutely satisfying things — a really amazing cheeseburger, a pizza, good fries, a beer . . . I probably drink too much . . . My wife, that’s what she bought into,” adding he’s cut back now that he’s a dad and quits alcohol before filming a movie.
My guess is that he expected Jenna to be the supportive wife at home, the Kate Capshaw to his Spielberg, the Rita Wilson to his Tom Hanks. And Jenna was sitting there thinking, “Why not me?” Plus, all of the other stuff – he was constantly traveling and working and not really focusing on their marriage. And when he was around, he just wanted to unwind with some beer and Meat Lovers Pizza. And Jenna was like “ugh.”
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Citing Lego Movie as a huge career step seems odd. It’s not that he was doing “Amarcord” anyway… Weren’t they on a getaway this December? “Months” then are from January to March, not longer. I didn’t see it coming, they seemed to be so in love.
He actually quits drinking before filming? Its safe to say that when he says “drinking” he isnt talking about three beers after dinner. The alcohol theme looms large with him.
I don’t know, isn’t that a pretty common thing to do if you’re trying to look fit on camera? I wouldn’t assume “alcoholism” from that. If anything, I think it shows restraint.
im troubled by all the mediocre white guys being mad successful just for showing up too
I’m not. It’s been happening with good-looking white women for decades. Remember how “The Mask” catapulted Cameron Diaz’s career? It’s a movie industry, it’s normal. As long as they get paid equally for doing nothing and looking good, it’s all good.
They dont get paid equal and far far faaaaaaaar fewer women break through to actual stardom than men. Even when they do, their moment passes fast as Cameron Diaz “voluntary retirement” proves. Cameron to be fair had a longer run at the top than virtually any other actress of her generation.
As for Cameron Diaz: wait. I think she will make a comeback in a few years. She might be focusing on her family now but just wait. “Gambit” was really good. And she is 45 years old. She played the hot young blonde and the hot blonde for a long time. But her looks say “comedy” and “not serious” so I guess it might be difficult to get those more serious parts for older ladies.
Well, Diane Keaton always has serious parts with humorous elements so I hope Diaz will one day go into her direction.
I don’t think he’s mediocre. I like him. he seems like a nice genuine guy and he is what he is. He puts in the work and i think that was the issue. He can’t be in both places.
He’s actually not mediocre at all, as much as I hate to say it because he’s a bad actor. But as a producer and director, he will have a long successful career. Anyone who has bothered to watch the brilliant Comrade Detective will know what I am talking about. He’s got an actual brain in that fratboy face, which surprised the sh$t out of me.
Thought they “won’t be commenting further”?
Riiiiiight.
Is any of this them commenting? This is random sources and old interviews.
If you think the sources really are “random” then I have a bridge to sell you.
I think she was probably more “troubled” by his drinking and cheating, but whatever.
ya…Pretty sure she was tired of the cheating. He was pretty infamous for cheating and sliding into random DMs.
I mean how can you be in a relationship without someone you never see? I believe they fell out of love from lack of just being I’m the same room ever. Especially when one wants to be in the room and the other seems to put everything before being in the room. Plus, adding a kid in the mix you always put the kid first and there seems to be no time left over to be a wife/husband. Just sad all around. It is always sad when this happens.
I mean how can you be in a relationship without someone you never see? I believe they fell out of love from lack of just being I’m the same room ever. Especially when one wants to be in the room and the other seems to put everything before being in the room. Plus, adding a kid in the mix you always put the kid first and there seems to be no time left over to be a wife/husband. Just sad all around. It is always sad when this happens.
Sorry for the double post!
Blind Gossip claims Channing is a serial cheater and posted messages he sent a woman to prove it… then again, all of it could be doctored/made-up because Blind Gossip isn’t exactly reliable?
http://blindgossip.com/?p=86054
Blind gossip is gross.
there has been rumors before blinds came out. I believe he did cheat a lot and of course doesn’t want it to come out. it would hurt his career to be seen as a serial Cheater,especially when they’re marketed as “sweethearts”.
So fake. One of the tabloids will definitely pick it up. The only proof of cheating is blind items… No real reciepts.
Ppl still cite BlindGossip? The receipt is FAKE. The so called “selfie” is a screen shot from this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoWK3WqxmwI
Thank you for letting me know! I will steer clear of them going forward. I think they just get very lucky with their guesses from time to time.
The pics are screen capped from a youtube video shot in his trailer. Doctored receipts. Never trust Blind Gossip.
Interesting how these “he is a serial cheater…he’s been cheating for years” posts only started on this site after the announcement of their separation. Sure it’s a safe guess that to label Everyman a cheater but….ahem, the cheating rates amongst women is almost the same as men. Those are the statistics but we choose to ignore those statistics.
I love reading the blinds at lunch and trying to guess who. They are my guilty pleasure.
Me too. I don’t take them seriously either, but they’re fun. And I notice a couple have been posted here lately too.
Good Lord, she is gorgeous! He’s tripping. Good for her though. Deserves someone who adores her.
Isn’t she? She just glows.
I’m hoping I don’t have to inform you that cheating has nothing to do with looks; he wants adoration and feels validated by it.
there have been rumors about his cheating forever. this split should come as no surprise.
(According to this article) She knew this when she married him and vice versa! People don’t necessarily change for the better after 10yrs of marriage and no you don’t get to shape them into whatever you want them to be. Relationships evolve of course but turning a beer drinking pizza lover into a vegan isn’t what I mean. I get falling out of love but falling out of love with someone because they are exactly who they told you they were isn’t fair
dang.
jaw-envy!
wow.
ive never seen her before.
It is sad. If they were having problems it’s not going to get any better if they go months in different places. I hope they can stay civil for their daughter.
I think she could have actually been troubled by his success…not out of jealousy or spite but because maybe it changed him as a person. I also think “grow apart” is code for someone wants to now grow with someone else, a third party.
Success in an industry like hollywood spells disaster for a relationship. Maybe suddenly he was partying more, had more girls throwing themselves at him than ever before, he was gone out of town more and thus his infidelity increased. I think it sounds like she forgave him for a lot of cheating behavior and maybe she just had enough and wanted to cut her losses? I get the argument that we walk away easily these days but I also think it’s easier than ever for people to cheat due to things like social media. How much are you supposed to take? Life is too short to endure a cheating spouse your whole life
I would never date a famous person for all those reasons
Ditto. I dated a famous athlete once, and everyone warned me not to do it because…well, cheating. Well I got burned good, he was a serial cheater even though I was supposed to be the love of his life. Thankfully he got traded away and I just let the thing flop and got over my hurt feelings. A year later he killed himself driving drunk and speeding in the middle of the night. Choices made…
Ojai, huh? I always forget celebs love Ojai. I live in Ventura so it’s kind of random since we I moved away from LA to remove ourselves from the congestion and culture without completely having to uproot careers that I forget we’re still wedged between LA and SB.
Uugh I hate this narrative. I really suspects this separation is because of his alcohol issues, rather than her being jealous of his career.
Why are people blaming her and making her seem jealous of him? He became huge a while ago and she stuck around. We’ve all heard the rumors about his drinking and his cheating. I don’t like the narrative of the jealous wife. She was supportive because that’s what women do. We are taught to put ourselves second, third or last. Always.
“I probably drink too much . . . My wife, that’s what she bought into,”
That’s a horrible thing to say. It means he has no intention of changing and that his gross habits are more important than his relationship. You don’t have to go vegan with her but if she values health maybe learn something from her?
I don’t find heavy drinkers attractive tbh and it can definitely be a problem in a relationship. But some people do grow out of it. If you can’t grow out of it and you drive people away then you have a drinking problem.
Honestly, how do we know he drank too much? Some of these fitness addicts claim that your second beer is too much though you just drink 2 beers a week. ??? Wtf.
My mom is one of those super Puritan Christians and she complains about my dad being an alcoholic. Uh, no. Having a couple of beers with the guys once a week doesn’t make you an alcoholic. He doesn’t even drink enough to qualify as a binge drinker. Sometimes people just need to go and find someone else who is on their wave length.
You’re absolutely right! Jenna’s been very supportive of him. She’s only getting occasional acting to balance time with her family. Only few months she’s investing too much on social media, starting you tube channel since this split is inevitable. So she has something to fall back on. As for Channing, he’s not wearing his wedding ring for months when going out w/ friends & guesting. So I said that’s not right. So I knew then this will happen then. He only started
wearing then few days before& after the split announcement. It’s mind boggling. I applaud Jenna for handling a Taurus man for years w/c I could barely handle for a week. I think whatever the reason for breakup they better off separately. I really like Jenna, I don’t subscribe on career jealousy thing. A man’s success is because of Jenna’s ever love & support & only taken for granted. Shame.
Functional alcoholics are not usually functional at all times. They can “function” but the behind the scenes look? Not so attractive. Alcoholism is usually fairly progressive, too, so Jenna probably had enough and rightly so.
I loved her on Witches of East End. I think that’s the only thing I’ve seen either of them in, but it gave me such a soft spot for them both!
When she went alone to the Oscars last month i knew there is something not right. They are both actors and the Oscars are the most important event professionaly for actors and in no way he would not attend if everything was ok between them. Her answer to why he was not there seemed very, well, not convincingly.
To me it was a sign and i wasn’t wrong.
Sad, but that’s life. I wish them all well especially for their child.
I wasn’t thinking this was nasty until now. His team is hiding something.
For what it’s worth from this dude’s perspective, he’s at the top of his game and doesn’t want to be tied down. He may just turn the way of DiCaprio and go to work and enjoy life without the constraints of answering to a wife. That being said, I do hope he maintains a healthy relationship with his child.
A lot of these Hollywood marriages seem to end after they have children. I think the men assume that the wife will be the primary caretaker of the children and the women assume their partners will help. I guess it’s the same thing that happens in non Hollywood marriages. The only difference would be that they have a lot of money so they don’t fight about finances.
If I had a child with a man and he ignored me and the child and I witnessed him put all his focus and effort on his career, I would probably leave him. I assume he agreed to have the child too. As for her “making him give up roles”, I don’t think that had anything to do with jealousy . I think it was her trying to get him to spend more time with his family and help with their child. This sounds like a story put out there by his team.
Why do you automatically assume that he wanted her to be the supportive wife at home? He might have totally supported her in whatever career she wanted. As someone noted elsewhere if they really wanted to make it work they would make it work.
I am a very jealous wife, let alone some men have weak will powers, sometimes women throw themselves on married men, with no self respect and shamelessly. If cheating, flirting and drinking on Channing is all true, Jenna is simply putting her feet down to scream out, enough is enough.. thumbs up for her. Channing is bored in his marriage? Excuse me? That’s what institution of marriage, don’t tell me he didn’t know what committment is all about