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Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan: The Full Timeline of Their Breakup and Divorce
Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan’s separation in 2018 shocked fans, as the couple had long been seen as one of Hollywood’s happiest pairs. They met on the set of Step Up in 2006, married in 2009, and welcomed their daughter, Everly, in 2013. Their public image as a loving couple, highlighted by their iconic performance on Lip Sync Battle, made their split particularly surprising.
The couple announced their separation in April 2018, stating that they had “lovingly chosen to separate” while still holding deep affection for each other. However, their divorce has been anything but simple. Despite their efforts to maintain a united front for their daughter, financial disputes, particularly surrounding Tatum’s Magic Mike franchise, have caused delays in finalizing their divorce settlement.
April 11, 2024: According to court documents obtained by People, Dewan has called on Tatum to testify in court over “issues related to the parties’ marriage, including business and financial activities.” Tatum also adds Dewan to his own witness list.
Dewan has reportedly singled out Magic Mike as their “largest issue” and is looking for “an equal division of the Magic Mike intellectual property.” According to People, Dewan claims the franchise was “developed and cofinanced by Channing during marriage with community effort and marital funds,” but Tatum has “colluded” to “shelter” the profits from his ex partner.
Meanwhile, Tatum refutes this claim, with his lawyers arguing that the actor “continued to create and develop [Magic Mike] since [their] separation.” Based on the court filing, it seems Tatum—who is currently engaged to Zoë Kravitz—is eager to finalize their divorce settlement, having “exhausted all efforts in an attempt to settle this matter without litigation.”
January 17, 2024: Dewan announces she’s expecting a second child with fiancé Steve Kazee.
January 17, 2023: Channing Tatum opens up about the divorce while promoting Magic Mike’s Last Dance. “In the beginning [the split] was super scary and terrifying,” he tells Vanity Fair. “Your life just turns on its axis. This whole plan that you had literally just turns into sand and goes through your fingers and you’re just like, ‘Oh, shit. What now?’” He doesn’t go into heavy detail about the cause for their split but says the pair had “grown apart.”
“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 says. “But when you’re actually parents, you really understand differences between the two of you. 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.”
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The pair are finally sharing cute photos of each other on Instagram.
October 31, 2023: People reports that Tatum and Kravitz are engaged.
August 18, 2023: As Tatum and Kravitz’s relationship begins to go public, sources tell E! News that Dewan is unbothered. “Jenna doesn’t get involved in who he dates,” the source says. “She wants the best for Channing and hopes that he is healthy and happy. She leaves it at that.”
August 4, 2021: Jenna Dewan denies slamming Tatum during her interview on the Dear Gabby podcast. While being interviewed, she opens up about the “postpartum anxiety” she faced shortly after her daughter Everly’s birth, partially due to her and Tatum’s mismatched work schedules. “I had to travel with her, and at the time, Chan wasn’t available to be with us for the most part,” Dewan says on the podcast, according to People. “So it was me, my doula, and Evie all by ourselves traveling at six weeks.”
As of April 2024, Dewan is seeking a share of the Magic Mike profits, claiming that the franchise was developed with marital funds. Tatum, however, argues that he continued to build the franchise after their separation. This dispute has led both parties to call each other to testify in court, further complicating what was once an amicable split.
Throughout the years, both Tatum and Dewan have moved on with their lives—Tatum is engaged to Zoë Kravitz, while Dewan is expecting her second child with fiancé Steve Kazee. Despite the challenges, they continue to focus on co-parenting their daughter, navigating their “new normal” as they finalize the details of their divorce.
