Channing Tatum Was Devastated After Divorce From Jenna Dewan

Some things in life can shake a person's conviction and make them reconsider their achievements and where they are in life.

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For Channing Tatum, it was his divorce from Jenna Dewan, his wife of nearly nine years and mother of his daughter Everly.

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In an interview with Variety, Tatum revealed that he thought about retiring from the movie business when they announced their divorce.

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He said he thought about whether he still wanted to act, direct, or be in the movie industry at all and then decided to take time off.

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During the interview, Tatum also mentioned that he suffered from burnout from taking on too many projects without enough rest.

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Tatum said that he wasn't as good when he worked on 22 Jump Street and Jupiter Ascending because he didn't have enough energy.

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When Tatum and Dewan announced their split in April 2018, they released a statement that they had lovingly chosen to separate as a couple.

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Their divorce was finalized in November 2019, and Dewan is now engaged to Steve Kazee while Tatum is dating actress Zoe Kravitz.

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Kravitz and Tatum were seen leaving the 2021 Met Gala together for an afterparty where they couldn't take their hands off each other.

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