Channing Tatum Says It Is 'Tough' To Admit To His Daughter He Is Not Okay
Channing Tatum, 46, appeared at the Toronto International Film Festival for a Q&A after the TIFF screening of Josephine, his new drama directed by Beth de Araújo, which won the Sundance Dramatic Grand Jury Prize in January and opens in theaters November 20, and in doing so gave one of his most candid interviews about fatherhood.
The film follows a father played by Tatum who struggles to help his young daughter after she witnesses a traumatic event. The character mirrored something real for him.
"It's a really tough thing to tell the little being that you love more than anything in the world that you're actually not okay," Tatum said. "I've had a moment with my daughter when I was hurt, and I was just like, 'I'm just not okay right now,' and you always wanna be like the strongest person, like the Superman in their life, and sometimes you just can't."
His daughter Everly, whom he shares with ex-wife Jenna Dewan, is 13 and just started seventh grade while he was away filming. He returned to find "a full-on teenager."
He called the change beautiful and said it also made him want to cry. Gemma Chan, who co-stars in Josephine, told People that Tatum and his young co-star Mason Reeves built their bond by going to parks, hikes and getting their nails done together.
