Jenna Dewan Tatum Hinted That Marriage to Channing Tatum Was Far From "Perfect"
"We have days where we don’t really like each other."
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2018's heartbreak continues—Step Up co-stars, and beautifully supportive married couple, Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan Tatum, have announced that they've decided to separate after almost nine years together.
The couple released a joint statement to People, which they also shared on their Instagram accounts, detailing their decision to separate:
Obviously, fans are finding the news difficult to accept, because the Tatums once seemed to be one of the most solid Hollywood couples. However, a recent interview given by Dewan Tatum might have hinted at a growing discord between them.
In February this year, Dewan Tatum spoke to Health about her relationship with Tatum, and was quick to dispel the idea that her marriage was, in fact, perfect.
Dewan Tatum told Health: "When people say you guys have such a perfect life, I want to scream and tell them no one's perfect. I think there are such things as great fits. It is a great fit as long as you are growing together, and I think up until this point we’ve really grown together."
But it seems that, despite being a "great fit," the Tatums experienced problems every married couple encounters, that ultimately they couldn't work through.
Dewan Tatum hinted at deeper issues when she told Health:
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"I think a couple needs to be conscious and to want to do the work and be willing to look at the parts of you that need work. Both of us have been pretty aware and willing to do that. We’ve always had the same values. But we’re not perfect! Are you kidding? We fight like other couples, we disagree about things, we have days where we don’t really like each other."
While the Tatums have decided to separate, it's clear that they remain loving and supportive co-parents, who will always respect one another. And as anyone who's survived a marriage breakdown will tell you—that's major.
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Amy Mackelden is a contributing editor at Marie Claire, where she covers celebrity and royal family news. She was the weekend editor at Harper’s BAZAAR for three years, where she covered breaking celebrity and entertainment news, royal stories, fashion, beauty, and politics. Prior to that, she spent a year as the joint weekend editor for Marie Claire, ELLE, and Harper's BAZAAR, and two years as an entertainment writer at Bustle. Her additional bylines include Cosmopolitan, People, The Independent, HelloGiggles, Biography, Shondaland, Best Products, New Statesman, Heat, and The Guardian. Her work has been syndicated by publications including Town & Country, Good Housekeeping, Esquire, Delish, Oprah Daily, Country Living, and Women's Health. Her celebrity interviews include Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Chastain, the cast of Selling Sunset, Emma Thompson, Jessica Alba, and Penn Badgley. In 2015, she delivered an academic paper at Kimposium, the world's first Kardashian conference.
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