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Channing Tatum isn’t a regular dad; he’s a cool dad.
The Magic Mike star, 45, attended the L.A. premiere of Demon Slayer: Infinite Castle on Sept. 9 at the TCL Chinese Theater and exclusively told PEOPLE that his starring in the manga, anime series franchise has gone down very well with his 13-year-old daughter, Everly.
“Stories are important. They’re very, very, very important, and this one, specifically for me and my daughter, is very important,” he said, adding that he scored some “cool dad points” for voicing the character Keizo in the show.
And so excited was Everly about her Dad’s latest role that she accompanied him on the red carpet, looking all grown up in a pale blue, ruffled, off-the-shoulder gown.
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Tatum and ex-wife Jenna Dewan welcomed their daughter in 2013 before separating in 2018. These days, the Step Up alums are successfully co-parenting the newly minted teenager with Tatum confessing he’s embracing life as a girl dad.
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“When I became a single father, I had a lot of fear about connecting to Everly in every way that a little girl might want,” the actor said in 2021. “I didn’t wear nail polish or know how to braid hair.”
“But I jumped with both feet into this magical world and I was rewarded with a kind of love that I don’t think I would have ever been able to have otherwise,” he added.
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In August 2023, Tatum took Everly to Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour concert in Los Angeles. Gayle King shared a video on Instagram of Tatum dancing at the event as well as a snap of the actor wearing a T-shirt reading: “It’s me, hi, I’m the daddy, it’s me.”
Tatum’s experience parenting Everly even inspired him to write his first children’s book, The One and Only Sparkella. The proud dad dedicated the book to his girl, “To Everly, the most brilliant magical being that I have ever known,” he wrote in the inscription. “You are my greatest teacher.”
Tatum has since released a second book in the series, The One and Only Sparkella Makes a Plan, and in 2022, he announced that Sparkella would be adapted into a live-action film starring none other than himself.
As for Dewan, she and her fiancé, Steve Kazee, have given Everly two siblings: Callum, born in March 2020, and Rhiannon, born in June 2024.
