Channing Tatum‘s 5-year-old daughterEverlyis marching to the beat of her own drum.
At the Los Angeles premiere of his new animated flickSmallfooton Saturday, the 38-year-old actor opened up toEntertainment Tonightabout his only child’s independent personality.
“She’s on the ground, rolling around. Every kid is up doing the proper stuff, but she’s just doing her own thing,” Tatum said of Everly’s participation in dance class, admitting “She kinda came out that way” more so than himself or exJenna Dewaninstilling a sense of spunk in their daughter.
“I wish I could take credit for that, but I can’t, really,” said the proud dad. “That’s really all her. I think kids come out a little bit of what they’re going to be, andthen you foster that to bewhatever you hope her to be in the world. She always just does her own thing.”
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The discussion came about because Tatum recently posted a photo of Everly as the only person throwing up the rock-and-roll hand signal in a large group of kids.
“So my daughter giving the lone 🤟 [sign] at her school assembly today just confirmed what I already knew. She cool AF!” hecaptioned the shot. “And that I will never even come close to how f-ing cool she is. I’m proud and feeling some pangs of dad dork growing.”
Addressing the post withET, the actor said, “I think everybody would think that was cool. … I’m just watching her, and she’s in a lone group of kids, and it’s how they say, ‘Be quiet’ at assembly, and she’s just the lone one, just holding it up and just being solid about it. Real calm. And I was like, ‘Solidarity.’ ”
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Tatum has long been an advocate for his daughter embracing her true and complete self, regardless of what others may pressure her into being. In May 2017, he wrotean essay forCosmopolitanpraising Dewan, 37, and revealing how he wants Everly to dismiss “preconceived standards” and instead focus on what makes her feel empowered.
“I tried to imagine the things I’d want her to read that would help her understand men and sex and partnership better, and at that moment, I realized a strange thing,” wrote the Magic Mike star.
“I don’t want her looking to the outside world for answers. My highest hope for her is just that she has the fearlessnessto always be her authentic self, no matter what she thinks men want her to be.”
“I guess if there’s one thing that I think men wish women knew, it’s just that they alone are enough,” added Tatum, whoannounced his split from Dewanin April after nine years of marriage. “When more women start totruly feel this power in themselves, the world will become so magical, it makes my head hurt.”
source: people.com
