Channing Tatumconsidered not stripping down again for the third installment ofMagic Mike.The actor, 41, revealed onThe Kelly Clarkson Showon Thursday that he questioned if he wanted to take on the intense fitness regimen and diet required to reprise his role as Mike Lane forMagic Mike’s Last Dance.“That might be the reason why I didn’t want to do a third one,” Tatum shared with hostKelly Clarksonas she showed a shirtless photo of him from the second film in the franchise,Magic Mike XXL. “Because I have to look like that.“Claudette Barius/Warner Brot/REX/Shutterstock"It’s hard to look like that. Even if you do work out, to be that kind of in shape is not natural,” he added. “That’s not even healthy. You have to starve yourself. I don’t think when you’re that lean, it’s actually healthy.“The father of one admitted that he doesn’t know how anyone can get into shape without it being a full-time job.“I don’t know how people who work a 9 to 5 actually stay in shape because it’s my full-time job, and I can barely do it,” he said.In preparation for the thirdMagic Mikefilm, Tatum said he worked out twice a day and ate “completely right.“He also talked about how much work it is to get a six-pack and how quickly it can go away.“Why — when it takes like, I don’t know, two months to get really lean — in three days, you can lose it?” he asked. “It’s gone. I was like, ‘What happened?’ “Magic Mike XXL(2015).Warner Bros. Pictures / EverettNever miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free weekly newsletterto get the biggest news of the week delivered to your inbox every Friday.Tatum said that he sadly has to cut out an essential flavor from his foods before stripping down on camera.“The thing I miss most probably is like, salt,” he said, explaining that he eliminates sodium before getting “butt naked onscreen” to reduce bloating.“Just everything tastes like, I don’t know, tastes like water,” he added. “It’s nothing.“Channing Tatumconfirmed he wouldreprise his roleforMagic Mike’s Last Dance— which is set to premiere exclusively on HBO Max — with anInstagram postin November.“I want it to be the Super Bowl of stripping,” he toldPEOPLEearlier this month of the final film in the franchise. “I want dancing like we’ve never been able to do in the other two movies, because we had to be honest to what the reality of that world is, which isn’t great dancing.”
Channing Tatumconsidered not stripping down again for the third installment ofMagic Mike.
The actor, 41, revealed onThe Kelly Clarkson Showon Thursday that he questioned if he wanted to take on the intense fitness regimen and diet required to reprise his role as Mike Lane forMagic Mike’s Last Dance.
“That might be the reason why I didn’t want to do a third one,” Tatum shared with hostKelly Clarksonas she showed a shirtless photo of him from the second film in the franchise,Magic Mike XXL. “Because I have to look like that.”
Claudette Barius/Warner Brot/REX/Shutterstock
“It’s hard to look like that. Even if you do work out, to be that kind of in shape is not natural,” he added. “That’s not even healthy. You have to starve yourself. I don’t think when you’re that lean, it’s actually healthy.”
The father of one admitted that he doesn’t know how anyone can get into shape without it being a full-time job.
“I don’t know how people who work a 9 to 5 actually stay in shape because it’s my full-time job, and I can barely do it,” he said.
In preparation for the thirdMagic Mikefilm, Tatum said he worked out twice a day and ate “completely right.”
He also talked about how much work it is to get a six-pack and how quickly it can go away.
“Why — when it takes like, I don’t know, two months to get really lean — in three days, you can lose it?” he asked. “It’s gone. I was like, ‘What happened?’ "
Magic Mike XXL(2015).Warner Bros. Pictures / Everett
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Tatum said that he sadly has to cut out an essential flavor from his foods before stripping down on camera.
“The thing I miss most probably is like, salt,” he said, explaining that he eliminates sodium before getting “butt naked onscreen” to reduce bloating.
“Just everything tastes like, I don’t know, tastes like water,” he added. “It’s nothing.”
Channing Tatumconfirmed he wouldreprise his roleforMagic Mike’s Last Dance— which is set to premiere exclusively on HBO Max — with anInstagram postin November.
“I want it to be the Super Bowl of stripping,” he toldPEOPLEearlier this month of the final film in the franchise. “I want dancing like we’ve never been able to do in the other two movies, because we had to be honest to what the reality of that world is, which isn’t great dancing.”
source: people.com
