Like many parents, Marvel star Channing Tatum has to balance work with family obligations. For the single dad who shares 12-year-old daughter Everly with his ex Jenna Dewan, that means figuring out which acting jobs are worth being away from home. Fortunately, he has Everly to help him make decisions about which roles to take.
While appearing on “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” he explained, “It’s a balance and it’s a constant negotiation.”
“I actually just had a conversation with my daughter on the way to school like two days ago because I’m trying to make some decisions on a movie to go do next year that’s going to be in Australia and I won’t get to see her for like almost two months,” he told the host.
“I’ve never really done that other than on ‘Roofman,'” he said, referring to a recent role. “It was a conversation then as well because it was in North Carolina, … and she’s in middle school.”
Noting that entering middle school means more pressure on Everly, he recalled, “I remember I was having the conversation about doing [Avengers: Doomsday] because [it] was going to be in London. Same thing. It wasn’t as long, but I was like, ‘I don’t know if I want to take it because I’m going to miss like the beginning of your middle school.’ And she was like, ‘No, Dad, you that’s a really good part. I want you to go do that.'”
Channing Tatum Wants Everly to Help Him Make These Decisions
GettyChanning admitted on “The Kelly Clarkson Show” that his daughter’s response to his situation made him a little teary. He also noted that it’s important to make Everly feel like her opinion matters.
He explained: “Even if they don’t even understand really what what those decisions are until like later, but I think it’s important for them to feel like a part of it.”
Channing Makes Sure the Roles He Takes Are ‘Worth It’
There’s no doubt that Channing is offered quite a bit of money to take on certain movie roles. However, he doesn’t want that to be his motivation.
“When you start worrying about what the outcome is more than what you’re making, it’s really tough to make something that is pure,” he told Entertainment Weekly in August 2017. “At the end of my life, when I have to look at my daughter in the face and go, ‘Daddy took time out of our lives, out of our relationship, to go do something,’ it better be worth it. It better not just be for money.”
