Channing Tatum Shares How He Learned to Do Daughter Everly’s Hair, Says He Was ‘Pretty Nervous’ About Being a Single Dad
usmagazine.comLearning something new. Channing Tatum has picked up many unexpected skills over the years while raising his 10-year-old daughter, Everly.“I didn’t plan to be a single dad.
That was not in the cards [or] in my planning, at the least. And I was pretty nervous. I was like, ‘She’s a girl,’” the actor, 43 who shares his child with ex-wife Jenna Dewan, recalled during a Today interview on Thursday, June 1.Tatum said he used various resources to learn about being a girl dad, adding, “I was, like, looking up YouTube on how to braid her hair.
I didn’t want to be the dad who was bringing her to school looking like she had just slept on the street.”In response to a question about what kind of a parent he is, the Magic Mike star admitted he was still figuring that out.“I have no idea, I don’t know.
I’m just trying to get by. I think like every other parent, you’re just trying not to mess your kids up. But you know you’re going to,” he continued. “When I knew I was going to have a kid, I was like, ‘Alright, I’m probably going to be the parent — I plan to be the parent — who was probably going to get her in more trouble than I kept her out of.’ And then as they kind of get older, you start to realize, ‘Oh, I have to set boundaries.’”Tatum was pleasantly surprised by his attempts to set limits with his daughter, saying, “Kids, even though they don’t want boundaries, they do want boundaries.
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