Jenna Dewan light-heartedly shared her 12-year-old daughter Everly Tatum’s preparation for an Irish dance competitors.
The Step Up alum, 44, joked by way of her Instagram Story on Saturday, October 25, that one of many key steps in getting Everly prepared for her efficiency was making use of “on the spot tanner” at 7 a.m. That’s dedication!
The early morning preparation seemingly paid off as a later video on Dewan’s Instagram Story showcased Everly effortlessly performing her formal routine.
After all, the mother of three — who shares Everly with ex-husband Channing Tatum, plus she shares son Callum, 5, and daughter Rhiannon, 1, with fiancé Steve Kazee — has a wealth of expertise to depend on as she guides her younger daughter’s foray into aggressive dancing.
Jenna Dewan ready daughter Everly for a dance competitors by making use of faux tanner. Courtesy Instagram/Jennadewan
Dewan began her profession as a backup dancer for Janet Jackson, Celine Dion and Pink earlier than placing her dance expertise to wonderful use in her 2006 breakthrough film Step Up.
Surprisingly, the actress beforehand advised Us Weekly that Everly initially wasn’t thinking about dancing as she grew up, regardless of coming from two mother and father with sturdy efficiency backgrounds. (Tatum costarred with Dewan in Step Up and likewise appeared within the Magic Mike films.)
“We’ve at all times had this joke that coming from two dance mother and father, she simply had no curiosity in any respect,” she advised Us in 2022. “Lately, she’s needed to take up Irish dancing … on her personal accord.”
Dewan defined that Everly’s curiosity in Irish dance caught each of her mother and father utterly without warning because it was such a far cry from their types.
“She was like, ‘Oh, my gosh, I wish to try this,” the Come Dance with Me choose defined. “And now she’s going to Irish dance lessons. She is so critical about it. She loves it. We’re in it to win it … in her personal means. That’s very Evie. She needs to do issues in her personal distinctive means. It’s so cool.”
On the time, Dewan hinted to Us that her son Callum stands out as the subsequent member of the household to attempt dancing, since he has “just a little swag [and] just a little bounce” like his dad. (Kazee has an in depth musical theater background, together with profitable a Tony Award for his main efficiency in As soon as.)
“[Callum] already has a little bit of an inclination for rhythm and music,” she teased. “So we’ll see. I’m very large on not pushing [my interests] on my youngsters as a result of I need them to search out what they’re uniquely thinking about. However yeah, they’re discovering it.”
Dewan and Tatum obtained collectively in 2006 after assembly on the set of Step Up and ultimately tied the knot in 2009. Each have been reluctant to publicly focus on their 2018 separation and subsequent divorce, although Tatum, 45, admitted to Selection in September that he’d labored by means of any points together with his ex-wife with the intention to coparent Evie.
“Jenna and I are good now, but it surely was a painful break to have that crumble, particularly being so younger,” Tatum acknowledged. “We tried to maintain it collectively, tried for a 12 months and a half. … It’s prior to now.”
Admitting that the divorce was “robust” on the entire household, he added: “It’s actually robust to not have your daughter half the time. I want I may simply have her on a regular basis.”
Tatum has moved with long-term relationships with Jessie J first after which with Zoë Kravitz — each of which have now ended — whereas Dewan introduced her engagement to fiancé Kazee in February 2020. Kazee and Dewan went on to welcome son Callum in March 2020 and daughter Rhiannon in June 2024.
“From the second you arrived, you may have introduced immense pleasure and love into our lives… your light grace, sweetness, and wonder have captivated our whole household,” the couple wrote in a 2024 delivery announcement for Rhiannon. “Our hearts are overflowing with love, and we’re really blessed by your presence. Welcome to our world child woman.”
