Channing Tatum has a fellow actor to thank for setting him up with Zoë Kravitz . The celebrity couple confirmed their relationship after riding through the streets of New York City together in 2021, and while they’ve since become engaged , Tatum says none of it would’ve happened if it weren’t for Elvis Presley ’s granddaughter. “I remember Riley Keough texted me,” Tatum told E! News correspondent Will Marfuggi on Wednesday .
“She was like, ‘Hey, I have a friend that wants to send you something. Do you know Zoë Kravitz? I’m going to give you her number.’” “The very first time we met, it was after I read this thing that she sent me called Pussy Island ,” he later explained.
“I was like, ‘I guess I’m definitely reading this.’” Tatum has since become a treasured member of his fiancée’s family and was recently praised by her rock star father, Lenny Kravitz , as a “very soulful human being.” While Zoë will tie the knot for the first time, Tatum was previously married to dancer and actor Jenna Dewan .
The two announced their separation on social media in 2018 and are still finalizing aspects of their divorce . While Tatum and Kravitz were first linked in 2021, they had circled each other for years. “We both were going out for a movie that I ended up doing called A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints ,” Tatum said Wednesday.
“Then she was in Jodie Foster ’s [2007 movie The Brave One ]. That’s the first time I ever saw her, and .
