Channing Tatum: Fatherhood was like garage work

By Tribute News on February 6, 2015 | Leave a Comment

Channing Tatum felt like a garage worker changing a car tire rather than a dad when he first became a father.

The Hollywood hunk’s wife Jenna Dewan-Tatum gave birth to their daughter Everly in May 2013 but he didn’t find fatherhood much ”fun” during the youngster’s first year and joked he felt more like an ”assistant.”

He said: ”The only think that guys can really do in the beginning is just be assistants, like, ‘Diaper? Give it to me – got it.’ And it’s like doing a tire change during a NASCAR race. You do it, then you just hand her back. For the first year, that’s pretty much all guys are – they are just assistants.”

But now the tot is 20 months old she is starting to walk and talk, much to the joy of the Jupiter Ascending star. He added: ”But now it’s starting to get fun. Everly’s starting to say ‘Dada’ and really recognize me. She’s also starting to walk and everything, so it’s getting really cool.”

While the 34-year-old star has now settled into his role as a parent, he praised his wife for being a ”superwoman” and raising their baby at the same time as juggling her acting schedule.

He told the Daily Mirror: ”We had the baby while we were on ‘Jupiter Ascending’ and I don’t ever recommend doing four movies and trying to have a kid. It was not such a good idea. But my wife is a superwoman. I don’t know how she did it. She went to work six weeks after she had the baby.”

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