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Jenna Dewan On The Moment She Knew She Needed To Split With Channing Tatum

“It was never on my docket of dreams.” - by Lucy Bode
  • 25 Oct 2019

When Jenna Dewan and Channing Tatum announced their split after nine years of marriage, the speculation was rife. Was it cheating? Who instigated? So many questions, so few answers. But despite both parties initially remaining silent on the matter – aside from a joint statement saying they’d “lovingly chosen to separate”- time has (finally!) gifted fans with closure.

In her new book, Gracefully You: Finding Beauty And Balance In The Everyday, the actress shared the real reason her relationship with Channing ended.   

“I’d come to realise the dynamic I was in wasn’t serving me nor was it serving my daughter,” she wrote, according to PEOPLE. “First and foremost I had to accept the realisation this isn’t working and had moved into hurting.”

“The public saw Channing and I in this idealised romanticised light,” she continued. “This made things difficult for me because I like being as honest and real as I can.”  

Jenna also noted that being a divorcee was never on her “docket of dreams,” and as a result, she struggled to cope.

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"In the beginning of my separation, it felt as though I were in a dark closet, desperately trying to find the light or the way out," she wrote. "I was in a state of shock. One week I’d be doing really well and the next I was slammed with a whole new slew of emotions. The rumour mill was churning out story after story. There were many times I hid under the covers, wondering what was next.”

Jenna added that the pain of the breakup had hit like a “tumbling avalanche,” leaving her “completely overcome with fear and sadness.”

“It took many moments of sitting alone with my grief to force me into surrendering to my roller coaster of a situation."

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Lucy is Women Health’s digital editor, social media specialist and the go-to girl for all things holistic wellness. Her background as a journalist and passion for food, fitness and integrative medicine has led her to write for some of Australia’s leading publications over the course of her career.

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