Channing Tatum: My Wife Approves Magic Mike Stripper Moves

Channing Tatum and wife Jenna Dewan-Tatum. Photo: Getty

Channing Tatum's wife, Jenna Dewan-Tatum, is thrilled to see him jump back into the thong for Magic Mike XXL but she still has to approve the moves.

"Our two choreographers on the movie, they're really, really good friends [with Jenna]," Tatum told WHO at a recent press conference. "So I work it out with them and then I go show Jenna for approval."

"She actually loves Magic Mike, believe it or not," says Tatum. "It's an interesting thing that actors have to deal with. We're 10 years into it now, so it's kind of old hat we've moved past it."

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And while her husband "still doesn't like seeing her kiss other people," they're both actors, so they know Tatum's sexy stripteases are just part of the daily (bump and) grind.

Plus, Dewan-Tatum is particularly understanding, because the Magic Mike movies are so close to her husband's heart - and for a good reason.

"If I was just doing some movie about strippers, then she'd probably be like, 'Why do you want to do that?' " says Tatum. "But it started off as a story that I really love, and it's grown into something that I love even more because it's a weird world that I experienced in my real life."

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Magic Mike and its sequel, which is currently filming in Savannah, Georgia were inspired by Tatum's own experiences as a stripper in Florida.

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"It's just a part of me telling some part of my life," he says. "And she understands that."

Tatum, 34, and his wife, 33, together since meeting on the set of Step Up in 2006, tied the knot three years later and welcomed daughter Everly, now 16 months, in 2013.

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