Channing Tatum Spills On Hollywood Star Who Played Matchmaker In Zo Kravitz Romance

Channing Tatum has a fellow actor to thank for setting him up with Zo Kravitz .

The celebrity couple confirmed their relationship after riding through the streets of New York City together in 2021, and while theyve since become engaged , Tatum says none of it wouldve happened if it werent for Elvis Presleys 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 Zo Kravitz? Im 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 Im definitely reading this.

Tatum has since become a treasured member of his fiances family and was recently praised by her rock star father, Lenny Kravitz , as a very soulful human being.

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 . Kravitz was previously married to actor Karl Glusman.

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 Fosters [2007 movie The Brave One ]. Thats the first time I ever saw her, and that was right around the same time.

Tatum added that his fiance is one of the cooler people hes ever watched on screen and admitted to tracking her career before they started dating.

The Pussy Island script Kravitz sent Tatum eventually became her film Blink Twice , a thriller she cowrote and directed that stars her now-husband-to-be.

The film follows a tech billionaire (Tatum) who invites a young cocktail waitress (Naomi Ackie) on a luxurious vacation to his private island when a sinister truth is revealed. 

She really doesnt do anything but watch movies, he told Esquire in a feature on Kravitz published Wednesday . Shes like, I dont do activities. I dont go hiking. I just love movies.

CORRECTION: A prior version of this article incorrectly stated that Zo Kravitz had not been married before when she had.