Jenna Dewan Talks Channing Tatum Split: 'I Let Myself Grieve'

Jenna Dewan knows firsthand that going through a separation can be excruciatingly painful.

In the January issue of Cosmopolitan , the 38-year-old actress and former “World of Dance” host discussed her split with Channing Tatum earlier this year.  

“People are like, ‘How do you get through this?’” Dewan told the magazine. “I didn’t run away from my feelings. I let myself cry. I let myself grieve. This is one of those situations where I will see the light. The dawn is coming.”

Dewan said she knows that a lot of fans see her identity as well as her fame intrinsically tied to the actor. 

“I’m obviously super aware that people know me, they know Channing, they know us together,” Dewan said.

“We’d been a beloved couple for a long time. I was in Berlin and people were like, ‘We love your ‘Lip Sync Battle!’ I was like, oh my god. You mean the time when I humped my husband-at-the-time’s face? I’m so glad that’s my calling card.” 

Tatum and Dewan met on the set of “Step Up” in 2006 and tied the knot in 2009. They announced their split after nearly nine years of marriage in April. The two share a daughter named Everly. 

Dewan had previously addressed “relationship goals” in her marriage to Tatum and revealed that, like most couples, they also had “days where we don’t really like each other.”

Head over to Cosmopolitan to read the rest of Dewan’s interview.