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  • One of Hollywood's most admired couples, Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan Tatum, dropped a bombshell

  • on social media in April 2018, when they revealed in a joint statement that they had, quote,

  • "lovingly chosen to separate as a couple."

  • Fans immediately assumed the announcement was nothing more than a cruel, belated April

  • Fool's joke, but sadly, they were wrong... and now we're all left to wonder where the

  • heck things went wrong.

  • Perhaps the writing was on the wall long before they made their heartbreaking announcement.

  • Here are some of the major clues as to why Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan Tatum split.

  • Tequila commitment

  • When Channing and Jenna met on the set of Step Up, they had both just gotten out of

  • relationships.

  • He was hesitant to jump into a new one, but she was ready to give commitment a try.

  • Jenna told Ellen DeGeneres that she gave Channing the freedom to date other women until he figured

  • out whether he wanted to be with her or not.

  • It ended up being a, quote, "wild tequila night" that helped him commit.

  • "He said he had the chance to be free and he couldn't stop thinking about me so he comes

  • down to my hotel room at 2 in the morning"

  • "He's in a sombreroHe's naked.

  • Sorry, he has underwear, underwear, sombrero, and ugg boots and he's like 'Let's do this.'"

  • If liquid courage wasn't involved, it's possible these two never would have become a serious

  • item in the first place.

  • Rollin' solo

  • These two stars rarely hit up industry events alone, so it was pretty shocking to see Jenna

  • attend the 2018 Vanity Fair Oscars after-party without her guy.

  • "He is so happy to have a night off, yes

  • I took his place."

  • Although we really wanted to believe Mr. Tatum was on daddy duty and just too busy to accompany

  • his wife, this turned out to be one of the signs that there may have been some cracks

  • in their union.

  • Baby plans

  • When it came to making Baby Number 2, a source told In Touch Weekly in October 2017,

  • "Channing has been begging Jenna for years to give Everly a little brother, and Jenna

  • is finally ready."

  • Just a few months later, Health magazine asked Jenna about their baby-making plans, and her

  • response wasn't as concrete.

  • She said she was, quote, "thrilled with one child," and added,

  • "I haven't yet made my decision and I'm leaving it to the universe to show me the way."

  • Perhaps it was their mismatched ideas on expanding their family that caused their marriage to

  • derail.

  • Cryptic Insta posts

  • In the months prior to the couple's separation announcement, Jenna made a few cryptic Instagram

  • posts that pointed towards their marriage being in shambles.

  • In March 2018, she shared a quote that read: "Wine is strong, a king is stronger, women

  • are even stronger.

  • But the truth will conquer all."

  • If that wasn't ominous enough, just a week before, the Supergirl star posted these words:

  • "Give it timeThe weak in character always get tired of pretending.

  • Their true colors will show."

  • While their separation announcement claimed, "There are no secrets nor salacious events

  • at the root of our decision," Jenna's Instagram seems to tell a different story.

  • Work, work, work

  • According to a source who spoke to Page Six, the pressure of work was another reason these

  • two put the kibosh on their marriage.

  • The insider claimed,

  • "Channing has been working non-stop.

  • [...] It is hard on a marriage to be apart so much, especially when you have a young

  • child.

  • Plus Jenna is in pre-production for the movie, Berlin I Love You."

  • The source added that while the pair tried their best to spend quality family time together,

  • the distance had, quote, "magnified the problems in their relationship."

  • Marriage views

  • There was once a time when Jenna was a strong proponent of marriage, and that was evident

  • when Channing played an evil trick to throw her off his tracks as he planned his 2008

  • proposal.

  • During an interview on BBC's Radio 1 Breakfast Show, he shared,

  • "I told her, 'I don't believe in the institution of marriage and I don't think I ever want

  • to get married.'

  • She basically broke down crying."

  • Those tears turned into tears of joy when they wed in 2009, but almost a decade after

  • saying "I do," she expressed some doubts about the sanctity of marriage when she told Health

  • magazine,

  • "I don't think there should be any expectation, any sort of 'You're bonded to me for the rest

  • of your life,' thick and thin.

  • I think that's an older generational thought."

  • Secret footage clues

  • Following the separation announcement, E! News dug up a never-released September 2017

  • interview at the premiere of Jenna's show, World of Dance.

  • Jennawho appears solois asked to share her secret to having a successful marriage.

  • "I think the secret is that I don't know the secret.

  • Because if I knew the secret, maybe it would work

  • Living apart

  • After news broke that the couple's marriage had imploded, a source confirmed to People

  • magazine that Channing and Jenna had actually been "separated for months" and he had already

  • moved out of their Los Angeles home.

  • The source alleged,

  • "This has been a long time coming.

  • Like any marriage, they've had their ups and downs over the years but they really started

  • to grow apart within the last year."

  • Changes in communication

  • Channing and Jenna began dating when they were both in their mid-20s, so it's no surprise

  • that they've grown up and matured over time.

  • While speaking with Redbook magazine in April 2017, Jenna was asked what the biggest challenge

  • was in her relationship, and she shared,

  • "Communication.

  • You change when you're together from 25 to 35.

  • I think maybe in my early 20s, I might have tiptoed around issues or didn't want to make

  • too many waves.

  • Now it's like, 'This is how I'm feeling.'"

  • All reasons aside, we're heartbroken that the Tatums are no more, and we wish the best

  • for their family.

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One of Hollywood's most admired couples, Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan Tatum, dropped a bombshell

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