Channing Tatum Gushes About How Wife Jenna Supported Him Through Hard Times

It goes without saying that Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan Tatum are a match made in heaven [1]. Ever since they starred alongside each other in 2006's Step Up, they have been practically inseparable. Even after nearly seven years of marriage [2] and one adorable little girl [3], these two could not be any more in love. Channing constantly gushes about Jenna [4] being his support system, saying, "If it wasn't for her, I would have never found the path, much less stayed on it." Similarly, the actress has revealed that the secret to their long-lasting relationship [5] is to take "everything day by day." Keep reading for more sweet tidbits, then look back at Channing's mind-blowing Hollywood evolution [6].

Jenna on Channing

On Channing as a dad [7]: "He's amazing. He's so sensitive. He's like this really strong, you know, big guy, and then you give him this little baby and he's like, 'Oh my god! Is she going to drop? Am I doing everything OK?' He's like the most amazing diaper changer. It's the one thing he knows he can do, so he's like, 'Let me get in there. Let me change this diaper.'"
On Channing's messy habits [8]: "Channing gets home, he strips off all of his clothes, but he leaves it right by the front door. This is not a bad thing, I know, but at the end of the night I'm always having to pick up his clothes."

On what it's like being married to Channing: "Most actors and actresses are consumed by careers and getting ahead. Channing and I are ambitious, but our relationship comes first. We take everything day by day, saying, 'OK, how can we make this work together?'"
On their long-lasting relationship: "It's all wonderful. He's amazing, he's the sweetest man. We've been together seven years, married three. That's like 20 in Hollywood years. That's amazing!"

On what it's like being married to Channing [9]: "Most actors and actresses are consumed by careers and getting ahead. Channing and I are ambitious, but our relationship comes first. We take everything day by day, saying, 'OK, how can we make this work together?'"
On their long-lasting relationship [10]: "It's all wonderful. He's amazing, he's the sweetest man. We've been together seven years, married three. That's like 20 in Hollywood years. That's amazing!"

Channing on Jenna

On Jenna's parenting skills [11]: "My wife, she's a warrior. She did it as natural as you can. [As a man], you're basically a cheerleader. 'Come on, baby. You can do it.' I would've tapped out in the first . . . But Jenna is a super mom. There's no other way to say it. She is there every single second, every single day."
On their sex life [12]: "We get down. Me and Jenna have a great sex life. We communicate very well."
On how Jenna changed his life [13]: "If it wasn't for her I would have never even found the path much less stayed on it and not flown off in flaming truck of dynamite singing devil went down to Georgia."

On how he keeps things fresh: "I wish I could say it was one thing, but I think communication and being brutally honest about the things that you want — what you fantasize about or whatever. No matter what, talk to each other. That stuff you might be nervous to hear? You gotta want to know."
On how Jenna supported him through the hard times: "I was broke and I couldn't pay my half of the rent when we were first together. She was basically my sugar mama for six months."
On how he and Jenna check in with each other: "Jenna and I have a trick we use to check in with each other. We say, 'On a scale of one to 10, how much do you love me right now?' It's not as romantic as you think. Sometimes it's like, 'I love you at a six right now. I have an issue, and you asked. So now I'm going to tell you.'"

On how he keeps things fresh [14]: "I wish I could say it was one thing, but I think communication and being brutally honest about the things that you want — what you fantasize about or whatever. No matter what, talk to each other. That stuff you might be nervous to hear? You gotta want to know."
On how Jenna supported him through the hard times [15]: "I was broke and I couldn't pay my half of the rent when we were first together. She was basically my sugar mama for six months."
On how he and Jenna check in with each other [16]: "Jenna and I have a trick we use to check in with each other. We say, 'On a scale of one to 10, how much do you love me right now?' It's not as romantic as you think. Sometimes it's like, 'I love you at a six right now. I have an issue, and you asked. So now I'm going to tell you.'"

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