Zoë Kravitz is opening up about her relationship with “wonderful human”Channing Tatum.
The pair — brought together for her directorial project Pussy Island inwhich he stars — have been linked since early 2021. However, it wasn’t untilthat summer, when she was snapped by paparazzi catching a lift on the back ofhis BMX bike, that the news was out.
“He’s just a wonderful human,” the 33-year-old told GQ. “He makes me laughand we both really love art and talking about art and the exploration of whywe do what we do. We love to watch a film and break it down and talk about itand challenge each other.”
Pussy Island filmed in the Yucatán jungle for three months over this pastsummer and she admitted that while she got charged up by the creative andcollaborative aspects of making the film, it was also stressful being at thehelm and carrying it all on her shoulders. She credited the Magic Mike starfor being a calming presence.
“Whether it was making me tea or pouring me a drink or going to whip someoneinto shape or whatever—he really was my protector and it was really wonderfuland sweet. I think if you can do something like that together, it’s a goodtest . And we came out even stronger,” said Kravitz, who is now half-waythrough editing the film.
Kravitz said that they tried to keep the relationship “sacred and private” foras long as they could, “so that you don’t have to even think about what theworld thinks about it.” But after denying early rumors that they had coupledup, a paparazzo infamously captured them in Manhattan’s East Village as hepedaled her on his small set of wheels and her arms were wrapped around them.
TheBatman actress explained to the outlet that it was the first time theyhad even gone outside together. She was walking over to her writing partner’shome, a few blocks away, and he was going to tag along on his bike. On theway, she was overheated due to her outfit choice, jeans on the hot summer day,so he offered her a lift.
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“I was sweating and he was like, ‘Get on the bike, I’ll ride you over and youcan relax,'” she explained. They spotted the pap along the way and photosquickly went viral, becoming an instant meme.
Channing Tatum attends the UK screening of The Lost City at CineworldLeicester Square on March 31, 2022 in London, England. (Photo: KarwaiTang/WireImage)
Kravitz also spoke about her brief marriage to Karl Glusman ending just priorto her relationship with Tatum. She said that she pressured herself intogetting married in 2019 when inside she had self-doubt.
“I just learned to think about who I am and what I want,” the daughter ofKravitz and Lisa Bonet told the outlet. “You meet someone who’s amazing andwants to marry you, and there’s nothing wrong with that. If there’s nothingwrong, then why wouldn’t you do it? You love them and that’s what you do.”
The truth was, she wasn’t sure she wanted to be married or have children.
“It’s a hard question to ask yourself: ‘Maybe I don’t want the thing that I’msupposed to want, a marriage, children, any of it. I don’t know if I want thatat all,'” she said. “That’s an uncomfortable question, especially for a womanto ask herself.” (Tatum is also divorced — from Jenna Dewan, with whom heshares a 9-year-old daughter, Everly.)
Kravitz said that having fun in her 20s, she felt there was “somethingromantic and exciting” about settling down. “Like, Oh, I’m an adult. I stayhome and cook now. I bake bread.” Then I think you do that for a couple yearsand you realize there’s still a lot of life to be had… I’m done romanticizingthe ‘old is domestic’ thing. It’s cute for a minute and then it’s not.”
The article also talked about the making of Pussy Island and her pastprojects, including her creative input making TheBatman and disappoint abouthow High Fidelity played out. Additionally, Kravitz’s shared some tidbitsabout her friendship with Taylor Swift, including how when she was in Londonmaking Batman during the pandemic, they were in the same “pod.” Kravitz co-wrote and provided background vocals for “Lavender Haze” on Swift’s