--- title: Watch Channing Tatum Admit to an Unlucky Parenting Problem description: The 'Step Up' star's four-year-old daughter may not be the biggest fan of his breakout dance film after all. canonical: https://time.com/4882965/channing-tatum-step-up-daughter/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-01T20:35:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:46:05.232Z og:title: Watch Channing Tatum Admit to an Unlucky Parenting Problem og:description: His daughter just doesn't dig his movies og:url: https://time.com/4882965/channing-tatum-step-up-daughter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt42190b9764ddabbc/6988d8080b72e3e91e6eee23/channing-tatum.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: "Magic Mike Live Las Vegas" Grand Opening og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Channing Tatum Admit to an Unlucky Parenting Problem twitter:description: His daughter just doesn't dig his movies twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt42190b9764ddabbc/6988d8080b72e3e91e6eee23/channing-tatum.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Channing Tatum Admit to an Unfortunate Parenting Problem > Sponsored content. 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After all, he and wife and fellow actor and dancer [Jenna Dewan Tatum](http://motto.time.com/4680325/jenna-dewan-oscars-dress-daughter/) have helmed some of the most-loved dance movies of the last few decades, from the iconic [_Step Up_](http://time.com/4450019/jenna-dewan-channing-tatum-recreate-step-up-dance/) — where the two actually met while filming — to Tatum’s hit [_Magic Mike_](http://time.com/4663265/sexiest-movies-of-all-time/item/magic-mike/) series. But apparently their daughter, [four-year-old Everly](http://motto.time.com/4772254/channing-tatums-writes-letter-to-daughter/), is less impressed by her parents’ cinematic chops. During an appearance on _Jimmy Kimmel Live_, Tatum shared some of the unfortunate parenting challenges he’s experiencing while trying to get his daughter to appreciate the film. “We were like, this is gonna be really cool, it’s got dancing, she’ll love it! Within 10 seconds she was like, ‘Can I watch a real movie? I don’t know, like a good one?'” he relayed to Kimmel. “And we were like, what do you mean? This is a real movie! It’s such a real movie they made like seven more of these!” Ultimately, however, Tatum had to give in to his daughter’s demands. “We were like, ‘Fine! Just put on [_Moana_](http://time.com/4589969/moana-box-office-top/), I don’t care,'” he admitted. But while the youngest Tatum may not be a _Step Up_ fan, she has at least picked up on some of her parents’ theatrical tendencies, even taking to dancing around the house with some _Magic Mike-_style moves, according to her dad. 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