Zoë Kravitz and Channing Tatum ended their engagement in October. Months later, Kravitz made it clear to ELLE that there’s no hard feelings between them. She still looks at Tatum with awe.
The split hasn’t changed how she looks at the film they made together, Blink Twice. “I love this thing that we made together, and I care for him very much,” she said. “Even when you bring up how great his performance is, it warms my heart to hear that, and I’m so happy that all of it happened. I just feel so grateful that we got to go on that journey together.”
Looking back on directing him in his role, Kravitz said, “it was about how exciting it would be to see him do something so different and so surprising, and something that I knew he was so capable of.”
She believes Tatum “has so much more coming, and I think he’s in a place as an actor where he’s feeling really confident and people are seeing different sides of him. He’s got a lot to offer, so I’m excited for people to keep witnessing that.”
On November 1, a source told People that the couple’s breakup “is amicable. They realized they’re at different stages in life.” Part of the difference stems from them living on opposite sides of the country. “Channing spends a lot of time in Los Angeles because of his daughter [Everly with ex Jenna Dewan], but Zoë prefers NYC,” the source explained.
Kravitz spoke to ELLE about how much she loves New York, saying, “I feel like I’m part of something when I’m here. Some people find it chaotic, but I find it calming, and I find myself fed by the energy of the city. This is a place where I can be alone, but not feel alone. It’s an incredibly special place, and I find it really inspiring. It’s not as segregated as other cities, and you’re around really different kinds of people, with different kinds of interests. Even the sound. And people go, ‘It’s noisy.’ I’m like, ‘I find it comforting.’”
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