Channing Tatum’s online activity reveals a wider love trend
A simple screenshot going viral of a major Hollywood star’s Instagram account has exposed behaviour that reveals a wider male trend.
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A-lister Channing Tatum has been spotted doing the most devoted partner thing ever, following three fan accounts dedicated to his new fiancee Zoe Kravitz on Instagram.
Naturally, it has caught the attention of his own fans, and one woman even went viral on Twitter for praising his lovesick antics.
“Going to throw up … need me a freak like this,” she wrote.
That tweet has now been seen a staggering five million times, and plenty of women are praising the Magic Mike star in the comments.
“This is the standard,” someone commented.
“This or nothing,” another wrote.
“I love this so much,” a fan praised.
The wild reaction from women to Tatum’s cute act makes sense, considering 2023 has easily been the Year of the Boyfriend.
It has become abundantly clear that if you want to raise your star status and be seen as the man of the moment, there’s one thing you need to do - unashamedly, make it clear you’re completely head over heels for your girlfriend, and the world will fall in love.
We’ve seen this happen so much this year that it has been a lovely palate cleanser to the early 2000s when famous men pretended they were too cool to care about the women they were dating.
Fast-forward to 2023, and a man in love is a man who has never been more popular, and Channing Tatum is a perfect example.
The actor has made a complete transformation since he hooked up with Zoe Kravitz. She’s the cool indie star who has also achieved mainstream success by starring in Batman and X-Men and is known for her effortless street style.
When they started dating in 2021, Tatum’s career was approaching a downswing. He’d spent years doing all the shirtless Magic Mike stuff, which was wrapping up, and he’d split from his wife, Jenna Dewan.
Tatum was no longer an ‘it’ boy, and instead, he’d either have to do some method acting and hope Sofia Coppola cast him in a movie or do an HBO acclaimed series and start wearing a shirt.
Hooking up with Kravitz has given him a refresh. Now he is spotted looking Indie cool alongside her, and it has been a game changer.
We’ve seen a similar thing with the Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce romance that has captured the world.
Sure, he was always a successful football player, but now he is a bona fide star, and what has he done? He simply seems very keen and interested in Swift.
It also doesn’t hurt that he seems unintimidated and unthreatened by how famous she is. There was that viral video of him doing a fist pump in response to someone yelling out, “Let’s go Taylor Swift’s boyfriend.”
The internet loved how Kelce had no problem being defined by his girlfriend and the fact he proudly fist pumped to it, well, that was hot.
It showed he was confident and secure within himself and very happy to celebrate his new relationship.
We are now seeing it with our very own Robert Irwin and his girlfriend Rorie Buckey with their public romance.
Irwin, 19, is very young, and his star is rising; usually, this is when famous men pretend to be single at all costs.
Irwin is doing the opposite; he is happily posting about his girlfriend online and even shared their matching Barbie and Ken Halloween costumes with fans.
Irwin’s social media accounts very clearly show that he is a taken man and in a happy and sweet relationship.
Has this put a dampener on his sex-symbol status? Nope, it has just made him more loveable and likeable. Has it had any negative impact on his rising fame? Quite the opposite, in fact, given his recent rumouredI’m a Celeb co-hosting salary.
Sure, you could roll your eyes at Channing Tatum following fan accounts of his bride-to-be, or you could see it for what it is.
The perfect example of a cultural shift where the besotted boyfriend is in and the F-boy is so 2017.
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