Channing Tatum Was a Stripper
Channing Tatum, the new star of blockbuster action film G.I. Joe, was once a stripper, according to footage obtained by Usmagazine.com today.
The 29-year-old actor, who recently tied the knot with Step Up co-star Jenna Dewan, was part of a Chippendales-style revue called Male Encounter in 1999, and performed under the alias “Chan Crawford.”
The troupe’s former owner, London Steele, said an 18-year-old Tatum approached her about a job in early 1999, and ended up working as a lip-syncing stripper in her now-defunct Florida nightclub for about a year.
“He was shy at first,” Steele said, “but he really knew how to work the stage.”
“The women went crazy for him!” she added.
While none of the members of Tatum’s troupe ever stripped right down to the nude – the revue had a strict no-nudity policy – Tatum’s hot dance moves caught the eye of a female casting agent in the audience, and scored himself subsequent roles in Ricky Martin’s She Bangs music video, and the 2006 dance flick hit, Step Up.
To check out Channing in action taking his gear off while shaking his hot booty on stage, click here.
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