I have never respected this man and his physique more.

Being a single dad has forced CHANNING TATUM to get to know his 7-year-old daughter Everly better than ever, and he highly recommends it.

He says, “I want dads not to be afraid to go into their daughter’s world and discover who they are. When I became a single father, I had a lot of fear about connecting to Everly in every way that a little girl might want. I didn’t wear nail polish or know how to braid hair. But now I do both. I jumped with both feet into this magical world, and I was rewarded with a kind of love that I don’t think I would have ever been able to have otherwise.”

He adds, “I paint my face, I wear tutus . . . rarely am I around the house without some sort of costume on.”

It even inspired Channing to write a children’s book called The One and Only Sparkella which comes out May 4th.

— Jenn