The Red Flags We Couldn't Ignore In Channing Tatum And Zoe Kravitz's Relationship

As fun as it can be seeing two of your favorite celebrities get together, there's the inevitable realization that it probably won't last. While some couples are perfectly suited for each other and manage to make their relationship a life-long thing — think Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson — for most of Hollywood, it simply doesn't happen. So, when the news broke that Channing Tatum and Zoe Kravitz's relationship had ended in October 2024, it wasn't much of a surprise.

Tatum and Kravitz were first assumed to be dating in 2021 when the two were working on "Blink Twice" together, a film that Kravitz directed. In preparation for the movie, Kravitz reached out to Tatum telling E News, "I approached him knowing he was the right person and just hoping that he would do it," said Kravitz. "He was asking me, 'Why do you think I should play this role?' He said, 'No one really asks me to play roles like this.' And I said, 'That's exactly why I'm doing it.'"

But with every relationship that's not destined to make it, there are red flags along the way that are hard to ignore. To understand what might be behind the Tatum-Kravitz breakup, Women exclusively spoke to Nicole Moore, Celebrity Love Coach and Body Language Expert, about what her expertise allowed her to observe and interpret about the couple.

Although Hollywood is the land of large egos, in some relationships the egos aren't equal, and that leads to issues. For example, based on the Instagram pages Channing Tatum followed before even dating Zoe Kravitz, it looked as though he held Kravitz to a level above his own. While this can be cute if you have a crush, for a relationship to last, both partners need to be on the same playing field.

According to Nicole Moore, Tatum followed not one or two, but four fan pages about Kravitz before their relationship. "[Tatum] continued to follow them even after she expressed discomfort," said Moore. "Fan pages are typically about putting someone up on a pedestal so it's possible that Tatum entered into the relationship feeling beneath Kravitz in some way." Right away, that's problematic. While it's one thing to admire and think highly of your partner, it's another thing to hold them so high up that there's no equality in the partnership. "There may have been an imbalanced power dynamic in this relationship from the start with Tatum being more into Kravitz than she was into him," says Moore. In some relationships, this situation might work, but in other relationships, it can become awkward. 

While opposites attract, sometimes two people are so different that trying to find common ground is impossible. Looking at Zoe Kravitz and Channing Tatum's relationship, we have two people with very different personalities: Tatum is a good-time Charlie, while Kravitz is more of a wallflower.

"Couples who have an introvert and extrovert partner can often get into disagreements about going out versus staying in, socializing and attending events, and eventually the big differences in introversion versus extroversion start to really wear a couple down," says Nicole Moore, adding that Tatum's Instagram post of Kravitz asleep in his lap was a red flag for those differences. It was an intimate moment that didn't need to be shared, yet there it was. "It's possible that Tatum, being an extrovert, shared too much of himself or about the relationship with others and this caused discomfort in Kravitz," says Moore.

Kravitz has been open about her struggles with social anxiety and maintaining privacy. In March 2022, Kravitz told The Guardian, "There have been times where I'm, like, I'm not going to leave my house today, because I don't feel emotionally capable of protecting myself energetically from that ... You go into a coffee shop and everyone is looking at you, so you're spending all of your energy trying to act like you don't see everybody looking at you... It's like being the new kid in school every day." A photo of her sleeping might have crossed a boundary.

Similar to facial expressions, it doesn't matter what comes out of your mouth, body language reveals everything. And as Nicole Moore notes, the body language between Channing Tatum and Zoe Kravitz started to change in the late summer of 2024. "At the Blink Twice premiere, the couple's body language was vastly different from other public appearances, a key indicator that the couple was facing major red flags at the time of the premiere," says Moore, explaining that previous appearances showed two people relaxed and at ease with each other, but at the premiere, things appeared forced.

"Tatum stood with his entire body facing the camera at the premiere, with no turning inward to Kravitz, a key indicator that he did not want to be close to her, and he kept his hand firmly in his pocket in an attempt to establish independence," says Moore. While Kravitz did turn her body toward Tatum, Moore notes there was a tightness about her stance and face. "[It's] a key indicator that she was faking a smile and posing for the cameras."

Ultimately, we'll never really know exactly why the two called it quits, but Moore is leaning toward their personality differences. If you're an introvert who's dated an extrovert or vice versa, then you know it's not an easy thing to pull off. It works for a while, but eventually can be exhausting catering to a partner whose emotional pendulum swings in the opposite direction of yours.