Zoë Kravitz Calls Channing Tatum the ‘Love’ of Her ‘Life’ in Emotional Speech atBlink TwicePremiere

Mar. 15, 2025

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Zoë Kravitzis revealing exactly how muchChanning Tatummeans to her.

The actress, 35, shared an emotional speech about getting to work with her fiancé inBlink Twice— which also marks her directorial debut — during the film’s premiere at the DGA Theater on Thursday, Aug. 8.

PEOPLE was on hand for Kravitz’s sweet words.

“You supported me in every way,” Kravitz told Tatum, 44, who also stars in the movie. “From producing to performing to the pep talks to holding my head or my feet while I cried on the bathroom floor because I thought I f—– it all up.”

Kravitz went on to thank Tatum for his “patience” and letting her “be a complete OCD, psycho, control freak” when it came to working on her new film. She also highlighted the joys of getting to work with her significant other to create this story.

“Making this film with you has been an awfully great adventure,” she said. “Thank you for trusting me to female direct you.”

“It’s really very cool to get to make a movie, but when you get to do it with the love of your life, it’s even cooler,” she added.

Zoe Kravitz and Channing Tatum attend the Los Angeles premiere of Amazon MGM Studios' “Blink Twice” at DGA Theater Complex on August 08, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.Kayla Oaddams/WireImage

Kayla Oaddams/WireImage

TheMagic Mikestar echoed her sentiments on the red carpet, telling PEOPLE that he had agreat experience working with KravitzonBlink Twice.

“To get to create something with someone that you love is probably one of the most gratifying things other than having a kid with somebody I think,” Tatum said of what the “best part” about shooting a movie with his other half was.

“It’s one of those … you truly are creating something from nothing and it’s just like creating a marriage or creating something where you’re like, everything that we are is going into this thing and you want to make it with people that you love,” he added.

Zoë Kravitz and Channing Tatum in March 2024.Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty

Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Kravitz and Tatum, whoconfirmed their engagementin October 2023 after being romantically linked in 2021, stepped out fora red carpet date nightat the premiere forBlink Twicein matching black ensembles.

In addition to Tatum, the moviealso starsNaomi Ackie,Adria Arjona,Haley Joel Osment,Alia Shawkat(among others). The movie follows Ackie, 31, as a cocktail waitress named Frida who “becomes infatuated” with Tatum’s tech billionaire Slater King, per a synopsis. Frida “travels with him to his private island, where things begin to go wrong."

Blink Twicepremieres in theaters on Aug. 23.

source: people.com