Channing Tatum may be on his way to a career as one of Hollywood’s leading men — but the Dear John actor hasn’t forgotten his days as an exotic dancer.
When Channing was 18, he performed for Chippendales-style revue called Male Encounter in Florida.
“You had a job as a dancer, is that right?” Ellen DeGeneres asked the star on Wednesday’s episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
“I was a stripper,” Channing admitted to audience applause. “Look, I’m not proud of it, but I’m not ashamed of it,” he stated good-naturedly.
“Did men give lap dances? I don’t know what men strippers do,” Ellen joked.
“Yeah, basically you do little shows,” Channing responded, before treating the newest American Idol judge to a split second of his old signature moves.
Ellen joked, “I wish I had a dollar. If only I had cash I would have kept you going.”
“Don’t worry, that one was on the house,” he replied.