Jenna Dewanhas her boyfriend Steve Kazee to thank for her newfound love of professional wrestling.
On Friday’s episode ofTheEllen DeGeneresShow, the dancer and actress, 38, opened up to guest host John Cena about her passion for the sport that made him a star.
“I know all about you,” she said. “Steve, my boyfriend, is a huge wrestling fan. And he got me so into it!”
Just how into wrestling is Dewan? She told Cena that she’s become so obsessed that she even tunes in when Kazee, 43, isn’t around.
Asked if she could ever see herself participating in the WWE, Dewan quickly shot Cena down. “I am absolutely not that tough,” she said. “Never.”
Jenna Dewan.Michael Rozman/Warner Bros.
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PEOPLEconfirmed in Octoberthat Dewan and Kazee — a Tony winner for his role in the Broadway musicalOnce— had been “dating for months.” They’ve since spenther December birthdayandValentine’s Day together, andwere photographed holding hands in West Hollywood just last month.
Kazee has also spent time with Everly, Dewan’s 5-year-old daughter she shares with her ex-husbandChanning Tatum.
“She’s very happy,” a source told PEOPLE in March. “Jenna thinks he’s great with her daughter.”
“Jenna is gushing about how amazing her relationship with Steve is,” the insider continued.
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Dewan officiallyfiled for divorcefrom Tatum in October 2018, but April marks one year since they announced theirdecision to separatefollowing nine years of marriage.
The amicable exes — who met on the set of their 2006 filmStep Up —shared their commitment to remain “loving dedicated parents to Everly” last year, even taking the little girltrick-or-treating togetheron Halloween. They have since requested joint physical and legal custody of their daughter.
Meanwhile, Tatum, 38, has moved on as well, dating British pop star Jessie J. The two have alsospent time with Everlyin Los Angeles. A second sourcetold PEOPLEin November, “Jenna and Channing are both very respectful of each other, but she’s ready to move on with her life.”
Also onTheEllen DeGeneresShow, Dewan opens up about her upcoming memoir,Gracefully You: How to Live Your Best Life Every Day.
The book, out in October 2019, finds Dewan using her own deeply personal journey to show readers how to live with grace while also connecting with their deeper selves and exploring their own true voice.
“It’s no secret I had a very intense year and a lot of change,” Dewan explained onEllen. “I’m a hippie at heart. I’m sort of a seeker. I like to do practices and rituals and things that are connected to things bigger than myself. And so through that, I used a lot of these sort of techniques and things like that to help me through change.”
“There are a lot of personal stories. It’s a lot that I go into. And then there’s also rituals and my hippie side that I put in there,” she continued. “I’ve just always been that kind of person so I put it all together in this book. And there’s poetry, there’s funny stories, there’s a lot about dance. It was really cathartic and fun to write this.”
TheEllen DeGeneresShowairs weekdays in syndication.
source: people.com
