Channing Tatum gets fat when not working

Channing Tatum gets  »fat and happy » when he’s not making movies.

The 34-year-old star – who is married to his ‘Step Up’ co-star Jenna Dewan-Tatum – has revealed that although he’s always been a sporty guy, when he’s not working on films he doesn’t try as hard to keep in shape.

He explained:  »When I’m not working, I tend to get a little what my wife and I call ‘fappy’, meaning ‘fat and happy’. I always keep fit because I like working out and I enjoy the competitiveness of training with buddies, but I loathe dieting. Loathe it.

 »When I’m dieting I eat the same stuff every day. It’s madness and monotony and it sucks the colour right out of the world until I feel like I’m living in that movie ‘Pleasantville’, all in black and white, It’s awful. »

Having admitted he slacks on his fitness regime when he’s not filming, the ‘Magic Mike’ hunk – who has 15-month-old daughter Everly with Jenna – also confessed he’s not one to miss out on unhealthy meals.

Quizzed on what he eats when he’s not dieting, he told Britain’s HELLO! magazine:  »Everything! Cheeseburgers, pizza, beer, all the usual suspects that make you fat.

 »I’m insatiable and if you try to take it away from me, it’s like taking a piece of candy away from a kid, because I’ll cry. »