'I hope she is fearless': Channing Tatum pens sweet essay about his daughter Everly and how he wants her to grow up to be like her mom Jenna Dewan

By Dailymail.com Reporter

Published: 19:57 EDT, 8 May 2017 | Updated: 00:11 EDT, 15 May 2017

Channing Tatum wants his daughter to be just like her mom Jenna Dewan.

The Magic Mike hunk penned a sweet essay for the June issue of Cosmopolitan magazine, where he opened up about his love for his wife and their three-year-old daughter.

'One day, Jenna just blurted out that she knew exactly what she wanted in life and she didn’t have to look for it anymore because it was me... I remember feeling this incredible rush - it was the sexiest thing she’d ever done for me,' the 37-year-old wrote. 

Channing Tatum wants his daughter to be just like her mom Jenna Dewan"Channing Tatum wants his daughter to be just like her mom Jenna Dewan. The Magic Mike hunk penned a sweet essay for the June issue of Cosmopolitan magazine, where he opened up about his love for his wife and their three-year-old daughte The Magic Mike hunk penned a sweet essay for the June issue of Cosmopolitan magazine, where he opened up about his love for his wife and their three-year-old daughter 

Channing Tatum wants his daughter to be just like her mom Jenna Dewan: The Magic Mike hunk penned a sweet essay for the June issue of Cosmopolitan magazine, where he opened up about his love for his wife and their three-year-old daughter 

Like mother, like daughter: Channing says he hopes their daughter, Everly, will have the same strength his wife has (pictured in December 2015)

Like mother, like daughter: Channing says he hopes their daughter, Everly, will have the same strength his wife has (pictured in December 2015)

Speaking about his wife of eight years, Channing says it was her strength and honesty which made him fall for her. 

'That radical authenticity of hers was what made me fall head over heels in love,' he added. 

'And that’s what I want for my daughter - to be expectation-less with her love and not allow preconceived standards to affect her, to ask herself what she wants and feel empowered enough to act on it.' 

Work it out: Jenna  showed off her fit physique as she made her way to the gym in LA on Sunday

Work it out: Jenna  showed off her fit physique as she made her way to the gym in LA on Sunday

In love: 'One day, Jenna just blurted out that she knew exactly what she wanted in life and she didn’t have to look for it anymore because it was me... It was the sexiest thing she’d ever done for me,' Channing Tatum wrote about his wife in the June issue of Cosmopolitan magazine

In love: 'One day, Jenna just blurted out that she knew exactly what she wanted in life and she didn’t have to look for it anymore because it was me... It was the sexiest thing she’d ever done for me,' Channing Tatum wrote about his wife in the June issue of Cosmopolitan magazine

Channing says he hopes their daughter, Everly, will have the same strength his wife has.

'I don’t want her looking to the outside world for answers,' he wrote. 

'My highest hope for her is just that she has the fearlessness to always be her authentic self, no matter what she thinks men want her to be.' 

Channing wrote of his daughter: 'My highest hope for her is just that she has the fearlessness to always be her authentic self, no matter what she thinks men want her to be.'

Channing wrote of his daughter: 'My highest hope for her is just that she has the fearlessness to always be her authentic self, no matter what she thinks men want her to be.'

Back at it... The next day, Jenna was spotted picking up a coffee from Starbucks while sporting $160 APL TechLoom sneakers

Back at it... The next day, Jenna was spotted picking up a coffee from Starbucks while sporting $160 APL TechLoom sneakers

Meanwhile, just the day before the 36-year-old actress showed off her fit physique as she made her way to the gym in LA on Sunday. 

Dressed in a pair of long black leggings and a cropped grey sports top, Jenna was spotted heading to a yoga class on an unusually rainy Sunday in LA.

She covered up with a long grey cardigan and wore flip flops as she made her way into a yoga studio.

The stunning star appeared to have gone makeup-free for the outing, and her hair was pulled back into a low bun.

The next day, Jenna was spotted picking up a coffee from Starbucks following yet another workout.

Coffee run: The Step Up actress was seen carrying a grey leather handbag in the crook of her elbow, and held a cup of coffee as she made her way across the street

Coffee run: The Step Up actress was seen carrying a grey leather handbag in the crook of her elbow, and held a cup of coffee as she made her way across the street

She wore long grey leggings and a cropped black sports top, which she covered up with the same long black cardigan.

Her raven hair was worn loose, and she sported a black baseball cap and $160 APL TechLoom sneakers.

The Step Up actress was seen carrying a grey leather handbag in the crook of her elbow, and held a cup of coffee as she made her way across the street.

The one: 'That radical authenticity of hers was what made me fall head over heels in love,' he wrote in an essay for Cosmopolitan

The one: 'That radical authenticity of hers was what made me fall head over heels in love,' he wrote in an essay for Cosmopolitan

Daddy's girl: 'My highest hope for her is just that she has the fearlessness to always be her authentic self, no matter what she thinks men want her to be,' he wrote of his three-year-old daughter, Everly

Daddy's girl: 'My highest hope for her is just that she has the fearlessness to always be her authentic self, no matter what she thinks men want her to be,' he wrote of his three-year-old daughter, Everly

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