"Magic Mike" and his muscles are back!
Channing Tatum showed off his ripped physique on the beach in Georgia this week, where the actor is currently filming "Magic Mike XXL," the sequel to his male stripper flick from 2013. Sporting a pair of extremely low-riding shorts, the 34-year-old proved he definitely got his bod back after putting on some weight between films.
Back in May, Channing admitted he was anywhere from 25-30 pounds over his ideal weight of 180 pounds in an interview with GQ. Calling himself "fat and happy," Tatum went on and on about his love of delicious desserts.
"I just love cake," he told the mag. "Confetti cake, to be specific. It has little colored candies inside the cake, and then you get the confetti icing, which is really hard to find sometimes. It's not icing with sprinkles on top. It's icing that actually has candies inside of it. It's Funfetti icing."
Clearly he's been cutting back on the cake these days -- because that's one very lean stomach right there!
Joe Manganiello and Matt Bomer will join Channing in the sequel, along with newcomers like Michael Strahan, Elizabeth Banks, Donald Glover and Jada Pinkett-Smith.
Check out the official synopsis below:
Picking up the story three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, Magic Mike XXL finds the remaining Kings of Tampa likewise ready to throw in the towel. But they want to do it their way: burning down the house in one last blow-out performance in Myrtle Beach, and with legendary headliner Magic Mike sharing the spotlight with them. On the road to their final show, with whistle stops in Jacksonville and Savannah to renew old acquaintances and make new friends, Mike and the guys learn some new moves and shake off the past in surprising ways.
"Magic Mike XXL" will land in theaters July 1, 2015.
For more Tatum fun, check out this video of him on Ellen recently -- as the talk show hosts totally freaks him out by confronting him with his very bizarre fear!
