Channing Tatum was 'fat' when he started Magic Mike XXL

Channing Tatum was "super fat" when he started filming 'Magic Mike XXL'.

The 35-year-old actor - who has two-year-old daughter Everly with wife Jenna Dewan-Tatum - spent over four months training and a month on a diet to shed the pounds to get in shape for the stripper sequel.