PEOPLE broke the news on Tuesday that Zoë Kravitz and Channing Tatum had ended their engagement. In my post about the split yesterday, I noted that the breakup seems fresh and according to PEOPLE, it was. 

“The former couple broke up just last weekend, PEOPLE has learned. As for what caused it, a source says, "They haven’t been on the same page and grew apart."

 

Last weekend, as in the one that ended four days ago? Because if that’s the case, that is SUPER fresh. Like if it was really the weekend of October 26-27, that would mean that someone was in a hurry to let PEOPLE know, like, just 48 hours later. Zoë’s been seen often in New York over the last few weeks – with friends, some famous, some not, while Channing’s been filming in North Carolina. So they haven’t been spending a lot of time together. Photos of the two, in NYC and NC respectively, from yesterday are attached to this post. 

 

The growing apart thing, and not being around each other much, totally tracks, especially when you consider how inseparable they would have been when they were working on Blink Twice. This, however, is not the most titillating reason for a celebrity split. I understand the compulsion to believe in something more scandalous, whether it’s Zoë possibly getting icked over how Channing handled the financial settlement in his divorce from Jenna Dewan or whether or not Austin Butler might be involved. 

 

Austin’s been working on Darren Aronofsky’s Caught Stealing in New York for the last couple of months. His and Zoë’s characters are romantically involved. At the beginning of October they filmed a kissing scene. It was HOT. 

Social media, by the way, blew the f-ck up over this – so, like, are we sure we don’t want horny in our movies and TV shows? Make up your goddamn minds!

 

Around the time of the kiss, there were all kinds of rumours about Austin and Kaia Gerber breaking up. But then a few days after the kiss, Austin and Kaia were seen in New York holding hands after dinner. They haven’t been papped together since though. The most recent pap shots of Kaia are from yesterday in Malibu, at home with her family (not attached). 

So some people online are sideyeing whether or not there might be something going on between Austin and Zoë. If there is, well, that’s cold. Because Austin and Channing were pretty friendly in August at the Blink Twice afterparty. 

Austin Butler and Channing Tatum at 'Blink Twice' after-party in New York, August 21, 2024
 

Also, all three of them, Zoë, Kaia, and Austin are Saint Laurent ambassadors. If there really is something happening here, it would be a mess on multiple levels. 

Right now then, let’s put this firmly in the “just rumours, nothing slamdunk” department. Because, sometimes, even in Hollywood, the breakups can actually be boring and nothing more.