The 46-year-old actor took to Instagram to reject claims he was behind a pseudonymous account that posted disparaging comments about Zoe Kravitz, Harry Styles, and ex-wife Jenna Dewan.
Channing Tatum found himself in an unusual position for a Hollywood leading man, publicly swearing he does not operate a secret Instagram account. The actor posted a denial on his official page after internet users linked him to an anonymous account called "Nonya Bidness," which had left critical comments about his ex-fiancée Kravitz and her new fiancé, former One Direction singer Harry Styles.
The episode started when sharp-eyed social media users noticed something odd: the Nonya Bidness account had exactly one follower, Tatum's own verified Instagram page. That single data point set off a wave of speculation that the Step Up star was using the account to take anonymous shots at the women in his past. Tatum subsequently unfollowed the page, and the Nonya Bidness account was deactivated, The Sun reported.
The Nonya Bidness account had surfaced on the Instagram page of DeuxMoi, a popular celebrity gossip account. One short comment read, "Just here for the hate," accompanied by laughing and popcorn emojis. A longer post, written several months earlier, dissected Kravitz's public behavior with Styles compared to her prior relationship with Tatum.
That longer comment referenced how Kravitz's "former fiancé" had once called her "the most intentional person he knows," then mused that "intentional" really meant "calculated." It went on to note that Kravitz was "constantly spotted with Harry compared to the ex who we heard about long before they were seen together."
A separate comment from the account took aim at Tatum's ex-wife Jenna Dewan, claiming she "tried to grift his money" and that "Zoe knew she was too much of a free bird to settle down." It concluded: "Let that man sow his wild oats in peace." None of those claims have been verified, and Dewan has not publicly responded.
Tatum addressed the controversy directly on his Instagram account, @channingtatum. His tone was dismissive but pointed.
"Yo, I truly can't believe y'all think this is what I'm doing with my free time. F***in hilarious. Also, why would I follow a burner account if I didn't want people to connect me to it?"
He added a blunter follow-up:
"Wtf come on. But if I really need to say it, I only have one IG account: @channingtatum."
The logic of his defense is straightforward: if he wanted to hide behind a fake account, why would he follow it from his verified profile, the one connection that made the whole theory possible? Whether that argument settles the matter for the internet gossip ecosystem is another question entirely.
Tatum, 46, and Kravitz, 37, met in 2021 and became engaged in October 2023. They split roughly twelve months later. Tatum had previously been married to Dewan for a decade before their divorce, which came approximately two years before he began seeing Kravitz.
Kravitz moved on with Styles, 32. The Sun revealed their relationship in August 2025, and the couple became engaged in April. That rapid timeline, from breakup with Tatum to engagement with Styles, likely fueled the online speculation about whether Tatum harbored bitterness toward his ex-fiancée.
Neither Kravitz nor Styles has publicly commented on the Nonya Bidness account or Tatum's denial. Who actually ran the account remains unknown. It was deactivated before any independent verification of its operator could take place.
Celebrity burner-account dramas are a recurring feature of social media life, and they rarely end with clear answers. What they do reveal, every time, is how little privacy public figures actually have, and how quickly a single careless click can become a headline.
