Body language expert reveals all the 'red-flag clues' that Channing Tatum and Zoë Kravitz were set to split

A body language expert has revealed Channing Tatum put 'very little effort' in during his last red carpet appearance with Zoë Kravitz.

The Magic Mike star, 44, and the Batman actress, 35, ended their engagement just a year after they made plans to tie the knot.

Now, expert Judi James has analysed the couple's interactions from the final time that they were photographed together, and she sensed some tension between the pair.

The two stars made their last red carpet appearance together back in August at the European Premiere of Blink Twice.

Judi said: 'It's easy to be retrospectively smart when it comes to predicting a split and some of this couple's social media posts have made them look incredibly tender, close and trusting together.

'This red carpet appearance does seem to throw up some red-flag clues from their body language though.

'When celebrity couples are primed to split but having a movie to promote the result is often some overkill rituals involving mutual rictus smiles and performed affection to cover up.

'But Channing seems to be putting in very little effort to either deny or paper over any problems here, standing and posing with a rather dour expression and one hand stuffed into his pocket.

Judi noted that at one point, Zoe aimed a smile at Channing to try and prompt him to project the 'loving and happy couple' look. 

She explained: 'It's Zoe who seems to be trying to project some suggestion of their being a loving couple, using what looks like a 'pinging' smile aimed at him as a way of trying to prompt him to remember to smile too.

'When she looks away though her face seems to drop too. There's a lack of what looks like any synchronicity of intent, it to both either act out happy faces or to allow themselves to signal a rift. Added to the rather tender social media posts there is a hint that their split might have been a suprise for one of them at least.'

The couple had begun dating after Channing starred in Zoë's directorial debut , the thriller Blink Twice.

Representatives for both actors have not yet commented on the reported breakup.

The split was a particular shock for the couple, as they had not only gotten engaged, but Channing had been spotted with fresh ink of Zoë's initials on the back of his hand in September.

The former couple were last pictured together on Channing's Instagram page in a post from September 3, which showed Zoë apparently snoozing on her then-fiancé's shirtless chest as he snapped a selfie of the two.

In his caption, the Deadpool & Wolverine actor serenaded his love as he promoted her thriller Blink Twice.

'This little sweet. She So tired bro. Every time I wondered if she’d break…. She just kept going and going and going,' he gushed. 'Always on the dig for truth. She pour’d every single ounce of her into this film. I’m so proud to stand ten toes down for her, this film and everyone in it. forever. Knowing what it took to make it. No one will ever know.'

He concluded on a sweet note, adding, 'Thank you for finding me and seeing me. I got you forever. Me and you back to back against it all. I’ll never blink. Let’s go.'

Zoë and Channing could be in for an awkward 2025, as Deadline reported earlier on Tuesday that they had both been added to the cast of the upcoming alien invasion comedy Alpha Gang.

Cate Blanchett had already been announced as a star and producer on the film, which is directed by the Zellner brothers, but Channing and Zoë are now rounding out the cast, along with Dave Bautista, Riley Keough, Steven Yeun and French star Léa Seydoux.

The comedy follows a group of invading aliens disguised as humans and dressed up to look like members of a 1950s-era biker gang, though their attempts to conquer the planet are threatened when they start to develop human emotions and consciences.

Earlier on Tuesday, Channing reposted the article to his Instagram Stories, though he made no allusion to reports of his breakup.

Prior to kicking off their relationship three years ago, Zoë was coming off a divorce from her first husband, the actor Karl Glusman, while Channing had only recently finalized his divorce from Jenna Dewan.

The former couple share an 11-year-old daughter, Everly.

Channing and Zoë first set off romance rumors in August of 2021, when he was seen riding around in NYC on a bike while she joined him on foot.

The rumors reached a fever pitch in September of that year, when the two were seen leaving the Met Gala in Manhattan together, though they did not walk the red carpet together earlier in the evening.

By Halloween, the two had gone official with their romance.

They opted for playful matching costumes inspired by Martin Scorsese's classic film Taxi Driver to cement their relationship status, with Channing dressed as Robert De Niro's character, while Zoë was a dead ringer for Jodie Foster's abused child prostitute.