Channing Tatum's puzzling last post about Zoe Kravitz just hours before blindsiding public with split

Channing Tatum and Zoë Kravitz shocked fans with reports on Tuesday that they had broken up and ended their engagement after dating for three years.

Most puzzling for fans was the apparent lack of anything telegraphing the split.

Although the former lovebirds hadn't appeared together on social media in recent weeks, Channing's most recent Instagram post featuring Zoë, which was posted in early September, appeared to show the two in the midst of a romantic bliss.

After multiple sources told People that Channing, 44, and Zoë, 35, had gone their separate ways a year after getting engaged, the focus turned to one of Channing's last public displays of affection for the Big Little Lies star.

In his Instagram post from September 3, the Magic Mike actor showed off his impressive physique in a shirtless selfie.

He displayed a soft grin for the camera while Zoë appeared to snooze peacefully as she rested her head against his chiseled abs.

The photo appeared to date back to the filming of her directorial feature debut Blink Twice, as Channing wore the same well-maintained beard that his character sports in the thriller.

Zoë also had her hair styled in what appeared to be the same thin braids that she was pictured with in behind-the-scenes photos.

Production on Blink Twice reportedly began in June of 2022, months after the director and her star had gone public with their romance. 

In his caption, the Deadpool & Wolverine actor serenaded his love as he promoted her film with an 

'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.'

While Channing's selfie was their last social media post together, he did make one final post that tangentially involved Zoë shortly before news of their split broke.

Earlier on Tuesday, Channing reposted a Deadline article revealing that he and his ex-fiancée were joining the cast of the the cast of the upcoming alien invasion comedy Alpha Gang, though he made no allusion to reports of his breakup and added no text of his own.

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 in August, Channing couldn't help but gush about his relationship with Zoë during an appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers.

After the host mentioned that his fiancée had directed Blink Twice, Channing raved that 'no one would ever know' that it was her first time behind the camera on a feature film.

He explained that her debut was so assured because 'she's such a nerd for movies. Like she doesn't do anything [else].'

Channing joked that Zoë gave him a speech early in their relationship in which she said that she 'doesn't do any activities,' such as the celebrity favorite 'hiking.'

Instead, a typical day off for them involves watching 'three or four movies,' which was how she honed her directorial vision. 

The former A-list couple's last in-person sighting appears to have been earlier this month, on October 6, when they were seen on a date night at a production of the play Picture Day at Coffey Street Studio in Brooklyn's Red Hook neighborhood.

The two were there in support of her Blink Twice actor Levon Hawke, who was making his directorial debut with the show.

At the time, a source told People that the couple looked 'cozy and cute together' while hanging out with Levon and his sister, Stranger Things star Maya Hawke, before heading to a bar to party with the cast and crew.

'Channing and Zoë held hands and looked very comfortable together and settled into their relationship,' the source said. 'They were affectionate but no overboard PDA or anything. They were so cool and chill. They were blown away by how intellectual the play was.'

Although Zoë displayed her engagement ring at the production, it was a different story in recent weeks.

Last week, she reunited for a night out in New York City with her Big Little Lies costar Shailene Woodley, but her engagement ring appeared to be missing during the outing.

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.