On Friday, Channing Tatum was every inch the proud partner as he hyped up Zoë Kravitz’s upcoming directorial debut on his Instagram page.
The two stars began dating in 2021 after Zoë reached out to cast Channing in her upcoming movie, which was called Pussy Island at the time.
The film’s title has since been changed to Blink Twice, and it is due for release in August of this year — and it seems as though Channing is already the project’s number one fan.
Taking to his social media page, the Hollywood actor shared a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the movie with his 17 million followers as he expressed his admiration for Zoë.
Alongside a photo of Zoë giving direction to actors Naomi Ackie and Alia Shawkat, Channing shared a short video clip of himself, Zoë, and various crew members looking at a monitor during filming.
He captioned the post, “MISS DIRECTOR LADY HERSELF IN ACTION!! ABSOLUTELY CRUSHING IT. CAN’T WAIT FOR YALL TO SEE.”
But the video soon came under scrutiny from anti-mask cynics who questioned why everybody behind the monitor — including Channing and Zoë — was wearing protective face coverings in the video.
“You look ridiculous with your little mask,” one troll wrote. Another commented: “Masks… really? 🙄”
One more asked, “How is it 2024 and people are still wearing masks? 😂”
And the comments appeared to get to Channing, who decided to set the record straight by insisting that nobody actually wanted to wear a mask.
He wrote, “Guys the only people wearing masks are the people behind the camera. are yall really that slow? Hahah and it’s not like we want to. Ffs 🤦🏻♂️”
In a separate comment, he added that they had to wear the masks for insurance reasons during filming last year.
Replying to somebody who’d called the project another “WOKE MOVIE,” Channing said, “They make us wear it for insurance when we made this a year ago. I usually never reply to this dumb shit but this one was a specially stupid.”
Channing was then spotted liking a conspiracy theorist’s comment that claimed the government had “lied” about the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.
The liked comment reads, “Must be years ago, when the government lied about a pandemic and suckers wore paper things on their faces.”
Needless to say, many have been left disappointed by Channing’s social media activity, with one person writing on a Reddit forum, “I thought he was one of the good ones :( oh well.”
Another reasoned, “His comment doesn't bother me because while I completely agreed with masking, I did it because it was necessary not because I wanted to. BUT, then he liked that post & ruined it. Fucking conspiracy theorists exhaust me.”
“Wasn't too bad til the liked comment…,” somebody else agreed, while one more was just confused by Channing’s choice to respond, writing, “he really could have just said nothing at all.”
Others wondered whether Channing had liked the comment by mistake or hadn't read it in its entirety when he pressed "like," and BuzzFeed has contacted his representative for clarification.
Interestingly, while Zoë hasn’t publicly shared her own thoughts on masks or vaccines, her mom, Lisa Bonet, is renowned for her anti-vax beliefs — which she first opened up about in relation to her daughter more than 30 years ago.
During an appearance on The Phil Donahue Show in 1990, Lisa said that she had chosen not to vaccinate Zoë, who was 2 years old at the time. Lisa said she was worried about introducing "alien microorganisms into our children's blood."
