If you didn’t know, the franchise follows Channing’s character, Mike Lane, a stripper loosely inspired by Channing’s experiences as a performer before he got his big break in Hollywood.
The movies are known for their scenes of half-naked — and sometimes fully nude — male actors who show off their muscles with sexy dance routines.
But in 2022, Channing admitted that the dread of getting his Mike physique back was almost enough for him to turn down the third movie, which was released last year.
During Channing’s appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show, Kelly swooned over a blown-up photo of the star in character as Mike, saying: “If I worked out and looked like that I’d put [the picture] up everywhere!”
“Trust me, that might be the reason why I didn’t want to do a third one — because I’d have to look like that,” Channing said in response.
