August 11, 2009 | Celeb Watch

Channing Tatum, former stripper

Channing Tatum, starring in this past weekend's number 1 movie 'GI Joe,' once stripped for a living. That's right, boys, there was a time when you could have watched this Hollywood hunk shake his booty in your face! 

He performed with Male Encounter, a group known for one terrible policy: no nudes! What? That's right, the guys only stripped to their underwear. Bummer! 

According to 'US Weekly,' Tatum performed under the alias Chan Crawford. He was 18 at the time.

“He was really shy at first, but he really knew how to work a stage,” the club’s former owner, London Steele, told the magazine.