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Ricky Martin Reflects on Giving Channing Tatum His Big Break in the ‘She Bangs’ Music Video

“I believe he stated thank you for the very first chance,” the Latin pop star stated of the star.

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Where would Channing Tatum lack Ricky Martin? Thankfully for fans of Magic Mike 21 Jump Street and She’s the Manthe world will never ever understand.

The star got his start in the Latin pop star’s renowned “She Bangs” video back in 2000, playing a bar tender serving a group of rowdy partygoers, consisting of Martin. Almost a quarter-century later on, the vocalist opened about his opportunity partnership with Tatum in an interview on View What Happens Live With Andy Cohen along with his Palm Royale costar Kristen Wiig on Thursday (March 21).

“I believe he stated thank you for the very first chance,” Martin started. “Super cool.”

“In Miami, I simply informed individuals from the production of the video to head out searching and welcome everyone to the Bahamas,” he continued. “And that’s what took place, and there he was.”

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Tatum yelled out the job in a 2022 Wired video with Sandra Bullock, with whom he starred in The Lost City“My extremely first task ever was a Ricky Martin video,” he exposed, to which Bullock confessed she was “fangirling.”

“I was a bartender with face paint and a mohawk,” he included at the time. “It was enjoyable, it was fantastic.”

Launched in 2000 on Martin’s Sound Loaded album, “She Bangs” peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100, a little over a year after the Puerto Rican super star ruled atop the chart for 5 weeks with “Livin’ La Vida Loca.” The album peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200.

View Martin open about dealing with Tatum above.

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