‘I Panic When I Talk to People’

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Channing Tatum could not compose himself when he met Matt Damon for the primary time.

The Magic Mike’s Last Dance actor tells PEOPLE on this week’s difficulty that it is “one of the funniest” tales, which occurred whereas he was filming the 2011 Steven Soderbergh movie Haywire, and a second that also haunts him at this time.

“We’re in Albuquerque, and we’ve shot for the day. We’re all just hanging out at the hotel bar and Matt Damon comes by to hang out with Soderbergh. I’m just beside myself,” recollects Tatum, 42. “I’m such a fan, and still am. I sat down next to him, and I was like, ‘Hey, man. Where are you from?’ — and I was like ‘I just asked Matt Damon where he’s from.’ “

“Everyone on the planet knows where Matt Damon is from, and he obviously knows that I know where Matt Damon is from, and I almost didn’t recover,” he continues. “I don’t think I said anything for the next maybe two hours or so, and I still think about it today. Every once in a while, I’ll just have a cold sweat and feel like, I can’t believe….”

Tatum admitted he tends to “panic when I talk to people,” which explains “why I don’t really like to meet famous people or meet the people that I admire or even like their work.”

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However, Damon, 52, was “such a good guy” within the second, Tatum recollects.

“He knew I was freaking out and just didn’t even acknowledge it. Because he’s such a personable guy,” says the actor. “He just took care of me in that moment and answered me. It was like nothing ever happened. He was just like, ‘Oh, I’m from Boston. Where are you from?’ and I was like, ‘I’m from Florida.’ In my head I just kept screaming: ‘I’m sorry. I’m sorry!’ “

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Adds Tatum, “I don’t know if he remembers it at all. I don’t know if he ever even remembers meeting me, but we’re friendly now, and I can kind of, sort of keep it together today.”

Read on for extra of Tatum’s solutions to PEOPLE’s One Last Thing:

Last time I sang out loud: Driving my baby [Everly, 9] to the orthodontist this morning. We’ve been singing these Celtic folks songs on the high of our lungs. I may sing it louder than she does.

Last harm: I ruptured a disc on Magic Mike 3. You simply relaxation and take some Advil and get it on. It’s par for the course as soon as you have put sufficient miles on the physique.

Last sport I performed: Disney Monopoly. That I occur to be superb at, and I usually do not lose except somebody will get actually fortunate. When we play, we’re going for blood.

Last second of bliss: I was serving to my daughter along with her homework final night time, and I wasn’t doing it very properly. I stated, “Evie, I am failing as a dad tonight,” and she or he simply offers me the most important hug, and she or he’s like, “No, you’re not. You’re the best dad.” It killed me.

Magic Mike’s Last Dance is in theaters now.