Channing Tatum Rips His Shirt Off and Promotes 'Magic Mike' On 'Today'

By:OK! Staff

June 27 2012, Published 2:14 p.m. ET

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It's the official two-day countdown to the premiere of delightful male stripper movie Magic Mike, and the cast is pulling out all the stops to rake in moviegoers this weekend.

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Yesterday, Joe Manganiello looked sheepish doing a brief stripper dance for Kathie Lee and Hoda, and this morning Ann Curry and Al Roker got an up close and personal look at Joe's hypnotic "body roll," a group of flash dancers and Channing Tatum's Tampa-approved grinding.

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"It was a crazy time of my life," Channing says of his days stripping. "I'm not ashamed of it, but I don't know if I'm not proud of it either. I was 18 and crazy in Tampa."

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Channing also mentions that he really hopes Magic Mike makes it to Broadway as it's got the right stuff to be a "big, crazy musical."

If it's true that Ann is getting pink slipped by NBC any day now, this was a wonderful farewell from morning news. Don't you think?