Strippers Discuss How Magic Mike XXL Stacks Up Against the Real Thing

iStock_000011973469XSmallSure, former-male-stripper-turned-Hollywood-leading-man Channing Tatum has got some hot, hot moves in the new Magic Mike XXL film. But how does he and the other sexy male strippers in the movie stack up against the real thing? To find out, real life exotic dancers watched and critiqued all the hip gyrating and grinding to discuss what the movie gets right about male stripping. Here’s what they said (watch the video below):

Overall, the male strippers were very impressed by the hot moves and the hot bods in the film. Awesome Antonio was especially feeling, “The beat. That sexual beat. That hot sexual beat where you can be like grinding with the music, kinda uh uh uh, ya know.” Uh, yeah. We know, Awesome Antonio. Another guy praised Channing Tatum’s “excellent” moves and said, “We need more guys like this in the business.” One stripper critiqued Tatum’s body, saying he could “be a bit more symmetrical,” while another praised his physique: “If you’re too in shape, you’re very intimidating to the women. Women tend to gravitate toward a man who’s realistic, ya know. Not their husbands, though.” And the strippers were especially impressed by Tatum’s hip-hop, popping-and-locking style, which they thought was fresh and representative of how strippers get down on stage today. To put it another way: go see the movie.

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Check out the video of male strippers critiquing Magic Mike XXL.

The Hottest Celebrities Who Used To Be Strippers

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It’s not just sexy celebrities like Magic Mike’s Channing Tatum who used to strip before striking it big in Hollywood. You’d be surprised by the A-list celebs who have once worked as exotic dancers while trying to make ends meet. So, here are the best, brightest, and hottest stars who stripped:

  1. Channing Tatum
    He’s made two movies about his stripping career, and when the star was first outed as a stripper he said, “I’m not ashamed of it. I don’t regret one thing. I’m not a person who hides shit.” Lucky us!
  2. Chris Pratt
    This leading man has said that since he always liked to be naked anyway, he thought stripping would be the perfect career move. Unfortunately, though, he didn’t have moves like Channing Tatum, which (fortunately) brought him to his next career: Hollywood.
  3. Lady Gaga
    Before she made it as a pop singer, she worked as a burlesque dancer in New York City. She mostly stripped down to her panties and took off her top—so, basically, not much has changed since then.
  4. Azealia Banks
    This rapper used to strip in Queens before she made it big. While she no longer strips herself, she says that she finds stripping “sexy as hell,” and loves following strippers on Instagram.
  5. Amber Rose
    This hip-hop model makes no apologies about her former career as a stripper: “Listen, I don’t have any sob stories about me dancing—I had the time of my life,” she said. She also still loves exotic dancers, and has reportedly spent over $10,000 at a Los Angeles strip club!

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Check out more celebrities who used to strip here.