Jenna Dewan Tears Up After Sending Daughter Everly, 9, Off to Sleepaway Camp for First Time

Mar. 15, 2025

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Jenna Dewanis going to miss her little girl as she heads off to her first summer at camp.

“Then one day she grows up and wants to go to sleepaway camp 🥺❤️🙏🏻,” Dewan wrote as Everly holds up a peace sign while standing in front of the bus.

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Dewan also included a cute photo of Everly’s “cheering crew,” which included her mom, Kazee and Callum. After saying their farewells, Dewan shared a final picture of herself crying, admitting she “held it together until the car 😭😂.”

In May, Dewan spoke to PEOPLE about one of her daughter’snewfound passions: Irish dance.

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“Everly has been obsessed with Irish legends, folklore, music, for her entire life. Fairies, all of it,” Dewan said of her daughter. “I showed her Riverdance and she was just like, ‘I want to do this, Mom, find me a place.’ "

“So I found this woman [at] Celtic Irish Dance Academy in Burbank. We were there last week and she loves it but it’s hard,” added Dewan. “I’m so proud of her for keeping with it. She’s picking it up real quick.”

While theDancing with the Starsalum said she’s continuing to support her daughter’s passion, she doesn’t “want to get too excited because I don’t want her to get too pushed into it.”

“I’m nervous that she’ll fall out of love with it so I’m like, ‘Yes, good, we’re in a good place now,’ " she added.

Dewan also revealed that Everly recently took a trip to Ireland with Tatum and “absolutely loved it.”

“I think they did a fairy, magical scavenger hunt and she was obsessed,” she said.

source: people.com