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Steve Kazee has caused quite a stir with his latest Instagram story.

The 49-year-old actor, who is engaged to Jenna Dewan, posted the word “HAHA” over and over again on a black background on the same day it was revealed that Dewan’s ex Channing Tatum it had split from fiancee Zoe Kravitz.

Seeing that a month ago, Dewan, 43, celebrated the end of the divorce of Tatum, 44, — which had become contentious, with Tatum’s lawyers are asking in August that Dewan would be “penalized $20,000” for allegedly trying to prolong the divorce case — many believed Kazee was laughing at Tatum and Kravitz’s split.

Fans took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to condemn the response, calling it “immature” and “rude”. Only one person POSTED“I still don’t know why Jenna Dewan’s boyfriend Steve Kazee is laughing about the end of Channing Tatum and Zoe Kravitz’s relationship. Instagram story. It said a lot about the person!”

Others pointed out that Dewan and Tatum have a daughter – Everly, 11 – which means Kazee will have to continue interacting with Blink twice star. “That’s rude considering he’s the stepdad to Channing’s daughter. They’ll be in each other’s lives as long as he and Jenna are together,” someone he commented.

Kazee, however, argued that the answer was to a TikTok video about forgetting to water your plants, which he added to his stories after the “HAHA” post. A rep for the Tony winner echoed those sentiments Page sixsaying the video fits Kazee as forgetting to water his plants is “something he’s known for at home.”

The father-of-two – who shares son Callum, 4, and daughter Rhiannon, 4 months, with Dewan – followed up his initial Instagram stories with another text post on a black background, which read: ” A guy can’t laugh about a TikTok houseplant in today’s world, I see…”

In the following story, he shared a picture of a plant that looked like it needed watering, commenting: “See? It’s funny because it’s relatable. Get a life”. He continued to add images of his dried plants, noting in one video “the most damning part,” before pivoting to show a countertop water filter sitting just inches from the dying plant.

Dewan and Tatum, who met working on the 2006 film Step upthey were married for nine years before announcing their split in 2018. Dewan started dating Kazee in 2018 and the pair got engaged in 2020.

Tatum and Kravitz, 35, began dating after meeting on the set of their movie, Blink twice. They gushed about each other at the premiere, with Kravitz saying, “It’s really cool to get to do a movie, but when you get to do it with the love of your life, it’s even cooler.” The two got engaged in October 2023.