The 'Jennifer's Body' actress reflects on her past relationships including her age-gap marriage and discusses the childhood trauma that contributed to her negative views on marriage.
- Mar 21, 2024
AceShowbiz - Megan Fox candidly discussed her past experiences in marriage and relationships on the latest episode of the "Call Her Daddy" podcast. Reflecting on her upbringing, Fox recalled her stepfather's emotional and psychological abuse, and her mother's struggles with depression. She shared that these experiences led her to develop negative views on marriage.
"It's an oppressive experience to be in a relationship, or to be in love, or to be married. In particular, being married. Like, when I say the word 'being married' I feel my chakras tighten up," Fox expressed.
She then addressed her 15-year relationship with Brian Austin Green, which began when she was 18 and he was 30.
"I was not a great girlfriend to Brian," Fox admitted. "He was not great to me either all the time, but I think it would be easy for me to lean into and complain about it or let it seem like that relationship was one way. I was not great because I was young and really should not have been in a relationship of that level of commitment and that magnitude."
Fox revealed that she often struggled with infidelity during her marriage. "I would go to work and fall in love because I was a kid, and I never had the full freedom to be single and experience that life," she said.
The actress believes that much of her personal growth came after becoming a mother. "I do feel like karmically I was supposed to have those kids with him, of course," she explained. "I didn't realize I wasn't looking at myself being like, 'Oh, I'm reenacting my mother's life' or 'I'm carrying my mother's burdens.' "
Following her divorce from Green, Fox entered a relationship with Machine Gun Kelly. She shared that she had initially intended to enjoy the single life but ended up falling for the musician after just a few weeks.
Fox also discussed the challenges she faces in navigating fame, especially as it relates to her children.
"I have one kid who is like an artistic savant and that kid will inevitably be in the spotlight somehow, it's impossible that they won't," she said. "I know how cruel the world is because I've lived through it, and I don't think I can endure watching what my child is going to have to go through. So I'm really struggling with that as well."
In closing, Fox expressed her reluctance to publicly comment on the current state of her relationship with Kelly.
"I think that what I've learned from being in this relationship is that it's not for public consumption," she stated. "I think, as of now, I don't have a comment on the status of the relationship, per se. What I can say is that, he is what I refer to as being my 'twin soul' and there will always be a tether to him, no matter what."
