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See Megan Fox’s Rare Public Outing After Welcoming Baby With Machine Gun Kelly
Megan Fox is getting candid about life as a teen star.
The Jennifer’s Body star reflected on the early years of her career—which began when she was 15 in Holiday in the Sun—and the negative aspects that came with reaching a new level of fame in the mid-to-late aughts.
“Oh, I don't know that I would give myself advice,” Megan revealed during the Jennifer’s Body Q&A event at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles Oct. 25, per People. “I think where I was at that point in my life, so lost, so full of that rage that I had towards how I had been treated in the industry. And how I was dealing with fame.”
The mom of four—she shares Noah, 13, Bodhi, 11, and Journey, 9, with ex-husband Brian Austin Green and Saga Blade, seven months, with Machine Gun Kelly—recalled a particularly nasty exchange with a photographer following her.
“I remember the paparazzi were so ruthless back then,” she said. “The way they would talk to women. And I walked out just to try to get to my car, and they're all shooting. And one guy's like, ‘Megan, why are you such a b---h?’ And another guy is like, ‘Megan, do you think you're overrated? The internet says so,’ and I'm just trying to do my job.”
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As for what was going through her head at the time?
“I was asked to be at this premiere. I'm trying to get to my car. And so I had all of this grief and sorrow and also anger and rage that needed a place to go,” Megan admitted. “And like I said, being able to just have the permission to be unhinged even in between takes or maybe the entire time we were there, that was very cathartic for me.”
It was that anger that the 39-year-old used to get into character as body-snatcher Jennifer Check in the 2009 film opposite Amanda Seyfried.
“I read this script, and I think it just resonated with me because there’s something about that whether it’s perceived or not,” she noted. “I felt like I was persecuted at that time in my career and I was struggling a lot with fame and kind of traumatized by fame.”
As she put it, “I resonated with those deeper layers of before she becomes a monster, she’s a teenage girl that gets sacrificed for somebody else’s gain. And that very much resonated because that’s kind of how I came into this industry.”
But amid looking back on that time in her life, Megan also gave the crowd an update on her private life at home with her baby girl.
“First of all, I just wanna say I just had a baby, and I have a lot of brain fog,” she joked to the audience. “So, I haven't slept in seven months, so if I repeat myself I’m sorry, just interrupt me and tell me I’m off track.”
For more on Megan’s blended family life, keep reading…
Breakfast In Bed
Brian Austin Green enjoyed a lazy morning snuggled up with kids Noah, born in 2012, Bodhi, born in 2014, and Journey, born in 2016, who he shares with ex Megan Fox.
Swimming In Smiles
After Brian and Megan split in 2020, the Beverly Hills, 90210 alum found love with his Dancing with the Stars pro partner Sharna Burgess. The two welcomed son Zane in 2022, and announced their engagement the following year.
Cuddle Corral
Sharna sharing a tender moment with Zane and his older siblings.
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Girl Dad
Meanwhile, Machine Gun Kelly—whose real name is Colson Baker—welcomed daughter Casie with ex Emma Cannon in 2009. He went on to get engaged to Megan in 2023.
Special Occasions
Despite her commitment to co-parenting, Megan has said it's not always a walk in the park. “It’s hard to not feel obligated to be with them all the time or to constantly feel like I’m not doing a good enough job,” she admitted to Glamour UK in 2022, “but I’m also separated from their father. So, I can only have them half of the time. That just is what it is.”
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Christmas Card
Brian's blended family includes his adult son Kassius, whom he shares with ex Vanessa Marcil. The actor posed with Sharna and all five of his kids for a festive family photo in December 2023.
The Look of Love
For Megan, motherhood keeps her grounded. "When I step back, I know how connected I am and I’ve always been and how present I’ve always been,” she told Sports Illustrated Swimsuit in 2023. “I see the reflection of the type of mother that I am in their eyes and in their behavior."
Three's Company
In 2022, the Jennifer's Body star posted a rare photo alongside the "Emo Girl" singer and his daughter, taken at his 27 Club Coffee shop in Ohio.
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Musical Prodigy
The hitmaker turns to his daughter for advice on his music. "I trust her opinion more than I trust my own now," he said on The Kelly Clarkson Show in 2021. "Like, she has her finger on the pulse of what's hot, or if I'm doing a song and it's the right one, she'll confirm it."
Mama Bear
In honor of Mother's Day 2024, Brian paid a loving tribute to Sharna. "You are an incredible mother and fiancée," he wrote on Instagram, "and we all love you to death."
Bookworm
Megan rarely features her kids on social media—for one very good reason. "I knew when they were very young, I wanted to try to protect them however I could, especially limiting their exposure to the internet," she told Glamour UK in 2022. "So far, we’ve done a really good job and we maintain their innocence in a lot of ways, but I know I can’t protect them forever."
Co-Parenting Pros
Brian's golden rule for co-parenting? Picking his battles. "People make a mistake of thinking that they're gonna do things so the separation doesn't affect the kids," he told E! News in 2024. "Of course it's gonna affect the kids. The only choice you have is how it affects the kids."
Keeping the Peace
Likewise, Megan makes a point not to speak ill of her kids' father around them. "I don't let anything in my energy like that when I'm around my kids," she said on The Drew Barrymore Show in 2023, "because if I don't accept and love their father, I'm rejecting a part of them, because he's a part of who they are always.
Pool Day
Brian snapped a pic of his brood having some fun in the sun in Malibu, captioning the Instagram post, "Great day!!"
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Kicking the Habit
MGK—pictured with Casie at the Kids' Choice Awards in 2019—credited his daughter with helping him get clean after she told him she knew when he was high. "That was step one for me," the musician, who has been sober since August 2023, said on the Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast. "As a father and as a man, to be the father I wish my dad would have been, I have to break this generational curse for my kid."
Stepmom Supreme
Sharna has thanked Brian's kids for preparing her to be a mom. "I got to test out motherhood with these guys," she said on the Quite Frankly podcast in 2023. "I got to learn things and grow with them, about parenting and understanding kids ... and knowing, 'Oh my God, I think I can be really good at that.'"
Past Their Bedtime
In 2020, Brian was a celebrity contestant on The Masked Singer. "I was super excited for my kids to watch it with me," he wrote on Instagram, but "they fell asleep after 15 min."
Helping Hand
No job is too big for the TV star and his mini-mes.
More to Come?
While Brian revealed he got a vasectomy eight weeks after Zane was born, that doesn't mean he couldn't have it reversed down the road. "If we have the space and the ability to, would we love to? I certainly would," Sharna said on the Oldish podcast in January. "But we do have four young kids in the home and life is very, very busy."
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The Family Grows Again
On March 27, 2025, Megan and MGK welcomed the newest member of their blended family: a baby girl, who arrived into the world with her own original score composed by the rocker and his musical pals including Travis Barker.
"She’s finally here," MGK exclaimed in a post on Instagram, "our little celestial seed."
They Scream for Ice Cream
Brian and Sharna enjoyed a sweet treat and some sweet laughs with Zion, Noah, Bodhi and Journey in April 2025.
Just Hanging
MGK spent quality time with his oldest daughter Casie shortly after announcing the birth of his and Megan's baby girl.
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