Megan Fox Opens Up About Trauma, Fame, and Survival on Call Her Daddy
Megan Fox sat down with Alex Cooper for a late-night conversation that cut through the rumors, the objectification, and the pain behind the “sex symbol” label. What emerged was a raw portrait of a woman who has survived decades of public scrutiny, childhood trauma, and abusive relationships—and is still fighting to reclaim her narrative.
On Childhood Trauma and Isolation
Fox described a childhood marked by her mother’s depression, her parents’ divorce when she was three, and an abusive stepfather who isolated her from friends and her mother.
The messaging that I received is that men and marriage in particular drain you of your life force and keep you from being able to express your creativity or express your unique desires.
She recalled watching her mother’s unhappiness in relationships and internalizing the belief that marriage was oppressive—a pattern she would later reenact in her own life.
Fox also revealed she was essentially an only child, with a sister 12 years older who was already in college when Fox was young. This isolation meant she had no sibling to share the burden of her chaotic home life.
When you’re an only child essentially in those moments you can only internalize: think what’s wrong with me, or hate what’s going on around you.
The Eating Disorder Years
In middle school, Fox developed a severe eating disorder that required hospitalization multiple times. She also engaged in self-harm behaviors, including plucking out her eyebrows—most of which never grew back.
I was just doing things to myself to like not disfigure myself, but it was a compulsive action that I didn’t understand at the time.
She traced the root of her body dysmorphia back to age five, when she first remembers feeling critical of her body while sitting in the back of her sister’s car.
On Being Labeled a “Sex Symbol”
Fox spoke candidly about the burden of being labeled a sex symbol from early in her career—something she never identified with and that exacerbated her existing body image issues.
You created her and then you murdered her… I was never that. I was never her. Like you created her and then you destroyed her.
She described the media cycle of building up female celebrities only to tear them down as a form of psychological violence.
They all wake up and they’re just a reincarnated medieval mob and they have their pitchfork and their lantern and they’re like: who do we get to burn at the stake today?
The 2009-2010 Media Blackout
Fox revealed that in 2009, there was a coordinated “Megan Fox blackout” where media outlets agreed not to post any content about her for an entire day—framed as if she were an “attention seeker,” when in reality she was “extremely introverted and horrified by having to be in front of people or cameras.”
I was getting crucified in the press every day… It started to become a witch hunt where I felt like tabloids would send photographers with the intention of getting a bad photograph or getting a bad story.
She stepped away from the spotlight for nearly a decade after that period, only to return and find the same cycle of worship-and-destroy still in place.
I left 2009 and I’m like right back in where I left off, and there was no growth, which makes me feel defeated.
On Plastic Surgery and Autonomy
In one of the most talked-about segments, Fox walked through every procedure she’s had done—framing it as an act of transparency to “set some people free” from shame.
What she’s had done:
- Breast augmentation at 21-22 (redone twice, most recently after breastfeeding)
- Rhinoplasty in her early 20s (has not touched her nose since age 23)
- Botox and fillers
- Extensive laser treatments
What she hasn’t had done:
- Facelift, brow lift, or threads
- Buccal fat removal
- Liposuction or body contouring
- BBL (though she joked she’d get one if she had enough body fat)“The more that I’ve taken control of my body and done the things that I’ve always wanted to do, the more comfortable I am in my body and the more freedom I have sexually.”
She also called out the hypocrisy of women who shame other women for getting work done while simultaneously benefiting from beauty standards themselves.
If you’re so triggered, that probably means you have an insecurity… Why do you care if another woman gets it? It’s all projection.
The Satanic Ritual Rumors
Fox addressed the persistent internet rumors that she participates in Satanic rituals—a theory that gained traction after she mentioned drinking blood “ritualistically” and a provocative Halloween costume with MGK.
I actually was raised Pentecostal Christian… I definitely identify with Christ consciousness and I’m actually a very spiritual, positive person.
She explained the blood ritual comment as a comparison to childhood “blood brother” traditions—except instead of smearing blood on fingers, the drop goes in the mouth. She then delivered one of the episode’s most viral lines:
You’re so offended that I got a drop of Machine Gun Kelly’s blood in my mouth? You have Brandon from Silicon Valley’s sperm in your mouth. He didn’t even buy you a nice drink.
On “Pretty Boys Are Poisonous”
Fox’s poetry collection, Pretty Boys Are Poisonous, explores her experiences with toxic relationships, emotional abuse, and physical violence. She read several heartbreaking lines from the book, including:
There was a time where I had never heard a man call me stupid, pathetic, bitch, cunt, idiot. And there was also a time when I had never felt a man’s hands hit me, suffocate me, or throw me to the ground. But now if one of those things hasn’t happened by Wednesday, I consider it a miracle.
When asked why she gravitates toward toxicity over stability, Fox admitted:
I would prefer to be in something dramatic and toxic versus something stable… I’ve never experienced like truly stable, so if I were to honestly experience it I would probably have a lot of peace and would accept it. But I’ve never had it, so to me the idea of it sounds very boring.
On Her Relationship with MGK
Fox declined to give a definitive status update on her relationship with MGK, but confirmed the engagement was called off and back on at various points.
What I’ve learned from being in this relationship is that it’s not for public consumption… He is my twin soul, and there will always be a tether to him no matter what.
She acknowledged that some poems in her book are about him, including one titled “A 32-Year-Old Narcissist Attempts to Quantify His Crimes,” but noted that he’s said similar things about himself in his own music.
Motherhood and Fear for Her Children
Fox revealed that she loses “a lot of sleep” worrying about her children facing the same public cruelty she has endured.
I know what’s coming and I’m not able to live in this moment because I know what’s ahead, and I’m not prepared emotionally to have to do it.
She keeps her children away from screens and social media as long as possible, not wanting to preload their experiences with her trauma.
I don’t want to put the weight of my experience on them… They don’t need to feel that.
Advice for Women
When Cooper asked Fox to give advice to women navigating dating, insecurity, and sexual satisfaction, Fox delivered a series of unfiltered truths:
On approaching guys at bars:
It’s not going to be worth it anyway… Your dick needs to be in direct proportion to the drama that you cause. And if it’s not, then you need to [expletive] the [expletive] off.
On comparing yourself to other women:
You have to start working on yourself, because you have insecurities and things that you need to heal.
On never having an orgasm with a partner:
You got to say that. That is not worth living like that… If he’s entitled to an orgasm, you are entitled to an orgasm. The end. And if he has a problem with that, he is not for you. And I promise you the dick wasn’t that good anyway.
What’s Next?
Fox ended the interview acknowledging she’s at a crossroads.
I’m either going to really have some kind of breakthrough where I do transcend into some blissful higher level of consciousness or find some kind of purpose being in service to people, or I will disappear again.
She added that she regrets some of the years she lost during her first disappearance and doesn’t think she’ll repeat that pattern—but she’s still figuring out what comes next.
The Bottom Line: This wasn’t the typical celebrity interview. Fox used her platform to talk about trauma, autonomy, and the systemic misogyny that has defined her career—while also making space for humor, honesty, and unapologetic self-ownership. Whether she disappears again or finds a new purpose, one thing is clear: she’s done letting other people define her narrative.
This recap is based on the Call Her Daddy episode featuring Megan Fox, originally released in 2025.
