Brian Austin Green has opened up in detail about his highly publicized relationship with ex Megan Fox, directly addressing longstanding accusations that he “groomed” the actress.

The Beverly Hills, 90210 star - now 51 - began dating Fox when she was 18 and he was 30, after they met on the set of Hope & Faith in 2004.

Their tumultuous relationship saw multiple breakups and reconciliations before finally ending in divorce in 2020. In their 15 years together, the couple married, had three sons, and weathered public scrutiny over their age gap and the dynamics of their relationship.

Now, for the first time, Green is confronting the narrative around how their relationship began — and why he remained quiet for so long.

“The grooming stuff… it just continually lessens”

Speaking on his Old-ish podcast, co-hosted with his fiancée Sharna Burgess and Randy Spelling, Green was asked directly why he had never publicly responded to accusations that he “groomed” Fox when she was younger.

“I think it comes from my dad. He’s very good at cutting emotion out of something and just being logical in his choices,” Green explained. “I really, logically understood that if I defend myself this one time, it’s never gonna stop. I’m gonna have to defend myself for who knows how long, because people are gonna believe what they wanna believe.”

“So, to me, time is the only thing that regulates that.

"People spend more time seeing me not being that way and then they start questioning it and they start going, you know, ‘We’ve seen him for five years. We’ve never once seen him being controlling or hearing any other story from anyone else about.’ It’s the long game of it.”

Green added: “There was so much stuff — you said, the grooming stuff, the controlling stuff, it seems like that just continually lessens and lessens until I run into people now that are like, ‘Yeah, I used to think that, or that seemed to be the case,’ but they just genuinely don’t believe that anymore. And it’s not because of anything I said… It’s actions that truly paint a picture and tell a story.”

“I was devastated”

Green also opened up about the emotional rollercoaster of their breakups — particularly their 2015 separation, which he says blindsided him at a time when he was physically incapacitated by ulcerative colitis.

“The first time she wanted a divorce, we had two kids,” he said. “She went to New York to do the sequel to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I couldn’t even go with her because I couldn’t walk, I couldn’t do anything. I had to stay home, and I was doing physical therapy, speech therapy and all sorts of stuff.”

“So the first time she wanted a divorce was when she came back from that," Green added. "I didn’t even have the physical ability to, like, argue with her on it and fight for the relationship… It killed me.

"It was out of nowhere. It was the most vulnerable thing I had ever experienced in my life at that time.”

The couple reconciled not long after and welcomed their third son, Journey.

“Journey was born. Then we were just kind of back in the wheel … and it seemed like we were in a good place of like, ‘Oh, we’ve been through a lot together. We can do this. There’s no mountain that’s too high to climb. We’ve got this. This is all figured out,’” he recalled.

But in 2020, Fox asked for a divorce again — this time for good.

Watching Fox move on “quickly and intensely”

Fox’s post-divorce relationship with Machine Gun Kelly, which began that same year, made headlines for its intensity. She referred to the rapper as her “twin flame” and “ultimate soulmate.”

Green admitted he experienced jealousy and confusion during that period. “At the point when she approached me and then the Machine Gun Kelly stuff and everything was happening, I was genuinely in a place of… ‘I can deal with this. This is not gonna kill me. I’ll be OK.’ It sucks. And it’s really hard. And I had absolute moments of jealousy and all the normal things you go through.”

He added: “It went from, like, ‘Hey, we should get a divorce.’ To all of a sudden it was like, ‘Hey, you know, my twin flame and this is my soulmate. And I manifested him.’”

During the early days of that relationship, Green said he was even asked to downplay things publicly. “I remember at that point when the pictures came out, Megan saying to me, ‘We’re just friends. Please, can you, on your podcast, say [that]?’ It was a little tailored to better that side because it was such a big deal,” he explained. “I completely caved to that ’cause I loved her. I didn’t want to badmouth her even though it was a s***** situation… I wanted the best for her, begrudgingly.”

A heavy burden at 18

Reflecting on the beginning of their relationship, Green shared how Fox had quickly taken on adult responsibilities while helping raise his son Kassius, who is now 23.

“When we were first together, I already had Kass,” he said. “So she became very responsible for his well-being and was involved in all of the legal stuff that was going on with Vanessa [Marcil] and I, and it’s a lot at a young age.”

“It was amazing, but it was so much responsibility, I think she kind of just got to a point in her life where she was like, ‘I missed out on being a kid, like, being an irresponsible kid. I jumped in at just over 18 years old with a guy that had a 2-year-old.’ I think it became overwhelming for her.”

“When she realized that, she wanted out quickly, which is then what made it hard for me. I understood it, but it doesn’t make it any less hard.”

“No regrets”

Despite everything, Green said he harbours no regrets about his past. “Sharna is the love of my life. We have an amazing family life, an amazing baby,” he said of his current fiancée, with whom he shares a two-year-old son, Zane.

“My life is nothing I ever had expected it would turn out to be. I was a shell of who I am now… I genuinely believe what I went through is what created who I am now.”

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Megan Fox has publicly blasted her ex Brian Austin Green in the Instagram comments of a picture of himself and one of the sons they share, prompting him to delete the photo entirely.

Yesterday, October 31, Austin Green posted a picture of himself and three-year-old Journey (the youngest of the three sons the former couple share together) in their Halloween costumes.

This is the moment Megan Fox speaks about her son Noah's penchant for wearing dresses to school:

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He captioned the photo, "Hope you all had a good Halloween!"

Needless to say, the seemingly innocent pic was inundated with comments calling him, "the best daddy". Other commenters wondered why the boys' mom (AKA Fox) is "never around".

Soon after the snap was posted, however, Fox shared a comment of her own, questioning why Austin Green didn't simply crop out their son from the pic, and why he was "so intoxicated with feeding the pervasive narrative" that she's an "absent mother".

This is what Fox wrote in her very public critique of Green's decision to post a snap with one of their sons:

"Why does Journey have to be in this picture? It’s not hard to crop them out. Or choose photos that they aren’t in.

"I had a great Halloween with them yesterday, and yet notice how absent they are from my social media.

"I know you love your kids. But I don’t know why you can’t stop using them to posture via Instagram. You’re so intoxicated with feeding the pervasive narrative that I’m an absent mother, and you are the perennial, eternally dedicated dad of the year.

"You have them half of the time. Congratulations you truly are a remarkable human!

"Why do you need the internet to echo back to you what should be inexhaustibly evident in the way your children love you?"

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Austin Green speedily deleted the photo after being put on blast by his ex.

This comes after Austin Green appeared to throw shade at Fox back in August after she posted a snap of herself and her new boyfriend Machine Gun Kelly, months after their own split.

On August 5, Fox posted a photo of herself and the 30-year-old rapper each wearing towels, along with the caption: "Achingly Beautiful Boy … My heart is yours."

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That same day, Austin Green posted photos of the sons he and Fox share: Noah Shannon, 7, Bodhi Ransom, 6, and Journey River, 3. Also included in the photos was his eldest son Kassius, 18, whose mother is Vanessa Marcil.

Roasting his ex's caption, Austin Green wrote: "Achingly beautiful boys … My heart is yours."

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Per News.com.au, Austin Green announced their split in May during an episode of his podcast, saying: "I think it’s going as well as it can. There’s no rule book to it. There’s no way of doing it right or doing it wrong."

"We are learning as we go. The important thing for us is just communicating as much as we can."

Brian Austin Green opened up to his followers on Saturday about his relationship with his ex-wife, Megan Fox, as well as what he thinks about her new boyfriend, Machine Gun Kelly.

The former Beverly Hills 90210 star revealed during an Instagram Q&A yesterday (August 30) that he is planning on making some arrangement with Fox for the sake of their three sons.

When asked if he might ever work things out with the Jennifer's Body actress, he replied that he would "never say never".

"You never know. I kinda feel like people are on paths in life and sometimes your paths are together and you travel that path together and you see eye to eye and then sometimes those paths do different things," he continued, saying he had shared 15 "amazing" years with the actress and their "beautiful children".

"She is on her path doing what she feels she needs to be doing to be happy and I'm on my path doing what I feel I need to do to be happy and it's not for a lack of love for the kids or lack of being responsible, it's really important to take care of yourself. I wish her all the best and I wish myself the best as well."

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The 47-year-old then answered a fan's question about Fox's new boyfriend, singer Machine Gun Kelly.

"I've never met him, I have no idea, I've never heard anything bad from him or bad from Megan about him. I've heard bad stories about him, but I've heard bad stories about myself as well and I know that most of those aren't true," Green explained, detailing that "as of right now" he has no issue with Kelly, and that he hopes that he and Fox "are happy because it's important that she's happy and it's important that everyone is happy."

Green confirmed his split from Megan on his podcast, …with Brian Austin Green in an episode titled 'Context', back in June.

Megan Fox's ex-husband Brian Austin Green shared a scathing message for Machine Gun Kelly after finding out the couple has split.

News that Megan, 38, and MGK, 34, had split came in early December, with sources stating that the on-off couple had called it quits at Thanksgiving, just two weeks after announcing their pregnancy.

The former couple are expecting their first baby together, due in March 2025, which will be MGK's second child and Megan's fourth overall.

Sources had claimed to Page Six that Megan allegedly found something "upsetting" on MGK's phone during a Thanksgiving trip to Vail, Colorado, and asked him to leave early, with insiders claiming the pair are done for good this time.

Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly have split. Credit: Kevin Mazur / Getty

One person who seemed to miss the news was Brian, 51, who shared a scathing message to MGK when asked about his thoughts.

Brian, who was together with Megan for 16 years and married for 10 years, was stopped by a TMZ reporter while grabbing coffee in Los Angeles this week.

When asked what he thought about Megan's split, he told the outlet: "I didn’t even know."

The Beverly Hills, 90210 star, who is the father of Megan's three sons, was seen looking frustrated and audibly sighing when told that Megan allegedly found something on MGK's phone that upset her.

Brian then asked: "How old is he? Do you know? He’s in his 30s, isn’t he? Christ."

He then added: "But in your 30s, like, f**k. Grow up. Like, she’s pregnant."

Brian and Megan were together for 16 years and share three children. Credit: Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images

When asked if he was worried about Megan, Brian said he just "wants the best" for her and her unborn child, as well as the three boys they share together - Noah, 12, Bodhi, 10, and Journey, eight.

He added: "I just want the best for her. I want the best for the baby. I want the best for our kids. That’s a shame."

Brian also told the reporter: "I’m heartbroken about it because I know she’s been so excited, and the kids are so excited for life and the change and all of that."

He added that while he doesn't know "the facts" about his ex's split, he labeled the situation "tragic".

Brian Austin Green has spoken out. Credit: Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for iHeartRadio

A source told Page Six that Megan "became suspicious" and later "found text messages involving other women and decided she was done."

The insider told the outlet that the 38-year-old "had trust issues" with the musician "because of past behavior" throughout their relationship, and while she'd hoped to "rebuild her trust with Colson [Baker, MGK's real name] and was excited to grow their family together," the recent discovery changed her mind.

Megan had announced her pregnancy on November 11, sharing a photo of her kneeling alone while covered in black sludge.

She captioned it: "nothing is ever really lost. welcome back," alluding to the miscarriage the pair had previously had.

Megan and MGK are yet to publicly address the breakup themselves.

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Brian Austin Green has released a candid statement confirming that he has split from his wife of ten years Megan Fox.

This comes after rumors of the pair's breakup have been circulating for a while, but it has now been officially confirmed by Green himself on his podcast, …with Brian Austin Green in an episode titled 'Context' that was released on Monday.

Green explained that until now he had chosen not to publically comment on his relationship status because of the coronavirus pandemic, but the "tabloids and paparazzi" have forced him into commenting.

In the video below, Fox talks about her and Green's sons: 

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"I wanted people to hear everything from me, and this is it," Green said, adding that he and Fox will not be providing any additional information about their split.

Green offered "context", explaining what led to the couple's split.

He said that last year "around Halloween, Thanksgiving time" his wife was gone for several weeks, and during that time, he dreamt of a distance between the pair, which turned out to be a reality when she returned home.

Green said that Fox was gone for five-and-a-half weeks to film and this was the "longest that she's been gone" for work.

"I gave her a couple of weeks, I figured she's been out of the country, she's jet-lagged, she's been shooting nights, I have to give her some time to recoup a little bit and get back into life, and so I did," he said.

A few weeks later, the pair's relationship hadn't improved and Fox, 34, revealed to Green, 46, that she enjoyed her time alone and liked herself "better during that experience".

Green said he was "shocked" and "upset about it" but "wasn't upset at her".

"It wasn't a choice she made," he said. "That's the way she honestly felt."

The pair then made the decision to "separate a little bit and give ourselves some time and take some space, and meditate, and do whatever, and see what it is we find, and so we did," Green said.

He said that after that "things just didn't really change" and "the reality started sinking in" of "maybe this is what it is".

"Neither one of us did anything to each other. She's always been honest with me. I've always been honest with her," Green said. "We've had an amazing relationship, and I will always love her. And I know she will always love me and I know as far as a family what we've built is really cool and really special."

Green said that he and Fox plan to continue holidaying together for the sake of their children Noah, 7, Bodhi, 6, and Journey, 3.

"It sucks when life changes and something that you're used to, that you've been doing for 15 years, you try and not get rid of but you change because there's the unknown aspect … There's that pit in my stomach," Green said. "I really don't want Megan and I to be at odds… She's been my best friend for 15 years and I don't want to lose that."