Megan Fox denies being ‘preyed upon’ by ‘Transformers’ director Michael Bay

Megan Fox has had some “harrowing experiences” in Hollywood, but not at the hands of director Michael Bay. Fox, 34, took to social media to post a lengthy statement regarding a resurfaced 2009 interview she did with Jimmy Kimmel, where she recalled having to wear a “stars-and-stripes bikini” and “6-inch heels” for a scene in …

Megan Fox has had some “harrowing experiences” in Hollywood, but not at the hands of director Michael Bay.

Fox, 34, took to social media to post a lengthy statement regarding a resurfaced 2009 interview she did with Jimmy Kimmel, where she recalled having to wear a “stars-and-stripes bikini” and “6-inch heels” for a scene in the Bay-directed film “Bad Boys II.” That same year, Jason Solomon, film critic for The Guardian, claimed Fox told him that her “Transformers” audition had included a visit to Bay’s home, where Bay allegedly “made [Fox] wash his Ferrari while he filmed her.”

Addressing the audition, Fox said she was 19 or 20 when she tried out for the role, which did involve her working on his car; however, it didn’t take place at his home.

“It was at the Platinum Dunes studio parking lot, there were several other crew members and employees present and I was at no point undressed or anything similar,” she stated.

“I was not underaged at the time and I was not made to ‘wash’ or work on someone’s cars in a way that was extraneous from the material in the actual script. I hope that whatever opinions are formed around these episodes will at least be seeded in the facts of the events.”

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Fox, who ended up nabbing the role opposite Shia LaBeouf, thanked her fans for their unwavering support but emphasized that at no point did she feel “preyed upon” by the director. She also denied any inappropriate experiences with Steven Spielberg, who executive produced the action franchise. In the past, Bay claimed Spielberg told Bay to fire Fox after she said Bay wanted “to be like Hitler on his sets.” Spielberg has since denied this claim.

“But when it comes to my direct experiences with Michael, and Steven [Spielberg] for that matter, I was never assaulted or preyed upon in what I felt was a sexual manner,” Fox said in her new social media post.

“There are many names that deserve to be going viral in cancel culture right now, but they are safely stored in the fragmented recesses of my heart,” she continued. “I’m thankful to all of you who are brave enough to speak out and I’m grateful to all of you who are taking it upon yourselves to support, uplift and bring comfort to those who have been harmed by a violent and toxic societal paradigm.”

Neither Spielberg nor Bay have publicly commented on her statement.

That said, Fox has been candid about how difficult it is to work for Bay, saying in a past interview with Wonderland magazine that he’s a “nightmare to work for but when you get him away from set, and he’s not in director mode, I kind of really enjoy his personality because he’s so awkward, so hopelessly awkward.”

Regarding Hollywood, in 2019 the “Jennifer’s Body” star claimed she had a psychological breakdown from being hypersexualized and subsequently fell into a dark spiral after she felt no one cared that he had treated her poorly.

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