Megan Fox shares what she’s learned about managing relationships.
Nice guys are toxicthe star’s first book of poems, debuts on Tuesday, drawing inspiration from her own life as well as her imagination.
“It comes from a lot of places,” Fox tells PEOPLE. “Some of them are literal, while other parts are allegorical. Some of the songs have a Grimm’s Fairytale-type element, and others serve the same purpose as memes in online culture.”
“It’s all,” she says, “something women can relate to.”
Fox says she turned to writing “her whole life” after finding an outlet her acting career never gave her. (This book, she said in a statement in August, gave her “freedom” after a lifetime of “keeping men’s secrets.”)
“Acting doesn’t really allow me to fully express myself the way I write because I’m reading someone else’s words under someone else’s guidance,” Jennifer’s body says the actress. “Poetry gives me the space to experience some catharsis through art.”
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Megan Fox reveals she wrote a book about ‘men’s secrets’ in her life: ‘My freedom lives in these pages’
Nice guys are toxic explores toxic dynamics, among other topics. As Fox explains, “Relationships are complicated.”
“For most of us, it’s not a fairy tale. Relationships aren’t pretty. They’re ugly. Sometimes they’re war,” says Fox, who is engaged to musician Machine Gun Kelly. “But through the wound comes the opportunity to grow and become a stronger, more whole version of yourself.”
The mum-of-three keeps some of her darker poems to herself – “I didn’t even bother to send most of what I wrote to my editor because they were too graphic and disturbing for others to read,” she reveals – but she’s not nervous for anyone to read her work.
“I’ve been in the public eye for a long time and my career has been one long witch hunt. So nervous? No,” says Fox, adding, “I expect a mixture of public admiration and venom.”
Read on for an exclusive excerpt from the book, available on Tuesdays wherever books are sold.
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“a pretty boy is a deadly drug”
you are an addiction that no prayers will ever cure cries for relief float unheard into the ether you kill me but my heart will not betray you this thread through our past lives wrapped tightly around my neck pours my breath to fill your lungs my hands bleed from trying to break free you offer me a satisfied smile steal my life knowing that at least this way no one else will have me
Copyright © 2023, Megan Fox. From the upcoming book Pretty Boys Are Poisonous: Poemspublished by Gallery Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
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