Megan Fox reflects on past abusive relationships with famous partners that she kept secret.
The Jennifer’s body actress writes about toxic relationships and topics of abuse in her new book of poetry titled Nice guys are toxic.
In an interview with Good morning America which aired on Tuesday, Fox, 37, talked about finding a creative outlet to explore her “horrible” past relationships.
“This is not an exposé that I’ve written or a memoir… But throughout my life I’ve been in at least one physically abusive relationship and several psychologically very abusive relationships,” she said.
“I was only publicly associated with a few people, but I shared energy with, I guess you could say, who were horrible people. And also very famous— very famous—people,” Fox said. “But no one knows I was involved with those people.”
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Fox is engaged to musician Machine Gun Kelly (aka Colson Baker), and shares three children with ex-husband Brian Austin Green.
The new author told GMA that her fiancé MGK encouraged her to write a book of poetry. She also revealed that some of the songs she wrote were not published for fear of the scrutiny they would bring her.
“Some of it is too much when you’re a famous person,” Fox explained. “If I had the freedom to just be a poet and people didn’t want to dig too much into my personal life, I’d include more entries like this.”
In one of Nice guys are toxic song titled “oxycodone and tequila”, Fox writes about the scene of domestic violence.
Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox. Presley Ann/Getty
She writes, “your eyes turn black / and I know it’s too late to run,” then describes how a man who is “delusional and possessed” pinned her down, spat on her, and strangled her. Fox writes, “You hit me / again / and again / I recognize the familiar taste of blood on my tongue.”
The song also sees Fox writing about being covered in scratches and bite marks. “You fell asleep on top of me so I can’t call my family or the police,” she writes.
Of her poetry, Fox, who also writes about experiencing a miscarriage in the book, recently told PEOPLE, “Some of it is literal, while other parts are allegorical,” but “it’s all something that women can relate to.”
“Relationships are complicated,” she said. “For most of us, it’s not a fairy tale. Relationships aren’t pretty. They’re ugly. Sometimes they’re a war. But through the wound comes the opportunity to grow and become a stronger, more whole version of yourself.”
When she announced the book in August, Fox said in a statement: “I’ve spent my whole life keeping men’s secrets, my body aches from carrying the weight of their sins.”
Megan Fox writes about baby girl miscarriage at 10 weeks in new book of poetry: ‘I have to say goodbye’
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“My freedom lives on in these pages,” she added, “and I hope my words can inspire others to reclaim their happiness and their identity by using their voice to illuminate what is buried, but not forgotten, in the darkness.”
Pretty Boys Are Poisonous: Poems it is now available wherever books are sold.
If you are experiencing domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or go to thehotline.org. All calls are free and confidential. The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.
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