Megan Fox suffered a "psychological breakdown" after the backlash from ‘Jennifer’s Body’.
The 33-year-old actress has opened up on how being sexualised and objectified was "part of the mix" throughout her career, and after she worked on the 2009 horror comedy things took a turn.
She told ‘Entertainment Tonight’: "It wasn’t just that movie, it was everyday of my life, all the time, with every project I worked on and every producer I worked with. It preceded a breaking point for me.
"I think I had a genuine psychological breakdown where I wanted just nothing to do.
"I didn’t want to be seen, I didn’t want to have to take a photo, do a magazine, walk a carpet, I didn’t want to be seen in public at all because the fear, and the belief, and the absolute certainty that I was going to be mocked, or spat at, or someone was going to yell at me, or people would stone me or savage me for just being out… so I went through a very dark moment after that."
Although Megan did try to speak out at the time, she has suggested her complaints came too soon for the #MeToo movement and she still doesn’t think there is "a space in feminism" for her.
She explained: "Even though I consider myself a feminist, I feel like feminists don’t want me to be a part of their group.
"What is supporting other females if there is only certain ones of us we support? If I have to be an academic or have to be non-threatening to you in some way? Why can’t I be a part of the group as well?"
A decade later, Megan has three sons – Noah, Bodhi and Journey – with her husband Brian Austin Green, and while being a mother has changed her own perspective, she doesn’t think the industry’s view has developed in the same way.
She added: "I think it took getting pregnant — that was the first real breakthrough where my consciousness shifted and my mind opened up and I was able to see from a birds eye view and breath and take it in.
"And then another kid, and then another kid and with every kid I feel like that’s always been the doorway into a better version of myself."
Megan Fox had ‘psychological breakdown’ after Jennifer’s Body backlash
