Brian Austin Green has opened up about how persistent Megan Fox was when she first set her sights on dating him.
The former Beverly Hills, 90210 star, who was married to Fox from 2010 to 2021, revisited the early days of their relationship during the Wednesday (January 14) episode of Deon Cole’s podcast Funny Knowing You.
About 15 minutes into the episode, Green shared that he had just ended things with actor Vanessa Marcil — the mother of his oldest child — while filming an episode of the former sitcom Hope & Faith, which Fox was also part of.
“Megan was 17 at the time and I was like, ‘Nope, not a chance,’” Green said. “And she just fucking relentlessly pursued me.” He continued, “When she turned 18, she was like, ‘I’m moving back to Los Angeles. The show’s done.’ And I was like, ‘Oh boy, here we go. Here it is.’”
After going through what he described as a “really hard relationship” with Marcil, Green said Fox felt like a “breath of fresh air.”
“She was like fun and laughing all the time and easygoing. And I was like, ‘Man, this is exactly what I need at this point in my life,’” he said. “I had no intention of it being a serious relationship, but I’ve always been like a serial monogamist. I love being in relationships. I love it. I hate being single.”
Green added that while he “wasn’t completely in it” at first with Fox, things shifted after she suggested they start seeing other people to find something “real,” which pushed him to commit.
He also noted that at this stage in his life, being with a younger woman would be “exhausting,” but at the time, being with Fox felt right. The former couple share three sons. Since 2020, Green has been in a relationship with his current fiancée, Sharna Burgess. Fox most recently dated artist MGK, with whom she shares an infant daughter.
“I came out of a relationship where I was with someone that was older than me and it was it got serious really quick,” Green said. “She got pregnant, my son was born… It was just this really tumultuous relationship and still is to this day… we’re like mortal enemies.”
In a previous appearance on the podcast Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum, Green also shared that he and Fox have a “great” co-parenting relationship.
