Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green’s Ups and Downs Over the Years

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Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green’s Ups and Downs Over the Years

Off and on and off again. Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green's relationship has been a roller coaster since it began in 2004. The former couple met on the set of Hope & Faith when the Transformers alum was just 18 years old. Though critics often remarked on the duo's nearly 13-year age difference, Fox was instantly lovestruck by the actor. "I had to convince him that I was slightly more responsible and well-spoken and had other things to bring to the table besides being 18," she later told Elle magazine. The pair first got engaged in November 2006 but called off the wedding in February 2009. By 2010, however, they were back on, and in June of that year, they tied the knot in a ceremony at the Four Seasons on Hawaii's Big Island. They welcomed their first son, Noah, in September 2012. "We are humbled to have the opportunity to call ourselves the parents of this beautiful soul and I am forever grateful to God for allowing me to know this kind of boundless, immaculate love," Fox wrote via Facebook at the time. Their second son, Bodhi, arrived in February 2014. Just over one year later, however, they announced their separation. Fox filed for divorce in August 2015, citing irreconcilable differences. [sendtonews type="float" key="A2b8HXOkua-2841445-14453"] Eight months later, Us Weekly confirmed that the New Girl alum was pregnant with her third child. After playing coy about the baby’s father, Us later confirmed that the Beverly Hills, 90210 star was the baby's father. Their son Journey arrived in August 2016. Two months earlier, Us confirmed that the pair were “totally back together,” and in August 2019, Fox filed to dismiss their divorce case in Los Angeles. Less than one year later, though, the duo broke up again — seemingly for good. During a May 2020 episode of his podcast, the BH90210 alum said that they started drifting apart near the end of 2019 when Fox left to shoot a movie for five weeks. When she returned, he recalled, the distance between them was palpable. "Neither one of us did anything to each other," he explained. "She's always been honest with me and I've always been honest with her. And I know she will always love me and I know as far as a family, what we have built is really cool and really special. So we decided let's make sure we don't lose that. That no matter what we're always friends with each other and we're a united front with the kids." Scroll through for the couple’s ups and downs over the years: [podcast_block]

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Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green’s Ups and Downs Over the Years

Off and on and off again. Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green's relationship has been a roller coaster since it began in 2004. The former couple met on the set of Hope & Faith when the Transformers alum was just 18 years old. Though critics often remarked on the duo's nearly 13-year age difference, Fox was instantly lovestruck by the actor. "I had to convince him that I was slightly more responsible and well-spoken and had other things to bring to the table besides being 18," she later told Elle magazine. The pair first got engaged in November 2006 but called off the wedding in February 2009. By 2010, however, they were back on, and in June of that year, they tied the knot in a ceremony at the Four Seasons on Hawaii's Big Island. They welcomed their first son, Noah, in September 2012. "We are humbled to have the opportunity to call ourselves the parents of this beautiful soul and I am forever grateful to God for allowing me to know this kind of boundless, immaculate love," Fox wrote via Facebook at the time. Their second son, Bodhi, arrived in February 2014. Just over one year later, however, they announced their separation. Fox filed for divorce in August 2015, citing irreconcilable differences. [sendtonews type="float" key="A2b8HXOkua-2841445-14453"] Eight months later, Us Weekly confirmed that the New Girl alum was pregnant with her third child. After playing coy about the baby’s father, Us later confirmed that the Beverly Hills, 90210 star was the baby's father. Their son Journey arrived in August 2016. Two months earlier, Us confirmed that the pair were “totally back together,” and in August 2019, Fox filed to dismiss their divorce case in Los Angeles. Less than one year later, though, the duo broke up again — seemingly for good. During a May 2020 episode of his podcast, the BH90210 alum said that they started drifting apart near the end of 2019 when Fox left to shoot a movie for five weeks. When she returned, he recalled, the distance between them was palpable. "Neither one of us did anything to each other," he explained. "She's always been honest with me and I've always been honest with her. And I know she will always love me and I know as far as a family, what we have built is really cool and really special. So we decided let's make sure we don't lose that. That no matter what we're always friends with each other and we're a united front with the kids." Scroll through for the couple’s ups and downs over the years: [podcast_block]

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Undeniable Chemistry

Fox first met Green when he guest-starred on ABC's Hope & Faith. Though she was just 18 years old and "too young to have watched 90210," Fox later admitted she "knew that he was gorgeous and I wanted to get to know him better."

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Instant Attraction

Transformers star Fox once revealed that she fell "instantly in love" with Green on the set of ABC's Hope & Faith. "Everyone was sort of gathered around the monitors watching playback from his scene, and he accidentally grazed my leg with his hand. I felt an electric shocks go through my body, so I figured that meant something."

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Perfect Pair

The stars have often been forced to defend their nearly 13-year age difference. "When I talk about my husband, I feel as if people roll their eyes," Fox once told Elle. "It's like when you're 16 and order a martini, and the waiter says, 'Do you think I'm stupid?' "They can't grasp that I'm old enough to be married."

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Supportive Spouses

Fox cheered on her hubby at the 34th Annual Toyota Pro/Celebrity race in Long Beach, California in April 2010. "I'm a lucky man," Green said of his then wife.

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Tanned Twosome

Six days after tying the knot, Fox and her new husband packed on the PDA in Kona, Hawaii. The actors at one point considered renewing their vows. "I didn't think that I was into it until my relationship with Brian," Fox once explained to E! News. "He's very sensitive and very emotional. He's a Cancer so he's very all about feelings and relationships and he cries about everything. He'll want to do it, so I'll do it for him."

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Adventurous Duo

The couple continued to honeymoon in Hawaii. In June 2010, the stars swam with dolphins at Hilton Waikoloa Village. Green isn't a fan of all marine animals, however. "My husband is terrified of sharks," Fox once told E! News.

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Wild at Heart

Green surprised his wife with a visit to the Big Cat Encounters Ranch in Pahrump, Nevada in October 2010. The animal-loving actress fed a baby tiger with a bottle full of milk, and Green spent nearly an hour playing with it on the ground.

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Happiest Place on Earth

In November 2010, the spouses visited Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. "I can't imagine being without him," Fox once said of Green.

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Together Forever

After legally becoming man and wife, "We are even more committed to each other, and we always have been," Fox once told Us. "I am more in love with him now than I was in the beginning."

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Summer of Splits

Us exclusively broke the news of their separation in August 2015. 

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Officially Over?

Two days after Us broke the news of their separation, Fox filed for divorce in August 2015, citing irreconcilable differences.

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Rekindling Their Romance?

Eight months after the actress filed for divorce, Us confirmed Fox was pregnant with her third child in April 2016. She joked about whose child was carrying on Instagram at the time. “#Notthefather,” Fox, who is 13 years younger than Green, wrote alongside a collage of photos of herself with her former costars Shia LaBeouf (Transformers), Will Arnett (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and Jake Johnson (New Girl). Us later confirmed Green was the father. 

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Fully Back On

A source confirmed to Us in June 2016 that Fox and Green were “totally back together.” 

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Parents of Three

Fox and Green welcomed their third son, Journey River, in August 2016. They are also parents of sons Noah and Bodhi. The Jennifer’s Body star told Extra in November 2017 that none of their children were planned. “My body is barely holding itself together. It’s, like, stitched together with bubblegum and Scotch tape. It’s gonna fall apart if I have another one,” she explained. “[Journey]’s just very calm and kind, and then my older two are wild beasts and they’re always fighting. Everything is a weapon. You can’t have forks, forks are weapons … They’re always trying to kill each other, and it’s so stressful ’cause the baby gets stressed out ‘cause he doesn’t understand what’s going on.”

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Putting in the Work

The actor opened up about their relationship during a September 2017 episode of his “... With Brian Austin Green" podcast. “Marriage is hard. It’s work, I think for anyone,” he said. “I think when you get to the point like we have, where you have kids and you’ve been married for a while and we’ve been together for a long time, it’s — you just take it day by day.” 

Green continued: “I have no problem with something not working, I really hold no expectations. I try to live day by day. ... Some people look at divorce or things not working as, like, a disappointment and it’s not. The fact that it worked at all is a positive.”

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Honeymoon Round Two

In April 2018, the duo returned to the island of Hawaii, where they wed in 2010.

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Drama With Vanessa

Green and Fox made headlines in November 2018 after his ex Vanessa Marcil alleged the pair hadn’t seen his eldest son, Kassius, in five years. The former General Hospital star also claimed Kassius, whom she shares with Green, has “never met his youngest brother and is not allowed to know where his bio father, stepmother and three younger brothers live.” 

“12 years ago I was served legal papers and then spent 8 years+ defending myself and my son in custody court in response to his father & his stepmother trying to get full custody(that means I would have seen my son four days a month) and then asking me to pay them child support. They lost that case & a civil case asking me for 200,000,” Marcil wrote on Instagram at the time. “I had also never asked for child support of any kind and had never tried to take time away from Kass’ dad seeing him. Ever. In the end they lost all of these court cases. The judge called them all ‘Frivolous’ They always had 50% custody and still did when court ended as I had and have NEVER asked for full custody.”

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Divorce Dismissal

Us confirmed in April 2019 that Fox filed papers in Los Angeles to dismiss her divorce case against Green. The move came nearly three years after the couple reconciled.

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No More Kids

Green told Us exclusively in February 2020 that the twosome were done having children. “The kids I have right now are fine,” he said. “It’s enough! I have four kids, three young kids.”

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Trouble Brewing?

Reports that Green and Fox were living separately surfaced in April 2020 after they were seemingly spotted swapping their three sons in a parking lot. While the actress appeared to be living in Calabasas, the actor was seen without his wedding ring on more than one occasion in Malibu.

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It's Over

Green confirmed on May 18, 2020, during the “Context” episode of his “…With Brian Austin Green” podcast that he and Fox had called it quits after nearly 10 years of marriage. “I will always love her,” the Beverly Hills, 90210 alum said. “And I know she will always love me and I know as far as a family what we have built is really cool and really special.” The California native got choked up, adding, “It sucks when life changes and something that you’re used to, that you’ve been doing for 15 years, you try and not get rid of but you change. There’s the unknown aspect … there’s that pit in my stomach … I really don’t want Megan and I to be at odds … she’s been my best friend for 15 years and I don’t want to lose that.”

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Moving On

Fox wasted no time moving on with her Midnight in the Switchgrass costar Machine Gun Kelly (real name Colson Baker). A month after Us exclusively revealed in May 2020 that the twosome had hooked up, they were spotted packing on the PDA during an outing in Los Angeles. Green addressed Fox’s relationship with Kelly on his podcast.

“From what she’s expressed, he’s a really just nice, genuine guy. And I trust her judgment,” he said in May 2020.

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New Normal

"There’s no rule book to it,” the actor said of coparenting his and Fox's three kids during an August 2020 "Hollywood Raw" podcast episode. "There’s no way of doing it right or doing it wrong.  We are learning as we go. The important thing for us is just communicating as much as we can.”

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Clear Caption

After Fox posted a PDA picture with Kelly reading, “Achingly Beautiful Boy … My heart is yours,” Green seemingly shaded his estranged wife by using the same caption for an August 2020 Instagram slideshow of his four kids.

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Never Say Never

Three months after confirming that he and Fox had called it quits, Green hinted that when it comes to getting back together with his ex, he would "never say never." During an Instagram Live in August 2020, the Desperate Housewives alum acknowledged that he and Fox "went through a lot together," including the birth of their "three beautiful kids," and said he wouldn't rule out another reunion. "You never know. I kinda feel like people are on paths in life and sometimes your paths are together and you travel that path together and you see eye to eye and then sometimes those paths do different things," he added. "Right now [our] paths are different and she is on her path doing what she feels she needs to be doing to be happy and I’m on my path doing what I feel I need to do to be happy and it’s not for a lack of love for the kids or lack of being responsible, it’s really important to take care of yourself. It’s important for us as parents to take care of ourselves. I wish her all the best and I wish myself the best as well."

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A Messy Halloween

Fox made it clear she wasn’t happy when Green posted a Halloween snap with their youngest son, Journey, in November 2020 via Instagram.

“Why does Journey have to be in this picture? It’s not hard to crop them out. Or choose photos that they aren’t in. I had a great halloween with them yesterday, and yet notice how absent they are from my social media. I know you love your kids. But I don’t know why you can’t stop using them to posture via Instagram,” the actress commented on his photo. “You’re so intoxicated with feeding the pervasive narrative that I’m an absent mother, and you are the perennial, eternally dedicated dad of the year.”

Fox went on to sarcastically congratulate Green for having their kids “half of the time.” She wrote, “Congratulations you truly are a remarkable human! Why do you need the internet to echo back to you what should be inexhaustibly evident in the way your children love you?”

Green subsequently deleted the photo and re-uploaded the picture without Journey in the corner. Marcil, meanwhile, seemingly sided with Fox, captioning a photo, “#ImWithYouSister.”

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Calling it Quits

Fox filed for divorce from Green for the second time in November 2020, Us confirmed.

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Custody Situation

Us confirmed in December 2020 that Green filed for joint custody of the couple’s three sons on the same day that Fox filed for divorce.

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'Grateful for Sharna'

In July 2021, Green shared an Instagram photo of himself kissing girlfriend Sharna Burgess with the caption, “It’s been a really long time since I’ve been with someone I can truly share life with." Fox replied to the snap in the comments, writing, "Grateful for Sharna." The DWTS pro, who went Instagram official with Green in January 2021, reacted to Fox's comment with two white heart emojis.

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Divorce Delays

According to paperwork obtained by Us, the twosome’s divorce wasn’t finalized after a judge rejected their petition due to several errors in the documents filed by the pair.

One month later, Fox accepted a proposal from Kelly on January 11, 2022, while still waiting to be declared legally single.

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Legally Separated

Us confirmed in February 2022 that the exes finalized their divorce more than one year after calling it quits. A judge signed off on the former spouses’ divorce settlement on February 8.

“Megan has moved forward with her life and is pleased with the outcome of the divorce settlement,” a source exclusively told Us at the time, confirming there was no prenup between the pair.

According to TMZ, the duo agreed to joint physical and financial support of their three sons. Fox’s maiden name was also restored, per court documents.

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Not Looking Back

“I really chose to not look at that situation as any sort of failing at all because it was a 15-year relationship, we have three beautiful kids, so it was really amazing at the end of the day,” the Desperate Housewives alum revealed during a June 2022 episode of the “Viall Files” podcast when asked about his divorce. “I didn’t really take it as it fell apart or something went wrong. I think sometimes that's the natural progression of relationships with people. You have them in your life for the time you do, and you’re on the same path as somebody, so it clicks and it works easily, and then all of the sudden you grow apart.” 

Green also commented on the exes’ coparenting dynamic, saying, “Megan and I, with what is it that we do professionally, we don’t have set schedules the same way a lot of other people do. … If she has to travel for work and she’s gone for a week and a half, it's then very important for me that the kids get to see their mom when she’s back in town.”

The Los Angeles native added: “So we try really hard to instead of judging work or traveling or the situations being harder that way and not being so set in stone, we really try and communicate. We share dates of what we know. Be as flexible as possible.”

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Keeping the Peace

In October 2022, Green opened up about making sure that both he and Fox get to spend the holidays with their sons. "We coparent really well together," he told E! News at the time. "And we don’t fight over time with the kids. We try and alternate holidays between Christmas Day, Christmas Eve. But we’re open to things changing. I’m very aware of — and so is she — that our schedules are insane."

Green continued: "When we do get time, we cherish it. It’s an amazing thing and we support the other parent having time."

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Support System

A source exclusively told Us in March 2023 that Green is in a “really good place” with Fox. The insider added that while the Knots Landing alum “supports" his ex "no matter what,” he has “no opinion” about her relationship with fiancé MGK. 

“[He’s] staying out of her private life because it’s none of his business and doesn’t concern him,” the source explains. “When it comes to Megan, his only concern is the boys they share,” the source explained, noting that Green is currently focused on his career, Sharna, and his baby boy.”

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A 'Healthy' Dynamic

While a source told Us exclusively in March 2023 that Fox doesn’t use Green “as a support system in terms of her romantic relationships,” they shared that the New Girl alum’s “healthy connection” with her ex “makes things a lot easier when it comes to managing other parts of her life,” adding that they pair have a “great coparenting relationship.”