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Megan Fox struggles with body dysmorphia and has โneverโ loved her own body.
The 37-year-old actress has reflected on her issues with body image and admitted she doesnโt see herself in the same way other people see her.
She told the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue: โI have body dysmorphia. I donโt ever see myself really the way other people see me.
โThere is never a point in my life where I loved my body. Never, ever.โ
The โJenniferโs Bodyโ star noted that accepting herself as beautiful is something sheโs always struggled with, and itโs a โnever-endingโ process.
She added: โWhen I was little, that was like an obsession I had, that I should look THIS way.
โAnd why I had an awareness of my body that young, Iโm not sureโฆ The journey of loving myself is going to be never-ending, I think.โ
Megan also explained that she would like people to notice her โauraโ when they first meet her, rather than focusing on her physical appearance.
She said: โI wished everyone noticed my aura, because I have a rainbow aura, and itโs special.โ
Despite her lack of confidence, Megan insisted last summer that she would have been โnaked everywhereโ in 2009 if it hadnโt been for bosses of the family friendly โTransformersโ film franchise banning her from stripping off.
She told the Evening Standard: โPeak fame for me was in 2009. It was during the second โTransformersโ press tour.
โI wouldโve been naked everywhere back then, but that wasnโt something that was allowed.โ
She also hit back at women giving each other a hard time for trying to look sexy after birth, and said it was part of a โpatriarchalโ society that needs killed off.
Mum-of-three Megan โ who has sons Noah Shannon Green, 10, Bodhi Ransom Green, nine, and six-year-old Journey River Green with ex-husband Brian Austin Green, 48 โ hit out: โWhat terrible messaging for women to give each other. Once you go through certain milestones, once you go through having children, then what? You shouldnโt be sexy any more?
โYou should be and feel more sexy than ever after youโve given birth to a child.
โThat is a very misogynistic, patriarchal idea that has been put on women that we need to shed.โ