Brian Austin Green Recalls Getting to a Point in Marriage to Megan Fox That 'Everything Annoyed Her'

Mar. 15, 2025

Brian Austin Green (left), Megan Fox.Photo:Kevin Winter/Getty; Ricky Vigil M / Justin E Palmer/GC Images

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Brian Austin Greenis shedding new light on the end of his relationship withMegan Fox.Green, 51, and Fox, 38,were married for 10 years and together for 16beforethey split in 2020. And on the Oct. 29 episode ofTori Spelling’smisSPELLINGpodcast, theBeverly Hills, 90210actor was candid about the state of their relationship towards its end.Spelling, 51, recalled Green telling her how “it annoyed Megan when you chewed because she thought she could hear it.” The memory came to mind for Spelling because her own daughter now has similar complaints.“I remember thinking at the time, like, ‘How bad could it be? She loves him. Why like — that really bothers her?’ But now my daughter’s like, ‘Mom, I can hear you chewing,’ and I always think of you. I’m like, ‘God,'” Spelling said.“It’s an age thing maybe,” Green responded. “I don’t know. I know it just always bothered her.“Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green at the PUBG Mobile’s #FIGHT4THEAMAZON Event on December 09, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.Rodin Eckenroth/GettyLooking back, he said, “I honestly think that the chewing thing was just like, she’d gotten to the point, I think, where things just weren’t great, so I was just… It was… Everything was annoying her.  Which happens in relationships. I get it.““You kinda get to that point where you’re like, God, just the way you’re shuffling your feet right now, the way you’re putting that toast in the toaster is just driving you crazy. It’s all that stupid little stuff, you know,” Green continued of how things began to dwindle between him and Fox, with whomhe shares three sons: Noah, 10, Bodhi, 9, and Journey, 6.“That, to me, is when you have to make the choice of going, okay, we either are gonna go into therapy and we’re gonna try and find, like, our connection and figure out what’s going on now, or these things are gonna sink us.“Green and Fox called off their marriage in May 2020, which Green announced on a candid episode of his podcast as he opened up about the distance they’d been experiencing in their relationship and the time apart they’d taken. “Since the end of the year, we’ve really been trying to be apart and figure out what life is now. It’s a big chance for both of us,” he said.At the time, he also clarified that “cheating” had not led to the end of the relationship, despite speculation about Fox’s relationship withMachine Gun Kelly.The actressfiled for divorce from Greenin November 2020, days aftershe made her red carpet debut with Machine Gun Kellyat the American Music Awards. The pair have been together ever since, and the rapper, 34,proposed in January 2022, but it’s unclear whether they are still engaged.Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green attend Ferrari’s 60th Anniversary in the USA Gala at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on October 11, 2014.David Livingston/GettySince his split from Fox, Green has also gone on to find love again. He is nowengagedtoDancing with the StarsalumSharna Burgess, with whomhe welcomed a son, Zane, in 2022.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Co-parenting with his ex and his current fiancée has gone smoothly for the actor, as he saidthey are all “one big family.““We do share so much and she now shares so much with Sharna, and they have an amazing connection and friendship and mutual respect and love for each other because of that,” he said onWhine Down with Jana Kramerlast year."[Megan’s] very much a part of our life, and we’ll always be connected because of the kids. So we are all a family,” Burgess, 39, said, adding that “there’s no bad feelings there.”

Brian Austin Greenis shedding new light on the end of his relationship withMegan Fox.

Green, 51, and Fox, 38,were married for 10 years and together for 16beforethey split in 2020. And on the Oct. 29 episode ofTori Spelling’smisSPELLINGpodcast, theBeverly Hills, 90210actor was candid about the state of their relationship towards its end.

Spelling, 51, recalled Green telling her how “it annoyed Megan when you chewed because she thought she could hear it.” The memory came to mind for Spelling because her own daughter now has similar complaints.

“I remember thinking at the time, like, ‘How bad could it be? She loves him. Why like — that really bothers her?’ But now my daughter’s like, ‘Mom, I can hear you chewing,’ and I always think of you. I’m like, ‘God,'” Spelling said.

“It’s an age thing maybe,” Green responded. “I don’t know. I know it just always bothered her.”

Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green at the PUBG Mobile’s #FIGHT4THEAMAZON Event on December 09, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.Rodin Eckenroth/Getty

Rodin Eckenroth/Getty

Looking back, he said, “I honestly think that the chewing thing was just like, she’d gotten to the point, I think, where things just weren’t great, so I was just… It was… Everything was annoying her.  Which happens in relationships. I get it.”

“You kinda get to that point where you’re like, God, just the way you’re shuffling your feet right now, the way you’re putting that toast in the toaster is just driving you crazy. It’s all that stupid little stuff, you know,” Green continued of how things began to dwindle between him and Fox, with whomhe shares three sons: Noah, 10, Bodhi, 9, and Journey, 6.

“That, to me, is when you have to make the choice of going, okay, we either are gonna go into therapy and we’re gonna try and find, like, our connection and figure out what’s going on now, or these things are gonna sink us.”

Green and Fox called off their marriage in May 2020, which Green announced on a candid episode of his podcast as he opened up about the distance they’d been experiencing in their relationship and the time apart they’d taken. “Since the end of the year, we’ve really been trying to be apart and figure out what life is now. It’s a big chance for both of us,” he said.

At the time, he also clarified that “cheating” had not led to the end of the relationship, despite speculation about Fox’s relationship withMachine Gun Kelly.

The actressfiled for divorce from Greenin November 2020, days aftershe made her red carpet debut with Machine Gun Kellyat the American Music Awards. The pair have been together ever since, and the rapper, 34,proposed in January 2022, but it’s unclear whether they are still engaged.

Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green attend Ferrari’s 60th Anniversary in the USA Gala at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on October 11, 2014.David Livingston/Getty

Since his split from Fox, Green has also gone on to find love again. He is nowengagedtoDancing with the StarsalumSharna Burgess, with whomhe welcomed a son, Zane, in 2022.

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Co-parenting with his ex and his current fiancée has gone smoothly for the actor, as he saidthey are all “one big family.”

“We do share so much and she now shares so much with Sharna, and they have an amazing connection and friendship and mutual respect and love for each other because of that,” he said onWhine Down with Jana Kramerlast year.

“[Megan’s] very much a part of our life, and we’ll always be connected because of the kids. So we are all a family,” Burgess, 39, said, adding that “there’s no bad feelings there.”

source: people.com