A clip of Megan Fox being interviewed on Jimmy Kimmel Live from 2009 has resurfaced the internet and gone viral.
Long story short, the clip has not aged well. Fans are looking back and clearly noticing something obviously problematic about it.
As a result, despite the fact that a whole decade has come and gone since then, fans are demanding that apologies be made — and rightfully so!
She is one of the most popular women in Hollywood because of her drop-dead gorgeous looks.
Everyone knows her.
And recently, she spoke out about all the issues she has faced.
The film was Bad Boys II.
Just to provide some context, Michael Bay was 44 years old at the time.
"They said, you know, Michael, she’s 15, so you can’t sit her at the bar and she can’t have a drink in her hands."
At which point during the clip, the audience began to cheer.
Yes, cheer. Let that sink in.
To which Jimmy replied something even more alarming:
"Yeah, well, that’s really a microcosm of how all our minds work."
The audience continued to laugh and clap at Jimmy's remarks.
It's wild to me that, at the time, nobody saw anything wrong with this?
A role for which she had to give a very unconventional audition.
She had to pretend to work on Michael Bay's car while he filmed her.
Michael, however, claims that he was instructed to fire her by Steven Spielberg who has denied those particular claims.
"Who some people think is a very lascivious filmmaker, the way he films women," he added.
And just now, fans are realizing that the film industry and its fans have failed her, and they are demanding that apologies be made.
"I know that a discussion has erupted online surrounding some of my experiences in Hollywood and the subsequent mishandling of this information by the media and society in general," she wrote.
"At least not where it’s currently being projected…"
"It was at the Platinum Dunes studio parking lot, there were several other crew members and employees present and I was at no point undressed or anything similar."
"I hope that whatever opinions are formed around these episodes will at least be seeded in the facts of the events."
"But these specific instances were inconsequential in a long and arduous journey along which I have endured some genuinely harrowing experiences in a ruthlessly misogynistic industry."
Just as a side note, this woman sounds like a poet. It's such a thoughtful Instagram post.
She then continued by thanking the fans that immediately stepped up to defend her.
