Megan Fox discusses having clubbed thumbs: ‘Is it really that crazy?’
The actress has revealed her battle with body dysmorphia but declared she’s not “embarrassed” about her clubbed thumbs.
Megan Fox is still struggling to “love” her body.
“I have body dysmorphia. I don’t ever see myself the way other people see me,” the Transformers star, 36, told Sports Illustrated during an interview for the glossy’s 2023 swimsuit edition.
“There is never a point in my life where I loved my body, ever,” she noted, before adding that she is on a “never-ending” “journey” to love herself.
Fox — who has three children with ex-husband Brian Austin Green — also admitted that she has always been critical of her image and had an “awareness” and “obsession” with her body even as a child.
However, she clarified that her upbringing isn’t the cause of this obsession.
“It definitely wasn’t environmental because I grew up in a very religious environment where bodies weren’t even acknowledged,” the actress explained.
The actress has also experienced rampant online discussion about her clubbed thumbs.
“I don’t know why people are so fascinated by my thumbs,” she said. “They’re just kind of short. Is it really that crazy?”
Fox assured fans she’s not “embarrassed” about suffering from brachydactyly, a genetic condition caused by a gene mutation that affects bone growth, per the Cleveland Clinic.
In fact, shorter-than-normal fingers actually have an interesting significance in the practice of palm reading, the astrology lover explained.
“It’s known in palmistry as a ‘murderer’s thumb.’ Because they say the shorter this area from the knuckle to the tip of the finger is – especially the thumb – correlates to how short your temper is,” Fox said.
However, that’s not quite the case for the actress, who said “it takes a lot” for her to “lose [her] temper”.
“I have crazy patience, but when you do push me over the edge, you’re on demon time, and you better run for your life. It’s scary as f**k,” she admitted.
The raven-haired beauty went on to insist she has “more interesting” imperfections fans could hone in on.
“I think I have tons of other flaws that are way more interesting than my thumbs. I don’t know why people focus on that,” she said. “I don’t know.”
Fox first addressed her “toe thumbs” on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno in 2012, after online trolls suggested the defection made her less attractive.
“They’re weird and they’re really fat,” she said at the time.
This isn’t the first time Fox has talked about her body insecurities. In a 2021 joint interview with Machine Gun Kelly, she admitted to having a “lot of deep insecurities.”
“We may look at somebody and think, ‘That person’s so beautiful. Their life must be so easy.’ They most likely don’t feel that way about themselves,” she explained.
Fox and the “Forget Me Too” singer began dating in 2020, but they have been on rocky terrain after sparking break-up rumours in February.
After seemingly calling it quits, a source told the Daily Mail in April that the two are allegedly back on good terms following a “healing” Hawaii vacation.
However, Kelly — whose real name is Colson Baker — has been recently seen out at multiple events without his “twin flame”.
This article was originally published by Page Six and reproduced with permission
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