Megan Fox is no stranger to being the target of misinformed outrage.
But the Jennifer’s Body star is setting the record straight after a recent statement – that appeared to be posted by her – sparked a bevy of online backlash.
She was ‘socially crucified’ over the photoshopped Instagram post, which declared a stance against wearing face masks, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fake news: Megan Fox denounced a fake Instagram statement Friday, after she was ‘socially crucified’ over a photoshopped post, which declared a stance against wearing face masks, amid the COVID-19 pandemic (pictured in November, 2020)
‘I’ve never made my statements regarding wearing masks. Scary that you can go viral and possibly be socially crucified for something you haven’t done. The internet is so FUN,’ wrote the 34-year-old via her Instagram Story on Friday.
It comes after a falsified screenshot of an Instagram post began circulating online, which stated: ‘It is ultimately my decision to trust the universe to keep me and my family safe.’
The pop culture Twitter account Pop Crave later posted a side-by-side of the post with a post from 2014, which featured a quote with the same caption.
One thing Fox did write was a poem for boyfriend Machine Gun Kelly, 30, which she recently posted on Instagram for Valentine’s Day.
Socially crucified: The 34-year-old wrote on her Instagram Story: ‘I’ve never made my statements regarding wearing masks. Scary that you can go viral and possibly be socially crucified for something you haven’t done. The internet is so FUN’
Viral statement: It comes after a falsified screenshot of an Instagram post began circulating online, which stated: ‘It is ultimately my decision to trust the universe to keep me and my family safe’
Copy and paste: The pop culture Twitter account Pop Crave later posted a side-by-side of the post with a post from 2014, which featured a quote with the same caption
She mused: ‘there goes my heart. manifest outside of my body. draped in the towering silhouette of a most unusually handsome boy.
‘magical and haunted. kinetic and tortured. ethereal and dangerous. cosmic. lawless. eternal. creative genius. the journey will likely be perilous. but there is no destination without him. happy valentine’s day rehab barbie.’
It came as Kelly revealed that he wears her blood in a necklace, sharing a photo to Instagram of the unique transparent jewelry with a red smudge, captioned: ‘i wear your blood around my neck. my bloody valentine.’
The caption appeared to be a nod to his single Bloody Valentine, from his fifth album Tickets to My Downfall, after he and Fox first sparked rumors of their romance when they appeared together in the music video last May.
Love poem: One thing Fox did write was a poem for boyfriend Machine Gun Kelly, 30, which she recently posted on Instagram for Valentine’s Day
Handsome boy: She mused: ‘there goes my heart. manifest outside of my body. draped in the towering silhouette of a most unusually handsome boy’
Bloody Valentine: It came as Kelly revealed that he wears her blood in a necklace, sharing a photo to Instagram of the unique transparent jewelry with a red smudge, captioned: ‘i wear your blood around my neck. my bloody valentine’
Video vixen: The caption appeared to be a nod to his single Bloody Valentine, from his fifth album Tickets to My Downfall, after he and Fox first sparked rumors of their romance when they appeared together in the music video last May
Fox and the Hotel Diablo artist met last March, on the set of their upcoming crime thriller Midnight in the Switchgrass.
The couple recently sparked engagement rumors when she was seen sporting a rock on her left hand, but they’re reportedly not ready for matrimony just yet.
A source told People earlier this month: ‘They are very serious and plan on spending the future together. There will be an engagement at some point, but they are not engaged now.’
It comes after she filed for divorce from husband of 10 years Brian Austin Green, 47, in November: ‘Megan needs her divorce to be finalized before she can fully move on. She is very happy though.’
Onscreen romance: Fox and the Hotel Diablo artist met last March, on the set of their upcoming crime thriller Midnight in the Switchgrass (pictured in November, 2020)
Wedding bells? The couple recently sparked engagement rumors when she was seen sporting a rock on her left hand, but they’re reportedly not ready for matrimony just yet
Getting serious: A source told People earlier this month: ‘They are very serious and plan on spending the future together. There will be an engagement at some point, but they are not engaged now’
The couple tied the knot in June of 2010, sharing sons Noah Shannon, eight, Bodhi Ranson, seven, and Journey River, four, and they announced their latest split last May.
Green has also moved on to a new relationship, as he was first romantically linked to Sharna Burgess, 35, back in November, making it Instagram official last month.
Burgess recently commended Green and Fox as co-parents, stating on The Morning Show: ‘I think they’re doing a great job with managing their situation, so I’m grateful that I’ve been able to fit into it — into their world.’
The celeb dancer added: ‘He’s a wonderful dad, and he and his wife — uh, ex-wife — have raised three beautiful children. And they are so wonderful and sweet and kind and considerate, and they’ve done such an amazing job.’
Calling it quits: It comes after Fox filed for divorce from husband of 10 years Brian Austin Green, 47, in November: ‘Megan needs her divorce to be finalized before she can fully move on. She is very happy though’
Moving on: Green has also moved on to a new relationship, as he was first romantically linked to Sharna Burgess, 35, back in November, making it Instagram official last month