Brian Austin Green reveals toxic past, mom’s influence, and Fox’s chase in podcast.
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Brian Austin Green is spilling the tea on his rollercoaster love life—particularly why his romance with Vanessa Marcil crashed and burned.
In a raw and real chat on his Oldish podcast alongside fiancée Sharna Burgess and Randy Spelling, the Beverly Hills, 90210 star, now 51, peels back the layers of his past, revealing how it all ties back to his mom’s overwhelming love.
How did his mom’s affection mess with his heart?
Green gets real about his mother’s smothering ways—think love dialed up to eleven.
“If I’m picking a woman, I’m running the opposite direction from that,” he admits.
Her all-about-me style left him craving something different, but it didn’t always work out.
That yearning? It steered him straight into some rocky territory, like his messy fling with Marcil.
What made Vanessa Marcil a walking red flag?
Toxic doesn’t even begin to cover it. Green paints a picture of his time with Marcil as a slow unraveling. “It wasn’t loving or caring—not even close,” he says.
At first, he bought the idea she was fixing him, molding him into something better.
But two years in? He caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror and thought, “Who the hell am I now?” He’d morphed into a stranger, unrecognizable even to himself.
How did Megan Fox flip the script?
Enter Megan Fox—his saving grace after the Marcil chaos. “She was like stepping into fresh air after surviving Vietnam,” Green quips.
They clicked when she was barely 18, and though the age gap raised eyebrows, their vibe was instant.
For him, it was a lifeline, a chance to breathe again after years of suffocation.
Was there grooming drama with Megan Fox?
The gossip mill churned out claims Green “groomed” Fox because he was 31 to her 18 when they met. He shuts that down fast. “She chased me,” he insists.
Fox, fresh off Hope & Faith, wouldn’t take no for an answer—relentless in proving she was mature enough.
“She’s unstoppable when she wants something,” he laughs.
Eventually, her persistence paid off, and he caved. Spoiler: they hit it off big time.
Green’s trip down memory lane isn’t just juicy—it’s a wake-up call.
Our past shapes who we chase in love, and his wild ride proves figuring yourself out is the first step to something real.