Megan Fox has been accused of being ‘xenophobic’ while attempting to defend her shock new appearance, likening herself in one pH๏τo to a ‘Ukrainian blowup doll.’
The Transformers beauty hit back at trolls on Wednesday, blaming a ‘shadowy’ pH๏τo for altering her image but caused controversy as she boasted that ‘in reality’ she looks like a ‘super expensive silicone real Sєx doll’ from Japan.
‘Oh my god guys look how different i…dont look at all,’ she began her bizarre post. ‘Turns out it was just a shadowy cell phone pic of me looking like a Ukrainian blowup doll. when in REALITY i look like one of those super expensive silicone real Sєx dolls you can only get in Japan.’
The Oak Ridge, Tennessee-born actress, 37, initially trended on social media on Tuesday after fans claimed they didn’t recognize her in newly-surfaced pictures from her Sunday night celebration at Zouk nightclub in Las Vegas early Monday.
Fox was with her fiancé Machine Gun Kelly, 33, as they celebrated with famous friends Taylor Swift, 34, and Travis Kelce, 34, after his Kansas City Chiefs won their second straight Super Bowl.
Fox was swiftly slammed by people in the comment section adjacent to the pH๏τo, with social media users not holding back their outrage at her choice of words.
One user said to Fox, ‘It’s very rude of you to speak like that about Ukrainian women, that’s how you showed yourself.’
Fox replied, ‘Dear god. that is NOT what i meant. ukrainian women are H๏τ af and so in my imagination the blowup dolls would also be H๏τ. let a girl make a joke for f***s sake.’
The backlash continued as another furious social media user wrote: ‘Not here for taking the p*** out of Ukrainian women. It’s obvious you’ve had extensive work done,’ as another added: ‘it’s very rude of you to speak like that about Ukrainian women, that’s how you showed yourself.’
One user said, ‘Did she really just mention Ukraine?’ while another commented, ‘I guess xenophobia towards Eastern European is still a thing in Hollywood.’
Said one user: ‘Girl you had one opportunity to write a good post about this iconic pic and you write THIS?’
A social media user said Fox had sent a ‘terrible message … to women,’ while one user asked, ‘Is it just me, or was she making fun of Ukrainian girls? It’s a bit of an inappropriate comparison anyway.’
A user noted the political ramifications of Fox’s comment: ‘Babe Ukraine is being annihilated in a war unprovoked. Pls can we just focus on that. Maybe raise awareness for that x just a thought x.’
On a similar note, a user said the joke was in bad taste when framed against the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia, which has nearly spanned two years.
‘It’s insensitive due to the situation in the country, furthermore it’s widely known that Sєx crimes are common war crimes, that makes the joke inappropriate,’ the user said. ‘There’s a time and place for everything, this ain’t it though.’
Another user parsed Fox’s words, saying, ‘I don’t think comparing yourself to a Sєx doll is a flex? So you are saying you look fake?’
One user said of the pH๏τo of the four stars in Sin City: ‘This is celebrity fakeness, greed, gossip, drama, and bulls*** all perfectly summed up in a picture.’
Not all commenters had targeted Fox for the remarks, as some came to her defense, praising her appearance and bemoaning what they felt was hypersensitive reaction.
Said one user: ‘Don’t waste your time. You look stunning ! Let them talk.’
Another user said, ‘Just let the haters hate, f*** them,’ as another described the people in the comment section as ‘SOFT,’ adding, ‘I swear people just look for ANY reason to get pressed, stop taking things so personal.’
Said one user: ‘You look amazing people are just jealous and have nothing better to do with their lives except to make others feel as s***** as they do.’
The pH๏τo circulating from the revelrous outing in Sin City posted Tuesday showed both couples posing with one another, posted by Joe Oravec, the managing partner of Barley House Cleveland.