Megan Fox has revealed her struggle with body dysmorphia over the years, which she says began at the age of five.
The Transformers star, 37, made the admission on the Call Her Daddy podcast this week. 
The actress, who is dating Machine Gun Kelly, spoke about her battle when asked about her ”Sєx symbol” status in Hollywood.
“I’ve had body dysmorphia since I was probably like, five,” Fox said.
She said she thought she had ”fat thighs” when she was little.
About her Sєx symbol status, Fox said it “added pressure” due to her body image struggles.
“I think it adds pressure to a girl who has body dysmorphia and never really saw herself that way,” Fox said.
“And the things that I thought were my strengths, like my mind, my intelligence, or my sense of humour – those things are not acknowledged and instead I’m being acknowledged for something I don’t identify with or as.”
“It’s forcing me to wear a character I wasn’t trying to wear. And then also, you ᴀssign the character to me, and then you torture and demonise the character.”
“I was never that. I was never her, like you created her and then you murdered her. I think to just being called a ‘Sєx symbol,’ I don’t initially have a reaction.
“But to the whole process of what really happened, and it goes into just being famous in general and the process of fame, has been really haunting, to be honest.”
She added about her rise to fame: “The media and people built up this character and then decided to destroy her… worship and destroy.”
She said she got through hard times in her life by wearing “armour”.
Fox was reportedly fired from the Transformers franchise after telling Wonderland Michael Bay “wants to be like Hitler on his sets”.
According to the Better Health Channel, “body dysmorphic disorder is a mental illness characterised by constant worrying over a perceived or slight defect in appearance”.
She previously spoke about being Sєx symbol to TIME and said: “I never had a problem being a Sєx symbol. I never thought that that was a negative thing.”
But she added: “[People] seem to not be able to value me for much more beyond [her looks].”