Megan Fox and her estranged husband Brian Austin Green have managed to keep things mostly civil since their split earlier this year.
But the Tennessee-born actress is drawing a line and setting the record straight when it comes to co-parenting their kids.
She publicly called out her ex Sunday on Instagram, after he posted a Halloween photo, as she accused him of using their children to paint her as an ‘absent mother’ during their split.
Mama bear: Megan Fox publicly called out ex Brian Austin Green on Instagram, after he posted a Halloween photo, as she accused him of using their children to paint her as an ‘absent mother’ during their split.
Fun dad: The 34-year-old commented on a photo of Green, 47, dancing in a yeti costume, as their youngest Journey, four, walked by as Spider-Man
The 34-year-old commented on a photo of Green, 47, dancing in a yeti costume, as their youngest Journey, four, walked by as Spider-Man.
She wrote: ‘Why does Journey have to be in this picture? It’s not hard to crop them out. Or choose photos that they aren’t in. I had a great halloween with them yesterday, and yet notice how absent they are from my social media.
‘I know you love your kids. But I don’t know why you can’t stop using them to posture via Instagram. You’re so intoxicated with feeding the pervasive narrative that I’m an absent mother, and you are the perennial, eternally dedicated dad of the year.
‘You have them half of the time. Congratulations you truly are a remarkable human! Why do you need the internet to echo back to you what should be inexhaustibly evident in the way your children love you?’
Message received: Green apparently got the message, as he deleted the photo and later reposted it with Journey cropped out, writing: ‘Hope you all had a happy Halloween!!!’
Green apparently got the message, as he deleted the photo and later reposted it with Journey cropped out, writing: ‘Hope you all had a happy Halloween!!!’
He and Fox tied the knot in June of 2010, and in addition to Journey River, they share Noah Shannon, eight, and Bodhi Ransom, six.
The Beverly Hills, 90210 alum also shares son Kassius Lijah, 18, with Vanessa Marcil, 52, whom he was with from 1999 to 2003.
He reportedly cut his oldest son out of his life for five years back in 2013, amid a bitter legal feud with Marcil, when Kass was only 11 years old, but they’ve since reconciled.
Marcil took to her Instagram Story in September to call out her ex, while siding with Fox in their split.
She wrote: ‘I actually have respect for how @meganfox is finally living her life for herself & leaving her children out of her public life at this young age.
Proud parents: He and Fox tied the knot in June of 2010, and in addition to Journey River, they share Noah Shannon, eight, and Bodhi Ransom, six
Blended family: The Beverly Hills, 90210 alum also shares son Kassius Lijah, 18, with Vanessa Marcil, 52, whom he was with from 1999 to 2003 (pictured in October, 2000)
Estranged father: He reportedly cut his oldest son out of his life for five years back in 2013, amid a bitter legal feud with Marcil, when Kass was only 11 years old, but they’ve since reconciled
Women supporting women: Marcil took to her Instagram Story in September to call out her ex, while siding with Fox in their split
All an act: The General Hospital actress added: ‘He’s very big on doing things that publicly make him look like a nice guy. However it is who you are when no one is looking that shows your true character’
‘I used to hide Kass from the public when he was young & never once spoke about our court case to kass or publicly until Kass was grown & insisted I stop lying to protect. Megan finally living her life for herself is in itself a gift to her children.’
The General Hospital actress added: ‘He’s very big on doing things that publicly make him look like a nice guy. However it is who you are when no one is looking that shows your true character.’
A source since told Us Weekly in October that Green is on good terms with Fox and her boyfriend Machine Gun Kelly, 30.
The insider said: ‘Brian is totally fine about them getting more serious. He is doing his own thing and there’s no animosity.’
They added that Green has met the Jennifer’s Body star’s new beau, and ‘it’s not a “thing” between them.’
The source continued: ‘He is pleased that Megan is preoccupied and happy. He is socially dating and seeing different girls. He’s not on that same page of being in a serious relationship right now, but he’s totally cool with MGK, no question about it.’
Good terms: A source since told Us Weekly in October that Green is on good terms with Fox and her boyfriend Machine Gun Kelly, 30
Big step: According to People, the Transformers star has introduced Kelly to her three children last month (pictured in September, 2020)
Onscreen romance: Fox and the Bird Box actor were first romantically linked back in May, after working together on their upcoming film Midnight in the Switchgrass
Video vixen: She also starred in the music video for his single Bloody Valentine, which dropped shortly after they were first spotted together in May
Fox and the Bird Box actor were first romantically linked back in May, after working together on their upcoming film Midnight in the Switchgrass.
She also starred in the music video for his single Bloody Valentine, which dropped shortly after they were first spotted together in May.
The couple began dating after she split from Green, which was announced earlier that month, just shy of their 10th anniversary.
According to People, the Transformers star has introduced Kelly to her three children last month.
A source said: ‘He recently met her kids for the first time. Megan thought it was a natural step, since they are getting more serious. They are in a committed relationship and it’s not just a fling. They are planning a future together.’
Meanwhile, Green has been romantically linked to Courtney Stodden, 26, and he was spotted packed on some PDA with model Tina Louise, 39, who’s since been linked to Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, 50.
Slutty costume: Fox also took to Instagram with some snaps from her Halloween festivities, writing: ‘Really nailing this slutty Halloween thing’
Squad goals: She donned a long white beard for a wizard costume, as her friends went as Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy from Spongebob Squarepants