Brian Austin Green has opened up about what went wrong in his marriage to Megan Fox, admitting he led with physical attraction instead of building a real friendship first.
Talking about Sunday’s episode of I do, part 2 podcast with hosts TJ Holmes and Amy Robach Beverly Hills, 90210 actor, 52, candidly reflected on their nearly 15-year relationship.
“My ex and I were together for almost 15 years. We were married for almost 10 years and I looked for physical attraction,” he said, explaining that he had a pattern of gravitating toward physical attraction first and building a relationship around it afterward.
When the marriage ended in May 2020, Green found herself navigating unexpected territory.
“I got divorced, which I didn’t expect. I had three kids. I was a single parent.” The couple share sons Noah, 13, Bodhi, 12, and Journey, 9.
Instead of simply moving on, Green chose to look inward. He went to therapy to understand what he had brought into the relationship that was “toxic and not good and not helping.”
The work led him to a simple but significant conclusion: he had to be friends with someone before anything became romantic.
“I think when you start from a place of genuine connection with someone, you’re not as concerned about whether they’re really into you or not,” he said, explaining that it made room for the kind of transparency that sustains a relationship over time.
He also offered a blunt assessment of purely physical connections: “It’s only going to last so long that you get to a point where you go, ‘I can’t stand the other person. So they’re not hot for me anymore’.”
He used these lessons before meeting his now-fiancé, Dancing with the stars professional Sharna Burgess, 41, in December 2020.
“Sharna and I talked about our best qualities and our worst qualities together. We kind of laid it all out on the table.” The couple welcomed son Zane in June 2022 and got engaged the following year.
Fox, 40, moved on after splitting with Machine Gun Kelly before the relationship ended in December 2024.
She gave birth to their daughter Saga in March 2025. Despite everything, Green and Fox have maintained a friendly relationship and have been seen on joint outings as co-parents.
