Brian Austin Green Reflects on When His Marriage with Megan Fox Began to Unravel

Brian Austin Green recently opened up about the gradual breakdown of his marriage to Megan Fox, revealing that small irritations, like his chewing habits, were signs of a deeper disconnect. This candid reflection comes shortly after Beverly Hills, 90210 star Tori Spelling shared a humorous interaction with Fox, who jokingly mentioned her annoyance at Green’s chewing, hinting at how minor irritations can become magnified when a relationship begins to drift apart.

On the October 29 episode of the misSPELLING podcast, Green explained that the chewing incident was emblematic of a larger issue. “I honestly think the chewing thing, she’d gotten to the point where things weren’t great, so I think everything was annoying her,” he said. Green went on to describe how, during challenging times in a relationship, even the smallest behaviors can become frustrating.

“You kind of get to the point where you’re like, ‘God, just the way you’re shuffling your feet right now. The way you’re putting that toast in the toaster is just driving me crazy,’” Green explained. “It’s all that stupid little stuff.”

Green, now 51 and father to three children with Fox—Noah, 10, Bodhi, 9, and Journey, 6—added that while such minor irritations are common, they can either lead couples closer or further apart. “That to me is when you either have to make the choice to say, ‘OK, we’re going to go into therapy, and we’re gonna try to find our connection and we’re gonna try to find what’s going on now, or these things are going to sink us,’” he said.

Green believes that if these small issues aren’t addressed, they can snowball into larger problems. “They’re going to be the death of us. Because they just build up and build up and get worse and worse,” he noted.

Green and Fox separated in 2020 after nine years of marriage and finalized their divorce in early 2022. While their relationship was once characterized by deep affection, the couple’s journey ultimately led them to go their separate ways, with both now focusing on co-parenting their three sons.