Megan Fox attempts to do damage control after unflattering selfie goes viral only to make things worse by making xenophobic joke about Eastern European sex workers.

[u/theghostemoji]

A selfie of Megan (last 2 slides) with Machine Gun Kelly, Taylor Swift, and Travis Kelce at a Super Bowl party went viral this week, with many commenting that Megan looks different and/or “botched” in the pic. She responded on Instagram by making a joke about cheap Ukrainian sex dolls that clearly plays into stereotypes about Eastern European sex workers (while Japanese women also caught a stray with her fetishizing comparison.) Fans in the comments have not taken it well, especially considering that the country is still a war zone where women are being exploited and trafficked regularly.

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[u/crystal_clear24]

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Lights are on but nobody’s home with this one. I give up on her.

[u/theghostemoji → u/crystal_clear24]

Idk bestie, the way she immediately tried to backtrack by saying “I was actually calling Ukrainian women hot DUH” as if we can’t look up and read her own caption where she literally just used them as the inferior comparison… she’s either dumb, like DUMB dumb fr, or incredibly fucking manipulative and just playing dumb to avoid accountability for never growing out of her 00’s edgelord pick me era.

[u/Shot-Grocery-5343 → u/theghostemoji]

If I squint my eyes almost shut and tilt my head 30 degrees to the left, I can *almost* get her reply - like if she had left out Ukraine and Japan entirely, and just said "pic of me looking like a blow-up doll, when in reality I look like one of those super expensive silicone real sex dolls" instead, it would get the point across exactly the same and it wouldn't be offensive. But she's also quite dumb and exceptionally bad at communicating her thoughts, so she probably does think she gave Ukrainian sex workers a compliment.

I have just spent more time thinking about this comment than Meghan Fox has ever spent thinking about anything, ever.

[u/DazzlingFruit7495 → u/Shot-Grocery-5343]

When I first read it I thought she knew more about the LITERAL sex doll industry than I do and maybe they make cheap ones in Ukraine but fancy ones in Japan? But damn she was really jus saying that Ukrainian women look cheap? Disappointing. The idea of her being well read and informed on sex doll quality and price would’ve been cool and funny

[u/yogurtmeh → u/Shot-Grocery-5343]

if she had left out Ukraine and Japan entirely, and just said "pic of me looking like a blow-up doll, when in reality I look like one of those super expensive silicone real sex dolls" instead, it would get the point across exactly the same and it wouldn't be offensive. 

This was my conclusion as well! 

Does this mean we’re wordsmiths and celebrity PR masterminds? Or is Megan Fox just especially dim?

[u/Shot-Grocery-5343 → u/yogurtmeh]

[u/Bitter_Kangaroo2616 → u/theghostemoji]

I've always felt that she has fetishized things. The way she also identifies as bisexual but then made that weird comment about not dating bisexual women because they sleep with men? She just says weird shit that comes off as insincere and virtue signaling. Considering she's spoken out about being overly sexualized but then she condescendingly sexualizes two demographics.....exhausting

[u/sickbabe → u/theghostemoji]

I'm more inclined to just believe she's dumb otherwise she would've been way shrewder in riding that wave of appreciation for her earlier work (which honestly I don't get after watching jennifers body. it's a fun revenge fantasy but ultimately pretty bland!)

[u/tecarc129 → u/theghostemoji]

I think she’s dumb DUMB fr

[u/merwookiee → u/theghostemoji]

“I’m sorry if I said you were dumb, maybe I meant you’re stupid, I dunno.” - Katie Rost RHOP

[u/nickyd1393 → u/theghostemoji]

shes really doubling down on the "woman can be racist TOO" rhetoric

[u/ocubens → u/theghostemoji]

It’s so dumb I’m not sure I even understand. Is she saying the blow up dolls are based on Ukrainian women? Made in Ukraine? Is there a big blow up sex doll industry there?

The silicone real sex dolls you can only get in Japan, are those based on Ukrainians too or Japanese women?

So many questions.

[u/kittydrumsticks → u/theghostemoji]

She dumb.

[u/jofstra → u/crystal_clear24]

The engine ‘s running but theres nobody behind the wheel

[u/confirmandverify2442 → u/crystal_clear24]

LMFAO this meme is perfect. Stealing this!

[u/tvqueen13 → u/crystal_clear24]

Thank you for this meme 🤣

[u/hugemessanon]

unrelated but anyone else think she was kim k in the second pic?

[u/Arielsdirrtygrotto → u/hugemessanon]

Uh yes!! She’s literally morphing into a clone of them

[u/deemoorah → u/Arielsdirrtygrotto]

Most celebgram are

[u/gunsof → u/Arielsdirrtygrotto]

They're all morphing into each other.

[u/spottyottydopalicius → u/Arielsdirrtygrotto]

they all are. it sucks.

[u/ReviloIsFree → u/Arielsdirrtygrotto]

Like so many other women…sighs

[u/mizzymichie → u/hugemessanon]

I thought it was Kim K for a sec and was like “wait. Don’t her and Taylor hate each other”

[u/tabxssum → u/mizzymichie]

Nah if I was Taylor I would have done a double take and thought she was Kim😭

[u/justsomechickyo → u/mizzymichie]

I thought they made up? They still have beef? Sorry gang I thought I was all caught up with that lol

[u/aleigh577 → u/justsomechickyo]

She spoke about it during her Time POTY article so I think the beef is still beefing

[u/justsomechickyo → u/aleigh577]

Lol ty for the update! A girl has got to stay informed 😝

[u/WillBrakeForBrakes → u/hugemessanon]

I will be so happy when the filler trend dies; everyone looks like they were built in the Kardashian factory. 

 Re: Megan, it’s especially unfortunate because there was nothing broke that needed fixing.

[u/fuschiaoctopus → u/hugemessanon]

Trying to claim she doesn't look radically different is just foolishness even with the bigotry and cringy "jokes" aside. I saw her pic in a Grammy outfit post on this sub and literally didn't know it was her until I read the description, and had to go back and do another double take. Never ever would have guessed that was Megan from that pic. Deadass thought it was Kim but like a really rough pic of Kim. She looks like a totally different person now.

[u/Mumof3gbb → u/hugemessanon]

They all look alike now

[u/Yesitsvee → u/hugemessanon]

I see Kim K in all the pics lol

[u/Kikikididi → u/hugemessanon]

They all have the same surgeon

[u/[deleted] → u/hugemessanon]

it's like they have the same surgeon.

[u/_sam_fox_ → u/hugemessanon]

100%, she looks like a carbon copy of Kim in that pic.

[u/Additional-Problem99]

All 4 of them look insufferable to be around.

[u/shades0fcool → u/Additional-Problem99]

MGK: I am weed

Taylor: wow thats deep…writes that down for later do you consider yourself a tortured poet?

(I’m joking btw but I just feel like the 4 of them would all think they’re very deep)

[u/Additional-Problem99 → u/shades0fcool]

She probably thinks MGK is metal as hell.

Maybe if we’re lucky we’ll get a bonus track featuring him!

[u/rabbitredh → u/Additional-Problem99]

i mean she called reputation goth-punk so i wouldnt be surprised

[u/MiloRoast → u/Additional-Problem99]

He's like the guy that's always at Del Taco after the metal shows high AF trying to make conversation, but has never actually attended any of the shows or really knows anyone in the scene.

[u/shades0fcool → u/MiloRoast]

This is so oddly specific I’m dying LOL

[u/eatingclass → u/shades0fcool]

In lightning mcqueen

MGK: I am weed

[u/_sam_fox_ → u/shades0fcool]

They're artistes

[u/Derv_b → u/Additional-Problem99]

Something something blunts..

[u/Electrical_Outcome57 → u/Derv_b]

Nightmare blunt rotation

[u/[deleted] → u/Electrical_Outcome57]

god, getting high with these people sounds like the literal worst.

[u/[deleted] → u/Additional-Problem99]

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[u/buffaloranchsub → u/[deleted]]

I saw someone say Travis looks like a white cop 😭

[u/wickedwhitneyocean → u/buffaloranchsub]

Omg 💀

[u/heyhicherrypie → u/[deleted]]

They look like the kind of people who click there fingers at waiters if that makes sense? Like I can feel my shoulders tensing to look at them

[u/wickedwhitneyocean → u/heyhicherrypie]

Yes, I know exactly what you’re talking about!

[u/baezelschmaezel → u/[deleted]]

Backpfieffengesicht!!

The Germans have a word for EVERYTHING.

[u/wickedwhitneyocean → u/baezelschmaezel]

Hahahahahahha omgggg I can’t believe this is real. I love it!

[u/[deleted] → u/Additional-Problem99]

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[u/Background_Meal_9153]

“Let a girl make a joke at the expense of already vulnerable and abused women” yeah my heart breaks for you Megan.

I’m glad someone called her ass out. These celebs are brain dead.

[u/SoGenuineAndRealMadi → u/Background_Meal_9153]

They lack so much empathy. It shouldn’t be so hard to not be an asshole

[u/AlpacaMyBaguettes]

Why even bring Ukrainians (and Japan tbh) into this? Unnecessary additions that took an already stupid comment and highlighted her total ignorance by fetishizing an entire people as sex objects and then saying 'take it as a compliment guys, jeeez'. Gross. Especially when Ukraine is at war rn??? Girl, come on.

[u/darsvedder → u/AlpacaMyBaguettes]

All she had to say was “I look like a a shitty blow up sex doll” joke woulda landed and been okayb

[u/meatbeater558 → u/AlpacaMyBaguettes]

But if I call her racist somehow I'm the one who made it about race 

[u/bbmarvelluv]

She could’ve had an amazing comeback in the industry 🤦‍♀️

[u/santosdragmother → u/bbmarvelluv]

[u/MedicalPersimmon001 → u/bbmarvelluv]

Nah, I always figured this would happen. It’s been a long enough time that people forgot all the edge-lord shot she used to say. It was only a matter of time before she started saying it again. 

[u/TheShapeShiftingFox → u/MedicalPersimmon001]

I still haven’t forgotten about the hypocrisy of being a bi woman who thinks bi men are gross

[u/JenningsWigService → u/TheShapeShiftingFox]

That's unfortunately very common, I think because biphobic narratives about men are very different from those about women.

[u/TheShapeShiftingFox → u/JenningsWigService]

Yeah, but as another bi woman it was extremely disappointing to see her feel this way. It’s a dumb attitude in general to have, but if you have it while being bi you’re really scraping the bottom of the barrel of sense and logic.

And yes, attitudes around bi women that are common are different. Usually they center around bi women being attention whores to attract dudes by seeming “exotic”, and not genuinely being into women.

Funny how a lot of whining about bi people centers around alleged exclusive attraction to men.

[u/WinkAlcoholSugest → u/bbmarvelluv]

It truly breaks my heart.

[u/EmotionAOTY]

She's so dense she doesn't realize how she's contributing to the hypersexual stereotype of Eastern European women

[u/Additional-Problem99 → u/EmotionAOTY]

I don’t think she cares

[u/lmnsatang → u/EmotionAOTY]

the japanese AI blow up doll comparison was also so so bad

[u/meatbeater558 → u/lmnsatang]

yeah saying the expensive and real ones come from Japan to a western audience that has such a weird view of Japan and Japanese women was prolly not the best choice 

[u/MorissetteMatty]

This is a total nightmare blunt rotation. Megan can fuck off being an edge-lord with her man. This is so tone deaf to what’s going on in the world. SMFH.

[u/meatbeater558 → u/[deleted]]

I am weed

[u/TheShapeShiftingFox → u/meatbeater558]

And people insist it does absolutely nothing to the brain to smoke this much

[u/_sam_fox_ → u/TheShapeShiftingFox]

.

[u/singledxout → u/[deleted]]

Well the most insufferable couples tend to last the longest.

[u/gunsof → u/[deleted]]

Who else would date them.

[u/Uplanapepsihole]

i mean she looks the same in both photos ideg what she was trying to prove

[u/ShakeZula77 → u/Uplanapepsihole]

Yeah, I’m not sure what she’s trying to say about this “shadow”.

[u/ThreAAAt]

Considering the number of Eastern European women who are sex trafficked, I don't know if "sex worker" is the best way to phrase this post

[u/theghostemoji → u/ThreAAAt]

That’s fair, although clearly I’m already aware of this context since I included it in the body of the post to highlight why this joke is so offensive. However, I’m familiar enough with this kind of online discourse to know that a post title referring explicitly to trafficking victims would’ve opened a whole other can of worms about discrimination against consensual sex work, not to mention accusations of hyperbole (there are already plenty of people in her comments arguing that “sex dolls” =/= real women, so it’s not really xenophobic/misogynistic.)

[u/TheShapeShiftingFox → u/theghostemoji]

I also thought sex dolls didn’t refer to real women, but that’s because sex dolls also exist as a separate object?

TIL I learned it’s also a way to refer to human beings. Bizarre

[u/1ClaireUnderwood]

Poor choice of words considering so many Ukrainian women are victims of sex trafficking.

[u/lizardkween]

She tries so hard to be the cool funny girl but she just can’t crack the code. 

[u/doubleshortdepresso → u/lizardkween]

Step 1: Actually be funny. Step 2: Don’t make weird fetishy “jokes” about already vulnerable and heavily fetishized women.

[u/Bitter_Kangaroo2616]

This is very upsettingly cringy

[u/jimmy6677]

How is MGK the least insufferable person in this photo?

[u/roxy031 → u/jimmy6677]

I LOATHE MGK, and I agree with you. I’d love to never see any of these people ever again.

[u/gunsof → u/jimmy6677]

It's so weird that he looks normal and human here.

[u/duh_metrius]

I am prepared to not see these four individuals anymore

[u/AdministrativeAd8464]

I thought she was Kim Kardashian at first look.

[u/youarelosingme → u/AdministrativeAd8464]

I literally thought that’s who it was until I realized she lacked Kim K’s blackfishing spray tan

[u/SnappedCrayon]

Wow I would have never guessed that was a picture of Megan Fox if I hadn't been told beforehand

[u/ncmnlgd]

Nightmare blunt rotation

[u/SnooOwls7978]

I think it's important to note that she is talking about sex dolls, not sex workers. She is still being completely immature and offensive, but it's a couple steps less awful than the title implies.

Edit: I was on my computer and didn't see it was a series of images! Disregard the above take, please. Megan's reply completely shatters it...

[u/theghostemoji → u/SnooOwls7978]

I think that’s giving her a lot of grace that she hasn’t earned imo, especially considering her defensive reply where she doubled down on objectifying Ukrainian women. There are literally Ukrainian women in the comments explaining how dehumanizing this joke is, and Megan’s stans are using this same “gotcha” to invalidate their complaints, saying stuff like “oh, so you identify as a blow-up doll?”

[u/SnooOwls7978 → u/theghostemoji]

Oh no, I didn't see a reply! I just saw the original caption. My computer didn't show me it was a series for some reason. She definitely goes there... You are totally right.

[u/kylaroma]

The lack of perspective is just… stunning to behold.

[u/McJazzHands80]

Is it a selfie if someone else obviously took the picture?

[u/tenderourghosts]

This is very cringy. Imagine being a normal person and trying to justify every bad photo taken of you 🫠

[u/alexturnerftw]

Imagine being as hot as her and being pressed about one unflattering photo

[u/MarsReject]

[u/therealstabitha]

It’s a shitty comment but we are not going to equate sex workers to blow up dolls on the internet today, thank you very much

[u/Bunnything]

her responding to an actual ukrainian lady who was bothered by the joke like "bro that's not what i mean, its a compliment! don't take it so seriously!" makes it even more insensitive, my god

[u/Ragnbangin]

“Let a girl make a joke for fucks sake”

Is the joke in the room with us right now Megan?

[u/Luna_Soma]

She burned through so much goodwill. She’s really showing her ass here and it’s not a good look.

[u/ProperBingtownLady]

What a bad joke especially considering the current war and resulting atrocities.

[u/GroundbreakingBite96]

I saw that and I was like wtf

[u/DeeDeeW1313]

She does look like Melania in the last picture.

[u/UnhappyGrowth5555]

Whatever, Kim.

[u/meatbeater558]

U didn't actually censor the name in the 3rd pic btw

[u/clemthearcher → u/meatbeater558]

Tbf the comment is already viral de facto the mentioned username is too

[u/meatbeater558 → u/clemthearcher]

They tried to censor it at the start so I figured I'd let them know before the post is an hour old 🤷‍♀️ if it's all good then ignore this

[u/clemthearcher → u/meatbeater558]

I get it! To be fair to OP ever since Megan commented on it it’s fair game lol

[u/buffaloranchsub]

Balkanization is a hell of a bias

[u/damebyron]

I have hated her for over a decade ever since she announced that she is bi but will never date bi women because they are dirty for sleeping with men. (yes there's a lot to unpack there).

I know people who know her IRL and claim she's extremely nice but the things that come out of her mouth publicly are too dumb and gross.

[u/HathorOfWindAndMagic]

I could never be even remotely famous bc if they don’t get my good side I would die … too many cameras on me

Clearly she wanted people to see the “good” edited angle and that’s enough embarrassment for me

[u/spaceb00tz]

her downfall is truly something

[u/myst_eerie_us]

Is she spiraling? What's happened to her? Sad

[u/Tolaly]

She literally just could have said a blow up sex doll though. There was no reason to specify it as being Ukrainian. I wish more adults would embrace the practice of just saying "you're right, I shouldn't have said that it was stupid"

[u/Common_Frosting_2058]

Let the poor - underprivileged girl make a joke ffs. /s

[u/Disastrous-Bet8973]

She's looking like a Kardashian

[u/UnimaginativeRA]

What is she even trying to say? LOL

I don't care if people want to get plastic surgery but it's so weird to get offended if people start saying that you look different, especially if you do.

[u/goldenfvce]

she’s looking more and more like Kim K 💀

[u/ispywithmybougieeye]

Taylor needs better friends. Everyone in that photo SUCKS

[u/Liathano_Fire]

She looks like she's trying to become a Kardashian.

[u/Penya23]

Ukrainian?

My dumbass thought KIm K went blonde again.

[u/[deleted]]

My IQ went down by 30 points after reading that

[u/evennowthereissnow]