Now that social activities are in full swing, going-out fashion has been booming. Corset tops started trending back in 2020 but truly had a big moment this past summer, so it should come as no surprise that corset dresses are now the next big lingerie-inspired trend to grace our feeds. Beloved by celebs like Megan Fox and Jennifer Lopez, the corset dress is pretty much the only thing we want to be wearing to our marathon of spring and summer weddings this season. The best part of all? While they may sound kind of intimidating, they’re actually super wearable, hugging the body in all the right places.
Here’s the thing: Just because corset dresses are, well, corseted doesn’t mean they always have to be over-the-top sexy, too. We stand by corset details for daytime—even for the office—and there are plenty of casual styles out there that nod to the trend. Think baby doll dresses with boned bodices and shirt dresses with bustier seams that are flattering without being flashy.
We’re more than ready to start wearing the trend ourselves, so we scoured the internet for the coolest corset dresses out there, both of the going-out and grandma-approved varieties. Keep reading to check out how our favorite celebs are styling them, and shop 29 of our favorites while you’re at it.
“I am Megan Fox,” said Megan Fox by way of introduction to the cameras in her dressing room ahead of the Vanity Fair Oscars night party. “Although you might not realize that because of my hair.”
Gone was her signature raven mane, and in its place was something altogether Fox-ier—hair the color of copper.
Fox told V.F. that she drew Sunday night’s look from Greek mythology, especially Persephone’s annual escape from Hades.
“If all the fire and brimstone from hell was in your hair and you were the Queen of the Underworld,” Fox posed. “What would you look like walking the red carpet?”
The dreamy, dark Underworld dress is by Miss Sohee Couture, chosen because it “was giving, I don’t know, a new girl—with red hair,” according to her stylist Maeve Reilly.
Finally, Fox’s look seems to say, spring may commence (thank goddess.)
Megan Fox returned to Instagram on Sunday to address rumors about her relationship with fiancé Machine Gun Kelly.
“There has been no third party interference in this relationship of any kind,” Fox’s Instagram post read. “That includes, but is not limited to… actual humans, DMs, AI boys or succubus demons.”
Fox and Kelly announced their engagement in January 2022.
The actress drew the attention of tabloids last week after she deactivated her Instagram account.
The move prompted speculation that Fox’s actions – including a February 12 photo and caption that referenced Beyoncé’s biting ballad about suspected infidelity “Pray You Catch Me” – was related to her relationship with Kelly.
Fox dismissed the rumors as “random baseless news stories” in her statement this weekend, and asked that those reading to leave “innocent people alone now.”
Kelly has not addressed the situation.
Both are next set to make guest appearances on the upcoming third season of the FX series, “Dave.”
In his hit tune from 2012, “my ex’s best friend,” Machine Gun Kelly sang, “I read those texts that you sent to yours, but I’ll never say it, yeah.” Lo! How these words now ring prescient!
The busybodies at PageSixreported late Friday that, according to their sources, Megan Fox found “DM’s [sic] and text messages” on the phone belonging to Kelly, and this led her to believe that the musician and actor was “having an affair.”
If you were unaware, last week proved rocky for the romance of Fox and Kelly, whose non-firearm given name is Colson Baker. The two have been an item since mid-2020 and were engaged in January 2022.
After attending a Super Bowl Weekend party thrown by Drake in an Arizona airplane hangar, the Transformers star uploaded a carousel of images to her Instagram in which she was wearing a rather revealing outfit. Beside her was an unnamed man in workout gear. Lastly, there was a short video of the interior of a flaming garbage bin holding an envelope. Her caption read “You can taste the dishonesty/ it’s all over your breath,” a quote from Beyoncé’s track “Pray You Catch Me” from her landmark 2016 album Lemonade. The piece is widely accepted to be the platinum-selling artist’s statement on infidelity.
As a final dig, Fox then followed Kelly’s longtime nemesis Eminem on the social media platform.
Alas, you can’t see any of this firsthand anymore, as Fox has since removed herself from Instagram (just a few hours after her flaming letter), as her 21 million followers already know. It was also reported that the 36-year-old actress removed her engagement ring. This is extra notable because, as MGK put it, he designed the ring in such a way to include “bands [that] are actually thorns. So if she tries to take it off, it hurts.”
PageSix’s sources said that the 32-year-old rock-rapper Kelly “really wants to make up.” The same informant framed the situation by stating, “They are broken up, but Megan is seeing where they stand. She wants to see what they can salvage.” It’s possible Kelly is deploying the use of his own lyrics from the track “maybe,” and assuring Fox “This time is the last, this time is the last.”
The “Transformers” actor hinted at a possible spit from her rocker fiancé over the weekend, deleting all photos of the two from her Instagram account.
Fox also posted photos with lyrics from the Beyoncé song “Pray You Catch Me,” which say “You can taste the dishonesty / It’s all over your breath.”
Megan Fox deletes photos with Machine Gun Kelly from her Instagram and posts a video of a letter burning captioned with lyrics from Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ track “Pray You Catch Me.” pic.twitter.com/MirUuBfvm4
Fox further shared what appeared to be a video clip of papers burning in a fire.
She added even more fuel to fans’ speculations by reducing the number of people she followed on Instagram to just three: singer Harry Styles, actor Timothée Chalamet and rapper Eminem.
The Eminem follow in particular raised eyebrows, as MGK and the “Lose Yourself” rapper have a long-running beef and have exchanged diss tracks over the years. Fox once starred in the music video for Eminem and Rihanna’s 2010 collaboration “Love the Way You Lie.”
But even as the Instagram drama made headlines, Fox deactivated her account.
While Machine Gun Kelly hasn’t spoken out about the rumors, he still had photos of Fox on his Instagram as of Monday afternoon.
HuffPost has reached out to reps for both parties.
Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly attend the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards on Sep. 12, 2021, in Brooklyn, New York.
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Fox and MGK were seen together over Super Bowl weekend, when the musician, whose real name is Colson Baker, performed a set at an event in Phoenix prior to the big game. He and Fox also walked the Grammys red carpet on Feb. 8.
The couple first confirmed they were dating in June 2020, and they got engaged ― reportedly drinking each other’s blood to mark the occasion ― in January 2022.
In the year of our lord 2023, no one has Old Hollywood–style glamour down quite like Megan Fox. Time and time again, the actress proves that she is the reigning queen of bold lipstick, defined cat eyes, and perfectly coifed waves, though she always gives her own spin to the bombshell beauty.
For the 65th Grammy Awards, Fox may have been dealing with a broken wrist and a concussion (per her Instagram post) but she didn’t let that stop her from serving some major looks. With her hair in expertly arranged bends, a just-glossy-enough nude lip, and perfectly smoked-out cat eyes, the star essentially nailed the formula for head-turning glam.
One of the most defining aspects of her look? Lashes for days. When I saw Fox’s lashes, I immediately needed to know what falsies she was using, and was pleasantly surprised that they were Kiss lashes, a cult-favorite drugstore brand. Priced at just $12, anyone can try out Fox’s major lash moment for size. Plus, Kristina also took a walk down the drugstore aisle for the rest of Fox’s look, reaching for entirely Maybelline products for the rest of her face. Sophisticated Hollywood glamour on a budget, here we come.
Designer and celebrity stylist Kim Shui has worked with some of the biggest names in pop culture. Lizzo, Kylie Jenner, and Megan Fox have all called upon her for a signature look. Shui’s brand is one of the hottest fashion houses in the industry and one of the toughest tickets during New York Fashion Week.
Shui has known Demi Ramos for years. Ramos walked as a model in two of Shui’s runway shows, and they have become close friends.
In this episode, the two talk about Shui’s rise, dressing celebrities, and what influences her personal style.
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Megan Fox has started a new chapter in her dating life. Months after separating from her husband of more than a decade Brian Austin Green, the actress has found new love with musician/actor Machine Gun Kelly (real name: Colson Baker). After meeting on a movie set earlier in 2021, they’re now engaged over a year later.
Below, a breakdown of Fox and Kelly’s time as a couple, including how the couple is “planning their future together.”
March 2020
Fox, 34, and Kelly, 30, met earlier this year on the set of the upcoming indie thriller Midnight In The Switchgrass.Deadlinereported that the film’s production in Puerto Rico shut down after two weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic. A source told E! Newsthat the co-stars had “been hanging out a lot since their movie was shutdown,” adding, “The down time has been good for them…They are intrigued by each other and having a lot of fun.”
May 15, 2020
Rumors of romance between Kelly and Fox began when the DailyMailpublished photos of the pair grabbing takeout together in Calabasas. The outing came amid rumors that she was quarantining separately from her longtime husband, Green. Both had been spotted without their wedding rings in recent months.
The next day, Green posted a cryptic message to Instagram, marking his wife’s birthday. “Eventually butterflies get bored sitting on a flower for too long,” he wrote alongside a photo of a butterfly on a flower. “They start feeling smothered. It’s a great big world and they want to experience it.”
May 18, 2020
Three days later, the Beverly Hills 90210 alum confirmed that he and Fox have been on a break since December 2019, via his …with Brian Austin Greenpodcast. “She said, ‘I realized when I was out of the country working alone that I feel more like myself and I liked myself better during that experience and I think that might be something worth trying for me,’” he recalled Fox telling him. “I was shocked and I was upset about it, but I can’t be upset at her because she didn’t ask to feel that way. It wasn’t a choice she made, that’s the way she honestly felt.”
He also addressed recent photos of Fox and Kelly out together. “I’ve never met him, but Megan and I have talked about him,” Austin said. “They’re friends at this point, and from what she’s expressed, he’s a really nice, genuine guy, and I trust her judgment.”
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Green and Fox share three sons, Noah, 7; Bodhi, 6; and Journey, 3. The former couple began dating in 2004 and split in 2006 before getting married in 2010. They filed for divorce in 2015, but reconciled ahead of their third son’s birth in 2016.
“I will always love her, and I know she will always love me, and I know as far as a family, what we built is really cool and really special,” Brian explained, later adding, “I really don’t want Megan and I to be at odds. She’s been my best friend for 15 years, and I don’t want to lose that.”
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A source from Fox’s camp spoke to E! about her relationship with Kelly. “Megan has been working on a movie with Machine Gun Kelly and gotten close to him. They are hooking up and have been for a little while,” the insider said. “She is separated from Brian Austin Green, and they are taking time apart as a couple. She has something going on with Machine Gun Kelly that she is excited about.”
May 20, 2020
Then, Kelly released the music video for “Bloody Valentine,” the first single off of his upcoming album. Fox starred in the video as Kelly’s domineering girlfriend, sharing an almost-kiss with the musician and stoking further speculation about their relationship.
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Machine Gun Kelly – Bloody Valentine [Official Video]
Nearly a month later, the Daily Mailpublished photographs of Fox and Austin holding hands and kissing after a night spent at Mr. Furley’s Bar in Sherman Oaks, California. The couple’s public date night came one day after Green was seen having lunch at a Mexican restaurant in Los Angeles with model Courtney Stodden by TMZ.
Later that day, Kelly seemed to allude to his new relationship, tweeting a lyric from “Bloody Valentine.” “I’m calling you girlfriend, what the f*ck.’ Life imitated art on that one,” he wrote.
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A source toldE!that although Fox may be moving on, Green “isn’t filing for divorce yet,” adding, “He wants to give Megan space and is hopeful they will find their way back to one another. It’s been hard to see her get back out in the dating world, but he is trying to fill his time with his kids and friends.”
June 17, 2020
The next day, Us Weeklyreported that Kelly and Fox were officially dating.“Megan and MGK have gotten more serious and are officially dating and referring to one another as boyfriend and girlfriend,” a source told the outlet. “They’re enjoying spending more and more time together and have a strong connection.”
A source told E! News that this relationship is “new and exciting for Megan” and that she’s spending time with Kelly whenever Brian has the kids. The insider continued, “She has only been with Brian for many years, and this is very different. She’s into it.”
June 23, 2020
More than a month after their first public outing, Fox and Kelly appear to be going strong. The Daily Mail ran photographs of the couple leaving dinner at Soho House in West Hollywood, on Tuesday, June 23. Earlier that day, Kelly shared photos of his and Fox’s matching “Bloody Valentine”-inspired manicures on his Instagram Story, via Us Weekly.
July 17, 2020
The couple was seen at Los Angeles International Airport and spotted sharing a kiss, which The Suncaptured in these photos.
July 22, 2020
Fox and Kelly gave their first joint interview on Lala Kent and Randall Emmett’s podcast, Give Them Lala … With Randall. Randall directed the couple in Midnight in the Switchgrass and Fox recalled her initial thoughts when she discovered Kelly was cast. “I was like, ‘Who is going to play this role?’ And he was like, ‘Oh, we just got Machine Gun Kelly,’ and immediately, I was like, ‘Uh oh,’” Fox said, via Entertainment Tonight.
“Because I knew—I could feel that some wild shit was going to happen to me from that meeting, but I wasn’t yet sure what. I just felt it like, deep in my soul—that something was going to come from that,” she added.
After meeting on set and filming for two days, Fox said she felt an astrological connection between them. “I knew right away that he was what I call a twin flame,” she recalled. “Instead of a soul mate, a twin flame is actually where a soul has ascended into a high enough level that it can be split into two different bodies at the same time. So we’re actually two halves of the same soul, I think. And I said that to him almost immediately, because I felt it right away.”
“I think it was the second day [of filming],” she continued. “I asked him to come into my trailer for lunch, and I put him through all of this astrology stuff. I went deep right away. I knew before I even did his chart, I said to him, he has a Pisces moon. I could tell by his energy.”
All of the astrological talk ensued because the couple got a reading from astrologist Susan Miller during the podcast. Miller said the pair appeared destined to be married, although Fox clarified, “We’re not engaged or anything like that.” But when the astrologist said Kelly was meant to marry someone who is “happy, or it could be a scholar,” he replied, “Yeah, Megan is always really happy.”
July 28, 2020
The pair of more than two months went Instagram official a week later. Kelly was the first to post a photo, sharing a black-and-white mirror selfie of the couple sticking their tongues out. He captioned the picture, “waited for eternity to find you again … 🔪💫❤️🔪” As if that wasn’t passionate enough, Kelly tagged “The Universe” as their location.
August 5, 2020
Fox made the relationship official on her feed the following week. This time, the declaration caused some drama. It all started when Fox shared her own black-and-white mirror selfie of the couple. She sported a bikini, while Kelly opted to go shirtless. “Achingly Beautiful Boy… My heart is yours 🔪♥️🔪” Fox captioned the photo.
And although she disabled comments on the post, that didn’t stop her ex from weighing in. Green copied Fox’s caption, posting his own photos of his four sons, including his three with Fox, on Instagram and Twitter. “Achingly beautiful boys…… My heart is yours,” he wrote alongside headshots of sons Kassius, 18; Noah, 7; Bodhi, 6; and Journey, 4.
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Green’s shade comes two days after he spoke on the Hollywood Raw podcast about co-parenting with Fox. “I think for us…the realization of that we can’t take the view that it won’t affect the kids, because it will,” he said, via E!. “I think it’s up to us, and parents in general, how it affects your kids…whether it’s a really negative experience for them or it’s ok and they feel safe in it and they feel loved…and they feel like, you know, everyone still loves and respects everyone, things are just different. But, it’s not bad different, it’s just different.” He added, “I wish Megan the absolute best in everything. I want her to be completely happy for her and for the kids. That’s super important.”
August 14, 2020
If Instagram didn’t already make things official, then Kelly just did. When the rapper appeared on BuzzFeed Celeb’s Thirst Tweets, he read a tweet from a fan who asked if he’d go out on a date.
“Machine gun kelly I just wanna let you know am free this sunday to go on a date just let me know if ur free sunday cause I am free and would like to take you on a date,” the fan wrote.
Kelly responded: “I’m locked in already right now. No dates for me. Probably ever.”
When another fan wrote, “I would let machine gun kelly suck my toes maybe,” Kelly responded: “Like I said, I’m only sucking one pair of toes.”
August 25, 2020
Fox slyly reacted to her ex’s post while speaking with Entertainment Tonight. “For whatever reason, people are very trigger happy to call me stupid or call me vain or call me a slut, which is crazy. I was in the same relationship for 15 years, you know?” she explained, adding, “It’s bizarre, this image that gets projected onto me that people have just accepted and that’s lived for over a decade and that I never really did anything to earn in the first place.”
August 30, 2020
Green went ahead and gave another update on how he’s feeling regarding his ex’s romance. “I never say never,” he said when asked on an Instagram Live whether he’d reconcile with Fox, via ET. “I kinda feel like people are on paths in life and sometimes your paths are together and you travel that path together and you see eye to eye, and then sometimes paths do different things.”
He was also asked by a fan what his opinion of Kelly was. “I’ve never met him, I have no idea,” he replied, adding, “I can say, yeah, I’ve heard bad stories about him, but I’ve heard bad stories about myself as well and I know most of those aren’t true. As of right now, I have no problem with him at all. I really hope that he and Megan are happy.”
September 10, 2020
Despite the occasional public input from Green, Kelly and Fox’s relationship appears to be going smoothly. “MGK has met Megan’s kids, but Brian is pretty protective of them,” a source told Us Weekly. “Megan and Brian’s relationship is so up and down. They have been coparenting in a healthy way as best as they can.”
However, the insider explained that this four-month relationship wasn’t going faster than in needed to. “MGK and Megan aren’t seriously taking about getting engaged, married or having kids right now and they’re not there yet. It’s too soon for everyone, both of their kids and Brian included,” the source said. “They are definitely super into each other. MGK is obsessed with Megan.”
September 17, 2020
Then the couple shared another milestone from their romance—hearing the song “Bloody Valentine” on the radio for the first time. Megan and Kelly sit in the car together as the song for which they co-starred in the music video plays in the background.
September 23, 2020
Kelly offered another update on his and Fox’s relationship to Howard Stern, telling the host that he “didn’t know what [true love] was until me and her made eye contact,” via E!. “That’s when I was like, ‘Whoa.’”
He elaborated on how falling in love impacted the creation of his latest album. “After I made the big chunk of the album [Tickets to My Downfall] I did fall in love for the first time,” Kelly explained. “That was my first experience with being open to love and stuff like that. I definitely wasn’t set up to believe that that’s something that could ever exist.”
September 25, 2020
The pair made a stir days later, while celebrating the release of Kelly’s album. Peoplespotted Fox and Kelly out for a date night in Los Angeles, which later proved to involve the couple scaling the roof of The Roxy. Kelly posted photos from the evening, including a media request for info about The Roxy scaling, to Instagram.
September 30, 2020
Kelly’s next music video for his song “drunk face” also showcases his love for Fox. In the documentary-style video, there are several clips featuring Fox, including one where the pair shares a kiss for the camera.
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Machine Gun Kelly – drunk face (Official Music Video)
Fox also plugged Kelly’s record on her Instagram feed, lip-synching along to one of her favorite songs from the album.
October 13, 2020
A few days after their last public date night in Santa Monica, new reports emerged that Kelly hadbeen introduced to Fox’s kids. A source told Peoplethat Kelly “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.” The insider added that Fox and Kelly “spend as much time together as they can” and are “doing great.”
Another source spoke to E! about how the couple is “planning their future together” and are “very serious.” The insider explained, “They see themselves as soulmates and life partners. They are taking steps every day to build on that. Machine Gun Kelly has met her kids and is becoming a part of their lives. She wanted to make sure it was going in a serious direction and they both feel very strongly that it is.”
As for their five-month long relationship, the E! News source affirmed, “They are very much in love and excited that they have found one another.”
December 2020
Now that Kelly and Fox have been together for, well, the entire pandemic, things are starting to get serious. A source told Entertainment Tonight that Kelly sees marriage with Fox as something that will happen for them soon.
“MGK and Megan make each other laugh and that’s a big thing for Megan,” the source said. “They keep each other smiling. MGK totally sees marriage in his future with Megan and friends could 100 percent see them getting engaged within the next year.”
The source added, however, that “Megan doesn’t think about getting engaged [or] married and she doesn’t put a timeline in place and it’s not something that really crosses her mind.”
February 2021
Although marriage could very much be in Fox and MGK’s future, a source told Entertainment Tonight that Fox isn’t quite ready for marriage with her “twin flame.”
“An engagement could be in Megan Fox and MGK’s future and same with having kids together. MGK definitely wants both of those things, but Megan is a little hesitant right now. In the meantime, they are constantly laughing together and always have the best time.”
March 2021
The couple made an appearance as they had a date night at the UFC 260 event in Las Vegas. They seemed to notice the cameras on them:
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Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker were nearby:
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Ah, we do love a socially distanced celebrity-couple sighting.
April 2021
A source close to Fox told E! that Fox and MGK “plan to get engaged and married” and that the couple is “very much in love and have a strong and intense relationship…Her divorce is moving along, and they are hashing out custody details.”
For context, a separate source told E! in February that Fox’s ex, Brian Austin Green, was dragging out divorce proceedings. “Brian is definitely not making it easy or doing things quickly,” the source said. “Megan would like to wrap it up and get it finished as quickly as possible, but Brian is not exactly working with her on that.”
May 2021
Kelly and Fox had a big month of appearances—and potentially even bigger private talks about their future. A source told ET that the couple is “doing great,” and that the singer “would marry Megan in a heartbeat.” Fox, meanwhile, was “definitely in love” with Kelly but in no rush for that next step. “[She is] having a great time with where things are at now,” the source said. “She really takes her kids into consideration and knows that taking that next step would be a big adjustment, but it’s not off the table.”
On May 23, Fox and MGK attended the Billboard Music Awards together, where they were seen touching tongues (Kelly had a black tongue), being affectionate in front of the cameras, and just generally showing a lot of PDA.
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Later that week, at the iHeartRadio Music Awards, they wore matching pink outfits. Fox was in a pink Barbie jumpsuit while Kelly matched her with a white suit embellished with a pink butterfly. Their PDA was more restrained this time compared to their previous date’s tongue touching:
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On a photo of Fox on the red carpet at the iHeartRadio Music Awards that Fox captioned “Daddy Issues Barbie,” Kelly also commented, “daddy loves you.”
During Indy 500 weekend, Kelly and Fox made an appearance at Barstool Sports’ party at Grand Park in Westfield, Indiana, where the audience called for Fox to join Kelly onstage.
“She came out after everyone was chanting ‘Megan’ for some time,” a source told E!. “Then she did stay on the stage in the background for the whole song.”
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June 2021
The following month, Fox and Kelly were spotted sharing an intimate PDA moment for all to see. The two shared a kiss near a street in Sherman Oaks. Fox showed off her abs as she wore beige matching crop top and short set. Kelly wore a pink button down with light blue jeans paired with white sneakers.
“MGK would love to start a family with Megan someday, but right now doesn’t seem to be the time in terms of scheduling,” the source told the outlet. “As far as engagement goes, it is likely that this will happen sooner than later, and it has been a topic of conversation without question.”
The source continued, “their schedules are starting to get super busy again, so they just want to make sure that the timing is right since it would be a big step for both them and their families.”
In a separate interview surrounding the release of her movie Till Death, Fox also shared with The Washington Post that she knew MGK was her “soulmate” as soon as they met:
“The first time I looked into his eyes, I was like…‘I know you. I have known you so many times, in so many different forms, in so many different lives.’ She told the publication that “wasn’t expecting it’d be like, ‘God, you are my soulmate,’ instantly.”
October 2021
Fox and Kelly were interviewed by British GQ in October and described their romance as “intense.”
“This is a very intense relationship,” Fox said. “Our souls chose this to absolutely have to face our shadow selves; to face things about ourselves we didn’t want to have to know, that we tried to push away.”
“It should be light [like first love], but also we go to hell with each other,” Kelly added. “It’s ecstasy and agony for sure… I don’t want people to think anything’s perfect with us. I didn’t say it was the darkest fairy tale for no reason. God help you if you would’ve met us last Saturday.”
January 2022
Machine Gun Kelly proposed to Fox under a banyan tree that was apparently pretty significant to their romance, according to a post on Instagram. In the caption, she explained the meaning of the location and admitted that after she accepted his hand in marriage, they drank each other’s blood.
On his Instagram MGK shared a photo of the emerald and diamond ring designed by jeweler Stephen Webster, saying it incorporated both of their birthstones.
In an interview later that month with Vogueduring Dolce & Gabbana’s Milan show, Kelly revealed that the ring is designed so it hurts to take it off.
Kelly explained, “It’s a thoroughbred Colombian emerald, with no treatment. It was just carved into the teardrop, straight out of the mine. And the diamond was directly from Stephen [Webster]. The concept is that the ring can come apart to make two rings. When it’s together, it’s held in place by a magnet. So you see how it snaps together? And then it forms an obscure heart. And you see this right here? The bands are actually thorns. So if she tries to take it off, it hurts…”
“Love is pain!” he added.
February 2022
In February, Machine Gun Kelly made an appearance on The Late Late Show with James Corden to perform “Emo Girl” with Willow Smith. During an interview with the host, he said that he and Fox had been discussing their wedding theme.
MGK said he was “trying to find a spot” that worked for his “artistic” vision of the ceremony and reception. The couple wants to have a “red river” and “gothic” features, so naturally the “location is hard.”
“I change my opinions about things a lot,” MGK explained.
April 2022
Fox posted a loving tribute to MGK for his birthday along with an adorable pic of him giving her a piggyback ride against a glorious pink sunset.
May 2022
The couple celebrated Fox’s birthday together, during which the actress had one special request for her man. In an interview by Entertainment Tonight‘s Denny Directo on the red carpet, Fox said, “My main request is always just no cell phones. So, whatever we do, wherever we go, I just want there to be no phones.”
July 2022
The couple is discussing potentially having more children. Fox has three children with her ex, Brian Austin Green, and MGK has one daughter from a previous relationship. A source told Entertainment Tonight that they are discussing “expanding their family one day.”
“Megan and MGK are pretty much done wedding planning. They are both totally on the same page, which has made things easy for them, but Megan is definitely pulling everything together and has the final say on what goes and what doesn’t,” the source explained. “They are so excited to spend the rest of their lives together, traveling the world, living in complete bliss and harmony, and potentially expanding their family one day.”
October 2022
Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly attended the Casamigos Tequila Halloween party in Beverly Hills wearing a couples costume, dressing up as ‘90s era Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee.
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They based their outfits on the ones that Anderson and Lee wore to the grand opening party for the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas in 1995. Fox was wearing a pink and red latex mini-dress and had her hair bleached blonde and teased up in tall waves. Kelly was wearing a white tank top, black leather pants, a chain and studded belt, and and a jet black ‘do.
November 2022
In November of 2022, Machine Gun Kelly was nominated for a Grammy for his album Mainstream Sellout in the Best Rock Album category. Megan Fox celebrated his success in an Instagram Story, writing, “WOW congratulations to my Grammy nominated fiancé and hottest Edward Scissorhands cosplayer. You work harder than anyone I’ve ever known and are twice as talented. You deserve this.”
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“I actually thought this was the funniest costume,” Morales tells ET’s Matt Cohen about the producers approaching her with the idea to dress up as the “Jennifer’s Body” actress. “To be able to team up with Jerry as my MGK. It doesn’t get any better than that.”
“I thought it was really funny,” O’Connell adds about the idea. “They were like, ‘What if you were MGK and what if Natalie was Megan Fox?’ I thought it was really funny.”
For Morales, the transition involved a little tape and an “instant facelift” to transform the shape of her eyes and contacts to change her eye colour. O’Connell’s transition involved a lot of practice sticking out his tongue and some edgy clothes.
Morales knows that in order to channel Megan, it’s all all about the smoldering look.
“Megan does not like to talk very much, she’s not very expressive,” she says about getting into character. “She’s, you know, she’s very stoic.”
However, both co-hosts had to get used to the big hair transformation.
“It’s not real hair that would cost too much but it’s very close,” Morales says about her new dark tresses. “And it’s gorgeous and I might wear this home.”
For O’Connell, he says whatever he has to do to get into character, he’s all for it.
“I could say something about, like, wigs,” he says. “It’s fun, it’s like, I love them. You know, you do pin these wigs in a little bit. The pain is temporary, but MGK is forever.”
While O’Connell’s wife, Rebecca Romijn, isn’t getting in on the costume with him, he does think MGK and Megan are the perfect costume to keep things sexy.
“It’s a great idea for a costume if you’re a couple because if you’re a brunette, you can wear a blonde wig if your MGK. If you’re blonde, you can wear a brunette wig to be Megan Fox,” he says. “It’s a good couples thing. You can dress a little sexy. People love that on Halloween.”
He adds, “I love those two as a couple. I think they’re really talented.”
O’Connell and Morales’ co-stars also joined in on the Halloween fun. Akbar Gbajabiamila transformed into Shaft, Amanda Kloots was a full ice blonde as “Game of Thrones”’ Khaleesi and Sheryl Underwood was the hot girl coach, Megan Thee Stallion.
“The Talk” Halloween episode airs Monday Oct. 31 on CBS.
Halloween: a holiday for spooky-themed debauchery. Its allure can partly be attributed to its unabashed celebration of our inner children. We’re encouraged to be creative. To carve pumpkins, dress up in costume, and revel in our shared silliness. We show off our interests — from our favorite characters and to our favorite memes — with our elaborate get-ups. Even if you opt for a minimal, last-minute, or outright “sexy” outfit — bunny ears or cat ears included — it’s all about the fun.
Until it isn’t.
Halloween is also a night when people exploit this annual opportunity to dress up and cross a line. Racism reigns as people head to parties in offensive costumes, often including cultural appropriation or even Blackface. With the current alarming rise in public anti-semitism, more than a few Nazi costumes were out this year. And after the success of Netflix’s Dahmer, Jeffery Dahmer costumes are also concerningly abundant. Appalling.
There’s still a long way to go. But in the age of increased awareness, thankfully, we’re seeing less of these costumes in public — or at least on social media. Say what you will about cancel culture, but it makes people think twice before doing something stupid. And for that alone, I am grateful.
This especially applies to celebrities. Hopefully, we’re beyond the days of public apologies for blatantly offensive Halloween attire. But this Halloween, a couple of problematic celebrity costumes fell through the cracks. Now that we’re not distracted by as many celebs in Blackface, I guess we have the opportunity to dissect more nuanced costume faux pas.
Let’s get into it:
First of all, Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly. Hollywood’s most extra couple stepped out as Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee. After the success of the Hulu adaptation starring Lily James and Sebastian Stan, the pair’s fabled romance has been thrust back into the spotlight.
However, there are many things wrong with the Hulu series. For a show supposedly critical of the exploitation of female sexuality, it sure did a bunch of exploiting. The show allegedly examined the media’s power structures that fosters a sexist culture. Yet, those very same structures ignored Anderson’s perspective on the show.
Pamela Anderson was vocally against the show — not wanting to relive that part of her life. Especially seeing it glamorized on screen as some wacky, edgy adventure. And while Anderson herself has done some problematic Halloween costumes, it’s time to untangle her narrative from the media’s portrayal of it.
As if that weren’t bad enough, this revival again branded Pam and Tommy as just another volatile, rock-n-roll relationship. I’m sure you can see why it attracted Megan and MGK. However, what pop culture seems to have forgotten, is that Tommy Lee was convicted of physical assault against Pamela Anderson.
Like many people, MGK and Megan Fox may not have known about the domestic violence in the relationship. And that’s the problem. Rather than prioritizing Anderson’s voice and story, the culture has chosen to highlight a sensationalized version of events. Seems we didn’t learn much from Free Britney.
Excising their relationship’s abusive ending allows the story to live as a glamorized mythos. Ignoring the abuse while capitalizing on Anderson’s trauma reveals that popular culture still has a long way to go.
But Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox were not the only ones who made us cringe with their carelessly conceived costumes.
New couple Billie Eilish and Jesse Rutherford had one of the most controversial costumes of the weekend. The two sparked dating rumors a few weeks ago after being repeatedly spotted together.
Given their 11-year age difference, the internet had some thoughts. How old is Billie Eilish? Eilish is 20 — and turns 21 in December. While Rutherford — best known as the lead singer in The Neighborhood — is 32. Not a great look for the ‘Sweater Weather’ singer, who the internet has since been accusing of grooming.
Well, first of all, I’d compare this more to a Leonardo DiCaprio situation. In that instance, Camila Morrone was 21 and free to make the mistake of dating DiCaprio — a relationship that has now, thankfully, ended. But that didn’t make it any less creepy.
Our culture fetishizes younger women, and Eilish has felt this all of her career. So when older men pursue younger women, especially women in their early 20s whose brains literally haven’t fully developed, we’re right to be suspicious. It’s a concerning dynamic. But while we can be critical, it doesn’t help to infantilize Eilish and her decisions.
People gotta to learn the hard way, I guess.
However, the fledgling couple sparked ire this weekend with their Halloween getups. In an attempt to be self-aware about the gossipy conversations about their relationship, they dressed up as a baby and an old man. Gross.
u201cBillie Eilish and boyfriend Jesse Rutherford dressed up together as a baby and an old man for Halloween.u201d
Their exaggeration of the age difference is a pointed jab at the haters. But inadvertently, it’s making light of grooming as a phenomenon. So disappointing as Eilish has been vocal about the industry’s penchant for grooming. And while she’s free to make her own decisions and pursue her own relationships, this costume choice leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
Like any concerning Halloween costume, this one ignores the larger social context. Downplaying the concept of grooming is not as funny as the pair thought. For any couple, going as a baby and an old man would be really-really disgusting. For this couple, it’s even more layered.
But luckily for us, this Halloweekend was actually full of great costumes, too.
For celebs, Halloween is an extreme sport. Not only do they have the money and resources to put together the most elaborate costumes — they’re also creatives. If anything, it’s their job to think outside of the box and perform! To entertain! To put on a show! And on Halloween, they deliver.
Now, as social media has upped its game, many celebs take their costume reveals as seriously as their baby reveals. They st up professional photo shoot pictures with extravagant sets with special effects and staging. These are a far cry from my blurry costume photos taken halfway through my nights out.
But I love the extraness! The production value! It’s camp!
So, as a palette cleanser, here are some of the best Halloween costumes from this weekend.
Chloe Bailey as Lola Bunny
Kali Uchis as Jessica Rabbit
Hailey Bieber’s Runway Look
The Riverdale Girls as the Hocus Pocus Witches
Kerry Washington as Lionel Richie
Kim Kardashian’s kids as Hip-Hop Icons
Ciara and her daughter as Venus and Serena Williams
Megan Fox is firing back after being questioned about the whereabouts of her three children.
Earlier this week, the 36-year-old actress posted photos of herself on a swing, writing, “Pick me energy 🖤🌙.”
While most of the comments were positive, one fan wrote, “Where your kids at?”
Fox gave a sarcastic response to the mom shamer, writing, “Wait wait wait. I…have kids?!? Oh my god I knew I forgot something!! Quick, someone call the valet at the Beverly Hills Hotel. That’s the last place I remember seeing them. Maybe someone turned them into lost and found.”
Another critic of Fox’s caption wrote, “U know that’s not a good thing, right.” The “Jennifer’s Body” star responded, “Dear. God.”
However, Fox’s fiancé, Machine Gun Kelly, had a playful reaction to her sexy selfie photo shoot, writing, “You’ve corrupted our swing.”
Fox is mom to three sons, 6-year-old Journey, 8-year-old Bodhi, and 10-year-old Noah, with her ex-husband, Brian Austin Green, while 32-year-old Kelly, whose real name is Colson Baker, is dad to 13-year-old daughter Casie. A source told ET over the summer that the couple is open to having children together.
“Megan and Machine Gun Kelly are pretty much done wedding planning. They are both totally on the same page, which has made things easy for them, but Megan is definitely pulling everything together and has the final say on what goes and what doesn’t,” the source said in July. “They are so excited to spend the rest of their lives together, traveling the world, living in complete bliss and harmony, and potentially expanding their family one day.”
“As of now, Megan and Machine Gun Kelly are doing really well regardless of the breakup speculation,” a source told ET last month. “They both have been super busy work-wise, and personally speaking, having kids of their own, they are naturally swamped on that front as well.”
The source added, “All is good between the two of them and they are still making time for each other and their relationship. Their wedding plans are still on, but being as busy as they are, they are taking everything one day at a time.”
