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Megan Fox says she's a reformed "giant motorcycle-riding lesbian"

Beautiful people can get away with a lot, and if anyone has proven that over the past year, it’s Megan Fox. It seems that every week now, Fox says something so offensive, ignorant or — dare I say — stupid, it’s hard to believe she hasn’t faced any major backlash yet.

Well, let this be a call for that backlash to begin: I am so over you, Megan Fox.

While Fox openly calls herself bisexual, that doesn’t stop her from spreading her bi-phobic views (because that’s really the support we need right now) and, in the July issue of British GQ., letting the lesbian stereotypes fly:

"Really my only job is to look attractive,” Fox told the magazine. “I was so angry about that, that I went in the opposite direction. I turned into a really butch bull dyke for, like, six months ... Then I went in the other direction. From being a giant motorcycle-riding lesbian, I turned into a zombie. I lost, like, 30 pounds."

Do I even need to comment further on that statement? What is wrong with you, Megan Fox? Where do you come from?

This gem of a quote comes just weeks after her brilliant interview with Esquire, where she shared her thoughts on bisexuality, which Dorothy Snarker discussed previously:

“I think people are born bisexual and then make subconscious choices based on the pressures of society. I have no question in my mind about being bisexual. But I'm also a hypocrite: I would never date a girl who was bisexual, because that means they also sleep with men, and men are so dirty that I'd never want to sleep with a girl who had slept with a man.”

While readers vigorously debated Fox’s statement in Snarker’s post, I cannot believe someone who allegedly supports the gay community would say something so stupid! It’s tragic that in a post-Prop 8 America, where Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell doesn’t seem to be going anywhere and where marriage rights refused to queer citizens, someone would openly bash a part of the community they allegedly belong to. Bi-bashing has gotten old, and as much as Fox disdains intellectuals — she should know better.

The GQ comment is one of many Fox has made that has be thinking about what Beth Ditto recently said regarding Katy Perry:

I hate Katy Perry! She’s offensive to gay culture, I’m so offended. She’s just riding on the backs of our culture, without having to pay any of the dues and not being actually lesbian or anything at all.

I would like to forward this statement to Megan Fox: We giant motorcycle-riding lesbians don’t need you.

And while you don’t seem to think you are “a retard” (just another example of Fox using that noggin of hers before talking to a major publication) we think you should read a newspaper once in awhile, or at least the magazines you are quoted in. Then maybe you will see how you really sound.

Sure, she’s kind of hot, but I voted for Portia de Rossi over her in the Hot 100 for many reasons. Being hot only gets you so far.

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  • Melissa Hsu's picture

    Yes!

    Ha, I love it. Another reason not to love Megan Fox. She needs to shut up.
    jUsTRaE's picture

    WHAATTT

    ok people who get offended by stereotypes are usually the ones that fall into them... im not saying megan fox is right to sound completely ignorant but people are entitled to voice thier opinons even if they are wrong..and megan fox will remain ungodly beautiful no matter how ridiculous her comments get i meen if u dont like her dont read her interviews....but im pretty sure you guys will anyway

    RAE

    Melissa Hsu's picture

    Oh, no, no. I am in no way

    Oh, no, no. I am in no way offended...at all. I could care less what she has to say, really. I'm just saying she's making herself sound like an idiot. She's gorgeous, duh...but everytime she opens her mouth...ugh. Not sexy at all. How am I suppose to take her seriously when she's opening her mouth and just saying all these stupid things? Seriously. And yeah, I'm entitled to voice my opinion as well and I just did. And of course, we'll all keep reading her interviews...and we'll all keep complaining.
    Kelsey's picture

    Amen!

    I don't care how smokin' her body is, if there's nothing going on upstairs, she's just not hot to me (no, seriously!).  And of course she's entitled to express her opinions (for that matter, so are Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reily and other intolerancemongerers) but that doesn't mean that our community should put up with it. She is in a position of influence in the straight community that she could use to encourage compassion towards us LGBT folks, and instead she validates the small-minded opinions that dominate the world at large.
    Melissa Hsu's picture

    =D

    AMEN!
    lacey2008's picture

    She would be a great

    She would be a great motorcycle model. All you have to do is strap on some tank bags and you are good to go. Sit her on the motorcycle, and that will be one hot looking motorcycle. I know a lot of boys I hang out with would want to buy it.
    Lowell's picture

    ungodly beautiful

    until she gets old. then what will she have?
    gigi's picture

    exactly

    do we even need another reason??

     

    by far my most hated "celeb" ever to grace the earth,

    and I shall maturely say, I really really hope she falls into a hole of some description. 

    JustBunches's picture

    wow...

    She should really stop opening her mouth already. I don't know what to say...it's a shame.
    shortypants's picture

    Megan Fox>>

     

    I never thought that girl was hot. She's just so...obvious! There's just nothing about her I find particularly attractive and after reading some of her interviews, I have even MORE reasons not to dig her.

    Give me Meshell Ndegeocello any day!

    Lowell's picture

    agreed

    she's pretty, but in that traditional, commercial, boring way.
    Melissa Hsu's picture

    Honestly...

    ...I'm less offended about what she said (someone get her a handler, for Christ's sake) and more offended that people find her (herself included) to be that attractive.

    I don't know. Maybe I'm missing something. But she looks plastic-y and porn-y to me. 'Beautiful' just isn't the first word that enters my mind when someone mentions Megan Fox.

    Moleskine dreams

    Thane McAllister's picture

    ...i agree...

    ...while M.F. (hehe) is undeniably sexy, she is not beautiful; americans always confuse these two words. She DOES look like a porn star (albeit a well-polished/un-skanky porn star, but a porn star nonetheless). Arg! i get it, i really do; she is so obviously gay and wants to deflect from her homosexuality by making herself seem as unattractive to the lesbian community as possible...she never smiles and when she does i feel like she's going to make fun of armless children...make no mistake, i still wanna rok her sox, and it's a free county she can say whatever the fuck she wants but...why say stupid things when you don't have to...


    ***No, you came out wrong...shut it DOWN!***

    G's picture

    WTF!

    You have got to be kidding me. Yeah, that does it for me folks.

     I know that everyone is allowed to speak their mind, but I just can't belive that she doesn't think about the impact that she is having when she speaks.

    Oh well...I'll just spend more time looking and Ruby Rose :-)

    JustBunches's picture

    What a mess...

    She just keeps having verbal diarrhea all over the place. Doesn't anyone tell her how stupid she sounds?
    femlesh's picture

    verbal diarrhea ^^

     

    ... you just made my day. Soooo funny.

    rainbowshy's picture

    oh soo funny

    verbal diarhea?!! made my day as well just bunches
    Melissa Hsu's picture

    Really?

    What an idiot.
    i want an athlete!'s picture

    Megan Fox

    "Really my only job is to look attractive”. 

    No shit. I doubt anybody would pay her to do anything else but be attractive. If so, she would miserably fail and probably be fired. Quickly.

    Also, there is some ambiguity in her statement. Was she a lesbian who rode giant motorcycles, or was she a giant lesbian who rode motorcycles? 

     

    Cody's picture

    Giant Lesbian

    LMAO
    Bente's picture

    It's better to shut up and

    It's better to shut up and let people think you're stupid, than to speak and remove all doubt.

     

     

    LT's picture

    I agree...for some people

    I agree...for some people its better to be seen and not heard!!! wow

     

    "be yourself because the people that mind dont matter and the people that matter dont mind"

    Traci's picture

    HAHA

    Took the words right out of my mouth!
    GrrrlRomeo's picture

    That Beth Ditto Quote?

    "I hate Katy Perry! She’s offensive to gay culture, I’m so offended. She’s just riding on the backs of our culture, without having to pay any of the dues and not being actually lesbian or anything at all"

    Beth Ditto didn't say this, but The Gossip's Drummer, Hannah Billie, did.

    Over Megan Fox. Really. She's not hot. I'm sure plenty of people will continue to think she is though.

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    swandiver's picture

    I never really got the whole "hotness" thing for her anyway.

    I mean, she's attractive enough but I don't know what all the hype is about.  The only movies I've ever seen her in are "Transformers" and "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People".  Both were small parts and in both she was competent but pretty unremarkable.  All in all, she's really just kinda bland.

    But this is not entirely her fault.  I'm gonna have to agree with Sandra Bernhard on this and say that this new crop of stars has yet to produce any truly iconic figures so magazines are settling for the ramblings of Megan Fox.

    www.swandiver.wordpress.com

    "Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained" - William Blake

    Salma's picture

    oh nooo....

    Megan Fox is making it really hard for me to like her.. :(

    She should just keep her pretty little mouth shut before she gets in a whole lot of trouble.

    I guess being insanely gorgeous is just not enough, .. and her ignorance (stupidity)  is covered up by labeling her as an "out-spoken" person. When she's really just babbling out nonsense .  

     

    ahhhh... what a shame :((((((


    Becca's picture

    eh I've never really liked

    eh I've never really liked her ever.

    I like Katy Perry though. 

    clairey's picture

    Still like her

    Nope that doesn't do it yet for me, I still like her. I don't think this was meant to be offensive and plus, they way she put it was being a butch bull dyke was the opposite direction of what hollywood wants her to be, a clueless barbie doll. I don't think it was meant to mean the opposite of attractive or whatever. As every starlette she's made into a barbie, but she admits she hates it (or used to hate it at the very least).
    rusty_tiffany's picture

    arg.

    i like megan fox, she's totally my type physically and i can't help it, but i really wish she would just keep her mouth shut and look pretty. she's much more likable that way, and she said herself her only job is to look hot anyway. so please, megan, just shut the hell up!!
    eme's picture

    bored of fox watch

    That girl is just one self tan away from pumpkin.
    Divine Crazy Lady's picture

    LoL

    Dear Megan. I urge you to invest in a gag ball. For your sake and ours also.

    gag ball

    That one looks kinda pretty.

    If you do not like this one,  there are other models out there, different colors etc.

    See...

    gag balls

     

     

    For your mouth I would recomend something more hardcore.

    If thats not of your liking, maybe try getting some brain/mouth filter.  But please, I beg you, STFU!

    brackishtea's picture

    One of the best posts ever..

    You featured a love *s&m* item I enjoy and the fact that she needs to where them...

    You must be a fun fun fun person! I need friends like you..seriously.

    Melissa Hsu's picture

    hahaha

    of course that's what she needs! i wonder how she'll look like...

     "For your mouth I would recomend something more hardcore". hilarious.. 

    change4me's picture

    mmm...

    something tells me she might already have one of those. as well as nipple clamps, whips, chains. and leather butless chaps.
    Ashley Maile's picture

    I for one would not want

    I for one would not want to see one of those things in her pretty mouth! 

    "There would be no black and white, the world would just treat my wife right. We could walk down in Mississippi, and no one would look at us twice. That's my dreamworld." - Dreamworld by Robin Thicke

    Pheme's picture

    Not a big deal

    I have a feeling that quote was taken out of context.  It sounds like she was saying that no one was giving her any good acting parts - and that she was only being told to look hot, and not given respect for her acting skills and/or brain, and that it offended her.

    I don't really get what is so offensive about what she said.  She said she turned into a big motorcycle-riding lesbian in response to that attitude.  I know more than a couple of older lesbian women who have said the same kind of thing when thinking back to their initial coming out period.  It's not like she was talking about butch bulldykes as being freaks - she was saying that she had been one, and then that she lost 30 pounds to be in this new film of hers. 

    Personally, I don't get the hoopla, but I suspect it has something to do with the way she now looks - totally unstereotypically bulldyke - totally not stereotypically queer. 

    Paraphase's picture

    I agree with it not being a

    I agree with it not being a big deal. I also don't see how this comment was biophopic like her last comment was. Considering society's sexist standards on attractiveness for women a motorcycle-riding lesbian bulldyke would be the right way to go if your trying to be defiant. It would be defiant not because motorcycle-riding lesbian bulldykes are unattractive but because their the opposite of what mainstream society want women to look like.
    TabulaRasa's picture

    This might be...

    ...a stupid question, but what is so hot about Megan Fox? I don't get it... at all.
    Melissa Hsu's picture

    wth!

    ok i'm blonde and i have several blonde moments in a day but this chick is way worse than me! she honestly needs to shut her mouth fast and just leave it shut. she lost all her appeal to me very quick.
    Lunakiss's picture

    I Have To Agree With You Pheme About Megan Fox's Quote ...

    taken out of context.  I reread that statement a few times. Deciphering  her words it looks like it was taken out of context.  I'm not buying she said it like that.  GQ is really making her look so bad. I think they want Lesbian/Bi womyn to completely hate her.  If I was Megan Fox, I would contact the idiot who misquoted her for some flare and attention. They are competing against Esquire.

    I still don't think overall she's all of that;however, I think she should had been quoted right.

    These new celebs will learn to stop talking to mainstream press.  They only want the celeberities to look bad.  Then again I don't know if Megan is cool enough to care about how she looks on print.

    KanyeKane78's picture

    I don't think she's attractive.

    I don't think that Megan Fox is the least bit attractive. Never have, never will. Like someone said early she is very.. plastic looking. I would be surprised to find out that she has never had plastic surgery. If you go back and watch her on "Hope and Faith" (that horrible Kelly Ripa sitcom, that I am not going to lie, I found slightly amusing.) she looks like a totally different person now. It's actually unsettling how different she looks (at least in my opinion.) Plus, she keeps talking about how her job is to just look pretty and how actresses are basically prostitutes (she really said that, I don't make this stuff up.) Well, I hate to break it to her, but that is only true for the actresses who can't act and are only famous because the majority of males in America find them attractive.. like *cough* Megan Fox *cough*. This girl is not going to win an Oscar anytime soon. Her fame is fleeting, just like her "beauty". 
    Model through it's picture

    There's a blog dedicated to all the dumb things she says/does.

    FUMeganFox

    "There is homophobia in every corner and pocket of this world, but at the core ... you just love someone and want to make mixedtapes for them" -Sara Quin

    lenageek's picture

    Hot with no brains

    ...equals unattractive in my opinion.

    brackishtea's picture

    Let's be serious...

    Does anyone take Megan Fox seriously?

    I don't, it's really hard to when crap like that comes out her mouth.

    KanyeKane78's picture

    I have the sneaking

    I have the sneaking suspicion that Megan Fox is the only one who takes Megan Fox seriously lol 
    brackishtea's picture

    Thank you!

    I have a feeling each time she does an interview she looks in the mirror and says:

    "Megan, what you spew onto the earth is utter brilliance!!!!! Brains, beauty, and a size 0 ass, take that Scarlett...bitch...sexy bitch who married that guy DAMMIT!"

    *Laughs evily while flipping her hair*

    I mean with Jessica Simpson the things she said were umm interesting but I felt it was for the show being dumb and blonde which I guess is ADORABLE in the American public. What Megan says *face palm*, I don't know I'm starting to think she doesn't give a shit, lmao!

    As for her being a "giant motorcycle-riding lesbian" well I was a one too but discoverd red pumps and lipstick...lots of lipstick! *rolls eyes*

    KanyeKane78's picture

    Haha isn't that the problem

    Haha isn't that the problem with all butch lesbians? They just haven't discovered lipstick yet... lol 
    mcfutch's picture

    Eww...

    I agree with what's already been said. No one cares about anything this "Doucheappotamus" says. Let's focus on people with substance for a change...we can believe in!
    SophiaBlueEyes's picture

    Whilst i see where all the

    Whilst i see where all the negativity comes from, i have to say that i like how, whilst open about her bisexuality (ha! scandal! who'd have thunk it - sexual deviance in hollywood!), she is just as airheady and bimbo-ish as any "rising star" they churn out. so in a way, thank goodness for that. she fits the stereotype of a starlet so perfectly that actually in a way it's a wonderful development that her sexuality is no longer a negative issue in her mainstream rise to fame. it's just another thing she can be an idiot about and produce such ludicrous and, ultimately, only self-damaging statements along the lines of such gems as mariah carey's "Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean, I'd love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff..." Brilliant! Long live celebrity stupidity, regardless of its misguided origins!

    RWL's picture

    Megan Fox...

    I wonder if her agent prays every time an article is due out of hers... "please god, please let her not have said something stupid that I'm gonna have to fix later on." 

     

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