By Rick Gonzales | Published
It should probably go without saying, although we will anyway, that ever since Megan Fox debuted in the 2002 TV series Ocean Ave., she has been one of the most desirable actresses on the planet. While that has nothing to do with her actual acting ability, which has been questioned a time or two, there’s no doubt that she’s pretty good looking. From head to toe, Fox is pure perfection. Almost. Let’s talk about Megan Fox’s thumbs.
DOES MEGAN FOX HAVE DEFORMED THUMBS?
There have been a few names given to Megan Fox’s thumbs. Some call them Club Thumbs, others call them Toe Thumbs. The correct and medical term for them, however, is brachydactyly. This term is pursued for the condition that produces disproportionately short fingers and toes. There are many forms of brachydactyly which as a group include shortened tubular bones in the feet and hands. Fox’s inherited trait is called brachydactyly type D, which is the form that directly affects the thumbs.
The appearance of Megan Fox’s “Club Thumbs” never affected her acting career. After appearing on 132 episodes of Ocean Ave., Fox has moved on to bigger and better things. Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen was her first introduction to feature films which she followed with the television series, hope faith. Fox got her real break in 2007 when she was cast as Mikaela Barnes opposite Shia LaBeouf’s Sam Witwicky, Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and a whole host of Decepticons in Michael Bay. Transformers. So far, there have been no thumb issues with Megan Fox.
Megan Fox, with her thumbs, followed Transformers with How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, which would be a precursor to his early career. She ended up in the Transformers sequel with Transformers: Revengebut it was his mouth (not his thumbs) that ultimately got him kicked out of the Transformers franchise.
Megan Fox (and her thumbs) was set to return for the third time as Mikaela Barnes in Transformers: Dark Side of the Moonbut the actress decided to speak to the British magazine instead Wonderland and share some brutal thoughts on Michael Bay. In the article, Fox said Bay “wants to be like Hitler on his sets” and that Bay is “a nightmare to work for”. To Bay’s credit, he was willing to look past Fox’s comments, but it was executive producer Steven Spielberg who wasn’t going to look past it at all.
“I wasn’t hurt, because I know it’s just Megan,” Bay told PEOPLE at the time. “Megan likes to get an answer. And she does it the wrong way. I’m sorry, Megan. I’m sorry I made you work 12 hours. I’m sorry to have made you arrive on time. Movies aren’t always warm and fuzzy. He just couldn’t give Megan Fox the thumbs up.
Even Shia LaBeouf had to accept Fox’s dismissal. “Criticism is one thing,” he told GQ. “Then there are the public name-calling, which turns into high school bashing. What you can’t do. She started talking bullshit to our captain.
It was Spielberg, however, who made the final decision. According to Bay, “She [Fox] was in a different world, on his BlackBerry. You have to stay focused. And you know, the Hitler thing. Steve [Spielberg] said, “Send her back right away. Apparently, Megan Fox’s thumbs were working overtime on set and not the way superiors wanted.
But all’s well that ends well apparently. Bay said during the GQ interview that was published before dark of the moon created, which he heard from Fox. “She texted me three months ago. She said, “I hope you are well.” I replied, “Who is it?” She says, “Megan, you jerk!” I said, “Oh, well, thank you, I hope you’re well.” When you’re days and months on set, it’s like family. You say rude things and you make up.
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WHAT DOES SHE SAY ABOUT HER THUBS?
Apparently, this somewhat controversial feature doesn’t bother Megan Fox at all. In fact, she doesn’t hesitate to talk about it when the subject comes up. Shortly after being fired from the Transformer franchise, Fox appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jay Leno. During the interview, she was talking about her last pregnancy (she has three children with ex-husband Brian Austin Green) and how she cut out sushi due to mercury risks with raw fish and told Leno, “What’s weird for me is, I was talking to my mom, and she was like, ‘Oh, I ate tuna every day when I was pregnant with you.’ I was wondering if that’s what happened to my thumbs. They’re weird, and they’re really big, and there’s like a weird knuckle.
Clearly, Megan Fox has no problem talking about her thumbs. She even covered the subject for Jimmy Kimmel Live!, telling him about his fascination with palm reading, then comparing his palm and the shape of his hands with Kimmel’s. If anything, however, Megan Fox should know that she’s not alone when it comes to celebs with funky thumbs.
YOU ARE NOT ALONE, MEGAN FOX…THUMBS UP
Megan Fox isn’t the only celebrity with a thumb problem. She may be the most visible, but she is certainly not the only one. Mr. “Taken” himself, Liam Neeson, can be counted as one. Others include Malin Ackerman (The broken child, couple retreat), Sanaa Lathan, Leighton Meester, Vittoria Puccini, Miles Teller and Ashley Tesoro. See? Megan Fox is in good company. In fact, here’s Kevin James hilariously pointing out in one of his silly movies, Zoo keeper, a certain defect of the thumb. You are only required to watch the first 15 seconds or so of the clip.
DOES MEGAN FOX HAVE A DOUBLE THUMB?
Of all the controversies during Megan Fox’s lifetime, this was one that almost (we say that with a wink) derailed her career. It happened a good decade ago when Fox appeared in a Motorola Superbowl commercial. Fox, looking better than ever in a bathtub surrounded by strategically placed soap suds, showed off her Motorola phone and in the close-up of her hand, as she played with the phone, her thumbs looked normal. Fans were quick to point this out, causing immediate “controversy”. Thankfully, fans were finally able to look past Megan Fox’s thumbs and focus on other, more impressive areas of her body.