" I really , logically understood that if I defend myself this one meter , it ’s never gon na discontinue . "

Brian Austin Green is speaking up about the Megan Fox grooming allegations.

Brian and Megan met on the set of the 2003 ABC sitcomHope & Faith.In the show, Megan played Sydney Shanowski, the daughter of Hope and Charlie Shanowski (Faith Ford and Ted McGinley).

Brian played himself in a Season 2 episode “9021-Uh-Oh.”

At the time, Megan was 18 years old and Brian was 30.

In 2010, they were married inHawaiiand share three children: Noah Shannon, 12, Bodhi Ransom, 11, and Journey River, 8. Their on-and-off-again relationship lasted for 16 years until they officiallycalled it quitsin May 2020. Meganfiled for divorce(a second time) on Nov. 25, 2020.

Dan is now in a relationship with his fiancé,Dancing With the Stars’Sharna Burgess, and they share a two-year-old son, Zane.

On theOldishpodcast hosted by Randy Spelling, Sharna, and Brian, he explained to his fiancé why he never addressed the allegations that he “groomed” Megan.

“I think it comes from my dad," Brian said. “He’s very good at cutting emotion out of something and just being logical in his choices.”

He continued, “I really, logically understood that if I defend myself this one time, it’s never gonna stop. I’m gonna have to defend myself for who knows how long, because people are gonna believe what they wanna believe. So, to me, time is the only thing that regulates that.”

Brian suggested that people closest to him know that the allegations are far from the truth. “People spend more time seeing me not being that way and then they start questioning it and they start going, you know, ‘We’ve seen him for five years. We’ve never once seen him being controlling or hearing any other story from anyone else about.’”

Brian concluded, “It’s the long game of it.”

Listen to thepodcastepisode here.

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