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Topics: Film and TV, Megan Fox, Social Media, Health, Celebrity
Callum Jones
Topics: Film and TV, Megan Fox, Social Media, Health, Celebrity
Fans of Megan Fox are just noticing the Transformers actor has a bizarre condition known as 'murderer's thumb'.
The 38-year-old is regarded as one of the best actors on the planet - starring in various successful projects over the years.
But with that success comes an awful lot of online trolls, and Fox hasn't been afraid to shy away from these in the past.
While she is regarded as a sex symbol, Fox's thumbs have also been a talking point among social media users for most of her career.
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Speaking to Sports Illustrated for the 2023 swimsuit edition, she said: “I don’t know why people are so fascinated by my thumbs.
“Like, I never thought that was a weird thing or an embarrassing thing. They’re just kind of short. Is it really that crazy?”
Fox then went on to explain that her unique thumbs were down to brachydactyly, a genetic condition that causes someone's fingers or toes to be shorter than average.
There's also a non-scientific term for the condition known as 'murderer's thumb', though the condition provides some downsides aside from its freakish name.
Fox has spoken about in the past how the shorter-than-average fingers leads to some compelling significance in the practice of palm reading.
“It’s known in palmistry as a ‘murderer’s thumb’. Because they say the shorter this area from the knuckle to the tip of the finger is - especially the thumb - correlates to how short your temper is,” Fox added.
Fox very much doesn't fall into this category however, with the actor stating ‘it takes a lot’ for her to ‘lose [her] temper’.
While many point out her thumbs, the model said she has way more interesting imperfections to speak about.
She continued: "I think I have tons of other flaws that are way more interesting than my thumbs. I don’t know why people focus on that. I don’t know."
Many have just noticed Fox has the condition, with one person penning on Twitter: "Thumb got transformed."
Fox has previously admitted to having ‘a lot of deep insecurities’ after having an ‘awareness’ and ‘obsession’ with her body ever since she was little.
During a joint interview Machine Gun Kelly in 2021 for British GQ Style, Fox said: "Yeah, I have body dysmorphia. I have a lot of deep insecurities.
"We may look at somebody and think, ‘That person’s so beautiful. Their life must be so easy’. They most likely don’t feel that way about themselves."