Star Megan Fox Disses Ellen Degeneres? Praised For Replacing Zooey Deschanel On “New Girl” [Watch]
Megan Fox recently appeared on "The Ellen Degeneres Show," after appearing for the first time as a temporary replacement for Zooey Deschanel in the hit TV comedy, "New Girl." [Watch the video below].
Megan Fox, who is about to turn 30 this May, talked to Ellen about her fears of aging.
"When you're young, that sounds so old," the "Ninja Turtles" actress said. "When you're in high school or even when you're in your early 20s, it still sounds like, 'By the time I'm 30, I should just give up.' What's the point of going on at that age?"
Fox went on to say, "And then you turn 30 - I'm turning 30 later this year - you don't feel any older at all."
Ellen Degeneres, who is 58 years old, offered her take on the subject.
"I agree with you," DeGeneres said. "Because when I was younger, I would think somebody 50, 60 years old was, you know, just like..."
"In a hospice?" Megan Fox chimed in, which slightly threw Degeneres off her train of thought.
"I'm just saying!" the "New Girl" actress quickly said, trying to recover. "When you're young, that's what you think."
"I wouldn't go that far," Degeneres said, laughing along. "but certainly close to going to a hospice, yes."
While Megan Fox might have meant no offense on her quip, a journalist slammed the "New Girl" actress, accusing her of "ageism."
"It's a microaggression, a seemingly harmless expression often made without malicious intent that nonetheless speaks to our underlying attitude about people as they age," Ann Brenoff wrote for Huffington Post.
Despite this, Megan Fox seems to be gaining praise over her first appearance on "New Girl" as a temporary replacement for Zooey Deschanel, who had to go on maternity leave.
"It shouldn't be surprising that Fox slides into this world without any difficulty," the Hollywood Reporter said of the actress' introduction in the series. "When she's given good dialogue, Fox is funny, and her character has an accurate and reductive perspective on how predictable the flatmates have become that the writers would be wise to heed."
