Megan Fox is optimus primed for a comeback after the world realised she deserves better from Hollywood and a massive apology from the rest of us.

On Monday, the Transformers star responded to a viral Twitter post over the weekend that resurfaced a disturbing interview with Jimmy Kimmel in which the host laughs off how she was hypersexualised as a teenager and demeaned by director Michael Bay.

Despite the directors well-documented track record of sexist behaviour , Fox is calling for him to be spared in the reckoning for the ruthlessly misogynistic industry.

While Fox said that she greatly appreciate[s] the outpouring of support, however belated it may be, she called for fans to direct that energy elsewhere, while clearing up some misconceptions about her working relationship with Bay.

I know that a discussion has erupted online surrounding some of my experiences in Hollywood and the subsequent mishandling of this information by the media and society in general, Fox wrote in a statement on Instagram. I do feel I need to clarify some of the details as they have been lost in the retelling of the events and cast a sinister shadow that doesnt really, in my opinion, belong. At least not where its currently being projected ...