Vanessa Marcil, Brian Austin Green’s Ex, Speaks Out Against ‘Stupid’ Criticism of Megan Fox by Social Media Users

Vanessa Marcil and Megan Fox both share children with former ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ actor Brian Austin Green

Vanessa Marcil (left); Brian Austin Green; Megan Fox.

Megan Fox still has Vanessa Marcil in her corner.

On Sunday, May 5, Marcil — an actress known for her work on Beverly Hills, 90210 and the soap opera General Hospital — shared a lengthy Instagram post criticizing people who she has interacted with on the social media platform for vitriol aimed at Fox.

“FEMALE TRIBE – Are we really still out here saying STUPID, TRANSPARENT (jealousy) s— about each other? Tearing each other down? Calling each other w—-???? 🥱 How many men do y’all know who AREN’T w—- if given the chance????” Marcil wrote in a caption, as she displayed screengrabs of interactions with a user who claimed that Fox “jumped from guy to guy” in her romantic life.

“What do women do when men cheat? They stay with them. If the man is rich? They will even idolize him,” Marcil continued in her caption. “While you are out fighting other women, PUBLICLY tearing other women down and standing up for/dead beat men? Men are laughing at us and still ruling the world. They are having us do all of the heavy lifting around raising their kids AND They are Cheating on you literally or they are addicted to porn while NOT standing for you to have basic human equal rights.”

Both Marcil, 55, and Fox, 37, share children with another 90210 alum, Brian Austin Green. Marcil and Green, 50, welcomed son Kassius Lijah, 22, in 2002, while Fox and Green share three sons from their 16-year relationship.

Vanessa Marcil (left); Brian Austin Green; Megan Fox.

Marcil has shown vocal support for Fox several times on social media since Fox and Green split for good in 2020. On Instagram on May 5, Marcil extended that support beyond Fox alone and implored all women to “stand with other women.”

“We are still the minorities,” she added in her caption. “Ask yourself – Do you give the same grace to women as you do our men? Think before you answer… and answer honestly.”

Megan Fox on Feb. 18, 2024 in Santa Monica, Calif.

Marcil and Green dated in the 1990s while they both acted on 90210; they even got engaged in 2001, but the pair split in 2003, some time after Kassius’ birth.

Meanwhile, Fox and Green met in 2004 while acting on the ABC sitcom Hope & Faith. They got engaged in 2006 and married in 2010; their relationship lasted until 2020, though they did temporarily separate in 2015, as PEOPLE reported at the time. Fox officially filed for divorce from Green in November 2020; she began dating Machine Gun Kelly that same year.