Jay Leno: "...talented young actresses in the world. She's very, very funny and director of? (Jay mis-speaks here) Judd Apatow's new comedy "This is 40" that opens in theatres nationwide on Friday, December 21st. Please welcome... Megan Fox! Now congratulations, you had a baby like this morning, right?"
Megan Fox: "Ya! He will be 3 months (old) on...*blank*...actually."
Jay Leno: "Oh, that's wonderful!...."
J: Congratulations. And it's Noah, what's say his name is? Noah?
M: Yes.
J: Oh, okay. Now see, you were here, what...last February...
M: I was.
J: And...you...were kinda holdin out on me. I was...
M: I was, I was a little bit pregnant when I was here.
J: Yeah, yeah.
M: Um, I was about 2 months pregnant.
J: Yeah, okay. So, you knew you were pregnant.
M: I did know. I was really sick. I was, yeah. I was very nauseous.
J: How can you, you seem fine...that might have just been me. I do that to a lot of guests. I make them...
M: I had pretty bad morning sickness at first. Like, the first trimester was really rough and then I got to about 12 weeks and...
J: Then it was fine?
M: Then it was fine. It was really a perfect pregnancy after that.
J: So, what made the difference? Do you know?
M: I think that's just what happens, right? At the 12 weeks, for whatever reason, your hormones, that first 12 weeks, are really rough on you and I uh...it was so bad for me, actually, that I felt like I was convinced that I was, maybe, birthing a vampire baby because it was like the one from Twighlight. You know what happens to Bella, you know what happens where she's in like cold sweats all the time and I felt like that was happening because I had no vitamin and nutrients and I was just nauseous...
J: I just like that that's your first thought: "You know, I'll bet this is just a vampire baby."
M: Or an alien or something...
J: Yeah
M: Something not human, [is] what's happening.
J: Tell me about pregnancy brain. What is that? This is a term that's fairly new to me.
M: Really?
J: Yeah, I just really haven't heard that.
M: Pregnancy brain is a very very real thing. I had it so bad that Brian wouldn't let me drive anymore. Um, I would do things with my cell phone like I would go to get the juice out of the refrigerator and I would leave my phone in the refrig. Err, refrig...that's not a phrase. That's a weird thing to say. Um, or I would like be walking around the house yelling "Where's my phone?" but it would be in my hand. I don't know if anyone's ever done that. Um, and then I, finally I was driving once and I was talking to one of my friends, and we were at like a yield sign. I was so engrossed in what whe was talking about that I just, I, I stopped driving. And we were in the middle of Los Angeles traffic. Um, and Brian was like, "That's not gonna happen again." I'm gonna drive you everywhere from now on.
J: Wow. I wonder if it's, if it's worse if it's
M: It's dangerous.
J: It's dangerous. It's probably worse if you're a blond. It's even worse then.
M: Right.
J: Yeah
M: Yes.
J: [Laughs] Now, did you have to give up certain things...that...
M: I uh...well, I didn't have to give up alcohol because I'm not a big drinker but you should do that if you're a...
J: Right. Right.
M: If you're pregnant. Um, I gave up sushi. I'm a big fan of sushi.
J: Now, what, what's wrong with sushi? That seems like...
M: Well, the doctors say that mercury is uh, not good for your baby. Your baby can, you know, suffer developmentally if you have too much mercury. And what is weird to me is, you know I was talking to and I was like, God! Do you, are you craving things? Because I'm really craving tuna and I can't eat tuna because of the mercury. And she was like, "Oh, I eat tuna every day when I was pregnant with you." Um, cause they...yeah...they didn't know in the 80's about that. And I was wondering that maybe that's what happened to my thumbs. Why they're so, like shorter.
J: What's wrong with your thumbs?
M: Look at my thumbs.
J: You have short thumbs?
M: I have like weird, yeah. Look at my thumb...they're weird and they're really fat. And there's like a weird knuckle.
J: Now, does that make hitch-hiking difficult?
M: They can't see my thumbs...
J: If they can't see anything. Yeah. Yeah. And I think it's great that a lot of guys are willing to overlook that. You know what I'm saying? See, men...men are not shallow. No. So many guys, you know, you see a girl with little thumbs, "Hey, I'm not going near her." No, that does not, I think that's fantastic.
M: I do too.
J: Now, I'm told you're removing, you're getting rid of your tattoos.
M: Yeah, I mean
J: Well, that's almost gone.
M: I started this one.
J: Okay
M: Well, I haven't done anything to it since the last time I was here because I was pregnant and you can't do lasers and things like that
J: When you're pregnant. Oh, okay. I guess that wouldn't make sense.
M: No, that would be a bad idea.
J: Okay, so but it's coming off...is that my face? What is that on you?
M: It was, it was your head shot [picture of your head].
J: [laughs]
M: Is that weird?
J: Oh I know, was that Marylyn Monroe?
M: It was. It was Marylyn Monroe.
J: And now, what... you're just a huge fan of Marylyn Monroe.
M: I was, I mean. I got it when I was about 19.
J: Okay.
M: You know. Those things. You do those things when you're 19.
J: And is it really, is it really, I'm like, how long does it take? Is it really painful?
M: It's incredibly painful.
J: What's more painful? Labor or the tattoo?
M: I'm gonna go with labor. It's pretty, pretty rough. You can't really compare. I, I, I this and I thought it was incredibly painful. But I thought I did a good job. I had a really high tolerance for pain. A high threshold. And so, I thought that I was going to go into labor and you know, they give you these sheets where they sketch out the faces of a woman in labor for your husband so that he knows when to take you to the hospital, like when it's for real. The first face is a woman, and she's like: "I think I'm having a contraction." The second face, she's slightly more concerned but she's still texting, so don't go to the hospital yet. You're not ready. Then the third face is very serious and she's concentrating and just sorta like "this." And that's when your husbands supposed to get the bag. You get to the 5th face and she's screaming and pulling her hair out and you know you're already supposed to be there by then. But, I didn't go through any of those phases. I just went from zero to phase number 5.
J: Wow! That's...
I, I though I was gonna be tough and the nurses would be like "She's a warrior princess.She doesn't need an epidural. She's amazing. We're such big fans." And as soon as I got out of the car, I was already crying for an epidural. I was asking a security guard for an epidural.
M: so, I'm not as tough as I thought.
L: More with Megan Fox right after this.
L: Welcom back. I'm with Megan Fox. Very funny movie, "This is 40", is what it. Tell us who you play.
M: I play Dezzie. I, I work at Peta and, is it funny already?
L: It, that is funny.
M: I work at Pete and Dezzie's, like a retail store. And, um, they suspect one of their employees of of stealing from them and I'm under suspicion.
L: Right. Right. And you have a new car and all and I'm not gonna give it away.
M: Yeah, you can't. That's the good part.
L: Now John has that rather unusual directing style doesn't he?
M: He does. He will um...you'll be in the middle of this scene and they're constantly sortof writing jokes behind the scenes, behind the camera and so he'll sorta call out, uh... things for you to say and some of them are so bizarre and so random. There's a scene where I'm in a store and my character goes on this tangent and I'm talking about uh this really very elderly man that came in that I was helping. And uh, Judd shouts from behind the camera, he's like, "Talk about how you love his dusky arms." And I was like, "I don't know what it means." I don't know now what it means. I guess that it's...it didn't make it into the movie and that's probably because I didn't sell it very good.
L: See, I'm suprised it didn't make it. Well, he said, he was here, he told me you were sarcarstic. Are you sarcastic?
M: Yeah, I'm sarcastic. I think I had a darker sense of humor before I became a mom. Now I'm a softie.
L: Oh, okay.
M: Yeah.
L: You ever get misquoted? You find that a lot?
M: I, that. Yes. That happens quite a bit. There was one time I was at Comicon, promoting, I think it was "Jennifer's Body", and I was on the red carpet and a journalist asked me if Zach Efron and Robert Pattison were cupcake flavors, which one would you eat? And I said, I would eat Robert Pattison all day long. And that, no one published the question obviously, they just posted the answer like I was walking the red carpet, like compulsively talking about how I wanted to eat Robert Pattison. So, that's an example. That happens to me all of the time.
L: Now, the movie's about turning 40. Where do you see yourself at 40? I mean, it's a long way off.
M: Yeah, it sounds so old to me because, you know, when you're little and your parents are 40 and you think they're so boring and so old and I don't ever wanna be like that so, I try not to think about it so far.
L: Well, you were astounded at how old I was.
M: I can't believe how old you are. It's crazy. 52!
L: I am old enough to be your brother.
M: Yeah. I can't believe they let you work.
L: That's right. I know. Yeah, it's amazing. It's amazing. Thank God. I know, it's my small thumbs. That's what it is. Now, what is this clip, what is this all about?
M: Um, this is a clip of my character, Jason Seagul, and Chris Odow. They are trying to win my hand.
L: Oh, they're both hitting on you.
M: Yeah.
L: Here we go.
Clip: What is your sun sign? Deeper. Oh boy. And that's not good. No sir. That's not good, not for me, that's not good. Sexually, we are completely incompatible. Absolutely, definitely. Right? That is such a shame. Yeah, no...it's as bad as it gets. What is yours? Cancer. Really. Is that good? Wow. What are you doing? Kinda strange. Well, Taurus and Cancers are sorta soul mates of the Zodiac. They're like perfectly compatible and I balance what you lack and you make up for what I lack and a quiet Cancer and a quiet Cancer almost always has a huge penis. [Mumbling]
L: Alright, this is [something] this is Friday. Megan, congratulations on that babies first Christmas. Very cool. We'll be right back with Johnny Manzell right after this.
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