Megan Fox has revealed that she had an ectopic pregnancy years before experiencing a miscarriage.

During an interview with Women’s Wear Daily (WWD), published on 29 November, the 37-year-old actor opened up about experiencing an ectopic pregnancy, which “occurs when a fertilised egg implants and grows outside the main cavity of the uterus”, as noted by the Mayo Clinic. This type of pregnancy cannot proceed normally, since the “fertilised egg can’t survive, and the growing tissue may cause life-threatening bleeding”.

“That experience was so much harder than I would’ve anticipated it being, and I’ve really analysed ‘Why was that? Why was that so difficult for me?’” Fox said. “Because when I was younger, I had an ectopic pregnancy, I’ve had other things that I’m not going to say because God forbid the world will be in an uproar.

“But I’ve been through other similar issues, but not with someone who I was so in love with,” she added, referring to Kelly, whose real name is Colson Baker .Speaking to WWD, Fox addressed how in her new collection of poems, Pretty Boys Are Poisonous, she first shared that she had a miscarriage while pregnant with fiancé Machine Gun Kelly. According to Fox, the experience was made even more difficult because she’d had an ectopic pregnancy years before the miscarriage.

The Jennifer’s Body star went on to describe the pain she felt due to the miscarriage, years after having an ectopic pregnancy. She also acknowledged how those feelings ultimately encouraged her poems.

“And so that love element really made this miscarriage really tragic for me and left me with a lot of grief and a lot of suffering. So I put it into a lot of writing,” she wrote.Fox acknowledged that Kelly has also written about the experience through his music, before specifying that she’s now comfortable openly discussing the miscarriage.