On the set of Transformers, she was made to parade around in outfits – “white-jean shorts, a pink belly-shirt, motorcycle boots” – for five gruelling hours in front of Bay, co-stars Shia Labeouf and Ramon Rodriguez, and two other actors.

In 2009, she told Wonderland magazine that the direction Bay gave her on the set of Transformers was “be hot”. “I’ve had that note on set before… I’ll say, ‘Who am I talking to? Where am I supposed to be looking at?’ And he responds, ‘Just be sexy.’ I get mad when people talk to me like that.”

In that same interview Fox likened Bay to “Hitler” and was promptly fired from the third Transformers film. (She was replaced by Rosie Huntington-Whiteley). According to The Daily Beast, Bay asked the crew on the set of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, to write a blistering open letter calling Fox “dumb-as-a-rock”, “Ms. Sourpants” and “the queen of talking trailer trash and posing like a porn star.”

“We’ve had the unbearable time of watching her try to act on set, and yes, it’s very cringe-able. So maybe, being a porn star in the future might be a good career option,” the letter read. “Maybe she will learn, but we figure if she can sling insults, then she can take them too. Megan really is a thankless, classless, graceless, and shall we say unfriendly bitch. It’s sad how fame can twist people, and even sadder that young girls look up to her. If only they knew who they’re really looking up to.”

This letter was written in 2009. Fox was 23.

Why does the world think it’s OK to slut-shame Megan Fox?