Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen helmer Michael Bay has told the media (and everybody) to give Megan Fox "a break."

"It’s just, she’s young," Mr. Bay tells USA Today, "she only…23? It’s just hard. I’ve traveled around the world with her and she’s just like this world symbol now, you know?"

Mr. Bay also downplays the rumor that he's going to kill her off in Transformers 3. "No, no, no," he says. "She’s got a great part in Transformers 3."

He also notes that he is currently working on a script for the upcoming film but did not mention Ehren Krueger, who is the last remaining writer from the trio that wrote Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen after Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman decided they would not return.

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