Sharna Burgess Opens Up About Body Image Struggles, Reveals She Contemplated Cosmetic Surgery

In a recent episode of her podcast, 'Old-ish,' Burgess shared her insecurities and how she seriously considered getting breast implants and liposuction

Sharna Burgess is opening up about her struggles with body image. In a recent episode of her podcast, Old-ish, the 38-year-old shared her insecurities and how, at one point, she seriously considered getting breast implants and liposuction.

“Over the years, the only reason I didn’t end up with a boob job in my 20s was because I saw someone get one that was muscular like me and it looked like a bodybuilder,” Burgess said on Wednesday’s episode.

She added: “I was like ‘I don’t want that.’ And it was the only reason why I didn’t. But other than that, I was under this impression that I wanted bigger breasts because other people had them and it was feminine and attractive. Even I was even influenced by these things.”

The Dancing with the Stars alum, who hosts the podcast with her fiancé, Brian Austin Green, then revealed the profound influence her mother had on her due to the negative self-descriptions she often used.

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“My mom is an incredible woman but I heard about her insecurities about her body or her shape my whole life because she’s always had very critical language about herself,” Burgess continued. “She’s always been very tough on herself about lots of things. And I say this with so much deep love but there was always something in a negative tone. I think that imprinted on me, having that negative language about my body.”

Burgess also touched on how the language her mother used influenced her decision to potentially get liposuction. She recalled her mother using a phrase like, "thunder thighs," to describe having larger legs. Even though her mother never directed it at her, Burgess explained that she internalized that language and began discussing these issues with herself.

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“So at some point in my life I was like, ‘Oh, should I get liposuction so I can have the gap between my legs like other people have?' " she said. "My body isn’t built that way. And this is before social media. This was in a time when my mom was my representation of language about her body.”

Burgess — who shares parenting responsibilities for Green’s sons, Noah Shannon, 11, Bodhi Ransom, 9, and Journey River, 7, who are his children from his previous marriage to Megan Fox — emphasized the significance of maintaining a positive language environment around kids.

“I think it’s really important for us to focus on in the home, not just for our kids but for ourselves, is the language we use in the mirror; the language we use around our kids about the way our bodies are changing and forming and shaping,” Burgess said. “Find something beautiful to change that language. Even while you’re internally working on accepting those things about your body.”

In addition to his sons with Fox, Green and Burgess share son Zane Walker, 14 months, and the former Beverly Hills, 90210 star also has a son, Kassius, 21, with ex-girlfriend Vanessa Marcil.

Earlier this month, on another episode of their podcast, Green and Burgess talked about how they co-parent his three sons with Fox. Burgess recalled how she reached out to Fox via text to introduce herself and noted, "I think she really appreciated that starting out with openness."

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