Shia LaBeouf, for the first time, talked openlyAbout the abuse allegations brought against him, calling himself on Friday’s Jon Bernthal podcast “Real Ones” a “pleasure-seeking, selfish…human being.”
“No matter what the case is, my job as your friend is to, in whatever way you allow me to or you allow me to be a part of that process is to make sure, 1) you never do it again,”Bernthal spoke to LaBeouf. “2) that you’re in a healthy process and number three, that I’m a support system for why you’re going through that. For people who support you and love you. What do you want to say to them?”
“I hurt that woman,”LaBeouf spoke in a Podcast excerptInstagram. “And in the process of doing that, I hurt many other people, and many other people before that woman. I was a pleasure-seeking, selfish, self-centered, dishonest, inconsiderate, fearful human being.”
He continued, “I f—ed up bad. Like crash and burn type s—. [I] hurt a lot of people, and I’m fully aware of that. And I’m going to owe for the rest of my life.”
He didn’t name musician FKA Twigs, who brought allegations against him in 2020.
She spoke out about her former boyfriend’s sexual battery and fostering of an abusive relationship in a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles as well as an InterviewThe New York Times. FKA Twigs dated LaBeouf for one year, after they met on the set. “Honey Boy”He was a star in (2019).
LaBeouf was the subject of the lawsuit. “relentless abuse”The musician’s real name is Tahliah Dett Barnett. She was also accused of inflicting emotional distress upon her, and also of knowingly giving her a sexually transmitted virus while they were together in 2018.
Barnett and the lawsuit both described an incident that occurred while driving through the desert. LaBeouf pulled over on the highway, unbuckled his seat belt, and threatened to drive the car into the sand if she did not confess her love for the man. Barnett said that LaBeouf pulled over at a gas station, assaulted her, threw her against the car, and then forced her back in the car.
LaBeouf sat downRecent conversation with Bishop Barron about acting and his upcoming role “Padre Pio”He also spoke out about his conversion to Catholicism, which has allowed him to confront this part of his history.
“I walked into this – my life was on fire,” LaBeouf said of his taking the role of Padre Pio in the Abel Ferrara’s film. “I was walking out of hell. It wasn’t like I willingly came in here on a white horse singing show tunes. I came in here on fire, and I didn’t want to be an actor anymore. My life was a complete mess, and I had hurt a lot of people. I felt deep shame and deep guilt. I didn’t like to go outside much.”
