Shia LaBeouf says he ‘wronged’ his father by depicting him in ‘Honey Boy as an abuser’

Shia LaBeouf has retract the portrayal of his father that he made in his autobiographical film “Honey Boy,”It can be called “f—ing nonsense”That “wronged”His father.

LaBeouf plays the role of a child actor in the 2019 film. It was made as therapy for LaBeouf who was in rehab several years prior.

During his recent appearance on Jon Bernthal’s “Real Ones” podcastEmmy winner at 36 years old denounced this depiction. According to People.

“Here’s a man who I’ve done vilified on a grand scale,”He stated.

“I wrote this narrative, which was just f—ing nonsense,” LaBoeuf said. “My dad was so loving to me my whole life. Fractured, sure. Crooked, sure. Wonky, for sure. But never was not loving, never was not there,” LaBeouf said. “He was always there … and I’d done a world press tour about how f—ed he was as a man.”

“’Honey Boy’ is basically a big ‘woe is me’ story about how f—ed my father is, and I wronged him,”The actor continued. “I remember getting on the phone with him, and him being like, ‘I never read this stuff in the script you sent.’ Because I didn’t put that s— in there.”

“Honey Boy” was directed by Alma Har’el. It stars Noah Jupe, Lucas Hedges, and is about a young actor, Otis Lort. He must overcome childhood traumas, fame early on, and carry the weight of many generations. Natasha Lyonne stars alongside Maika Monroe and Martin Starr as well as Clifton Collins Jr., Laura San Giacomo, and Byron Bowers.

“My dad never hit me, never,” LaBeouf said. “He spanked me once, one time. And the story that gets painted in Honey Boy is, this dude is abusing his kid all the time.”

LaBeouf stated that his dad has never spanked him, except when he was caught with his hands in a cigarette as a child.

“I turned the knob up on certain s— that wasn’t real,”He stated.

“So, when I got on the phone with him, I took accountability for all of that and knew very clearly that I couldn’t take it back,”The actor was also added. “And my dad was gonna live with this certain narrative about him on a public scale for a very long time, probably the rest of his life.”