Shia LaBeouf accused of swearing at Fox News host Jesse Watters during past airport lounge encounter

Express Tribune

2 days ago

Actor Shia LaBeouf has been accused by Fox News host Jesse Watters of using offensive language during a past encounter at an airport.
The incident was revisited by Watters during a recent segment of his show, Jesse Watters Primetime, in conversation with filmmaker David Mamet.
Mamet, who is directing LaBeouf in the upcoming film Henry Johnson, was speaking about the project when Watters changed the topic to recount an alleged confrontation.
'Well, Shia LaBeouf told me to go eff myself at a Delta lounge at the airport a couple years ago,' Watters told Mamet, adding, 'So tell him I said 'Hi.' Will you do that for me?' Mamet laughed but did not commit to relaying the message.
Watters previously described the same encounter in 2019 while guest-hosting The Ingraham Angle.
At the time, he claimed the actor had insulted him in front of his family at the Delta Sky lounge, saying, 'The actor Shia LeBeouf or whatever his name is—I think it was him, it looked exactly like him—I walk by and he calls me 'trash' right in front of my kids, you know?' Watters stated he chose not to react at the time.
LaBeouf has not responded publicly to the claims, and there has been no official statement addressing the alleged incident. Mamet, while engaged in the conversation, did not comment on further specifics of the encounter.