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13-05-2025
- Entertainment
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Shia LaBeouf Has Shut Down Claims That He Shaded Timothée Chalamet In A Recent Interview By Sharing Their Bizarre 2023 Email Exchange
Earlier this week, Shia LaBeouf faced the wrath of Timothée Chalamet fans after he was accused of throwing shade at the actor during a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter. In the profile, Shia discussed how he was fired from the 2013 Broadway play Orphans after he clashed with his co-star Alec Baldwin. If you didn't know, Shia has always been a pretty big advocate for method acting, and slept in Central Park in preparation for this role. Discussing his drive for artistic excellence, the actor said: 'Man, I've been searching for a long time. I'm really, like, a pure actor. When I was young, I didn't think that I required much help to do what I do. I was completely narcissistic and fearful and had a lack of trust.' 'I've been under the tutelage of a lot of dudes who tried to mentor me, but I just didn't trust them, or didn't like what they made or whatever,' Shia concluded. Explaining that finding Catholicism has changed him in recent years, Shia insisted: 'Me and Alec would never have these problems now. But I was an island.' He then said: 'Then I hear Timothée Chalamet get up and he says something like: 'I want to be great.' I so know the feeling. On him, it's cute. On me, it wasn't cute. You know what I'm saying?' This was an obvious reference to Timothée's recent Screen Actors Guild Awards acceptance speech, where he told the crowd: 'I know we're in a subjective business, but I'm really in pursuit of greatness. People don't usually talk like this, but I want to be one of the greats. "I'm inspired by the greats. I'm inspired by the greats here tonight. I'm as inspired by Daniel Day-Lewis, Marlon Brando, and Viola Davis as I am by Michael Jordan and Michael Phelps, and I want to be up there." Related: "All We Did Was Look In His Direction": People Are Opening Up About The Worst Celebs They've Ever Encountered, And I Did NOT Expect To See Some Of These Names Needless to say, some interpreted Shia's comment to be a swipe at Timmy. However, on Tuesday, Shia seemingly responded to this backlash by sharing a screenshot of an email exchange that he'd had with Timothée in October 2023 as he insisted to his X followers: 'we been good.' Related: From Florence Pugh To Zoë Kravitz, Here's All The Celebrities Who Rocked Sheer Or Naked Dresses If you're wondering, it was Timothée who instigated the online conversation after he seemingly saw Shia in the play Henry Johnson at the Electric Lodge in Venice, California. With the subject line 'Electric,' the Oscar-nominated actor could not hide his adoration for Shia as he wrote: 'Absolutely blown away by your work the other night. Totally electric, totally present at every turn, king of your kingdom even if that kingdom is a miserable 4x4 prison cell.' 'What a fantastic play. I hope you guys take it to New York,' he went on. 'And I hope this is the beginning of your work on stage and not an anomaly !! Timothée.' Shia replied to the email the following day, writing: 'Thank you doggy, Every blessing to you, Fun watching you evolve, Take ownership, Bang bang.' Captioning the screenshot in a tweet, Shia added: ''If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken, twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,' Timothée Chalamet is doing better work than anyone alive - we been good.' X @thecampaignbook / Via Shia is set to appear in court on Sept. 29, 2025 after his ex-girlfriend FKA Twigs accused him of assault, sexual battery, and infliction of emotional distress over the course of their relationship. Twigs first filed the lawsuit in 2020, but the court case has been pushed back twice. Shia denies all of the allegations against him. More on this FKA Twigs Discussed Her Abuse Allegations Against Shia LaBeoufEllen Durney · March 15, 2024 Timothée Chalamet Did Something Many Actors Are Afraid To Do In His Unconventional Acceptance Speech At The SAG Awards, And People Are Seriously ImpressedEllen Durney · Feb. 24, 2025 Here Is Everything You Need To Know About The Olivia Wilde And Florence Pugh Feud Rumors After Shia LaBeouf's Shocking ExposéStephanie Soteriou · Sept. 1, 2022 Olivia Wilde Said She 'Doesn't Feel The Need' To Deny Those Feud Rumors After Florence Pugh Skipped The 'Don't Worry Darling' Press ConferenceStephanie Soteriou · Sept. 5, 2022 Also in Celebrity: Can You Guess Who These Terrible Celebrity Wax Figures Are Supposed To Be? Also in Celebrity: 23 Celebrity Sex Secrets I Could've Gone My Entire Life Not Knowing, And Yet Here We Are Also in Celebrity: 28 Celeb Facts That Feel Like They're Made Up But Are Shockingly Real
Buzz Feed
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Shia LaBeouf Shares Timothée Chalamet Email Exchange
Earlier this week, Shia LaBeouf faced the wrath of Timothée Chalamet fans after he was accused of throwing shade at the actor during a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter. In the profile, Shia discussed how he was fired from the 2013 Broadway play Orphans after he clashed with his co-star Alec Baldwin. If you didn't know, Shia has always been a pretty big advocate for method acting, and slept in Central Park in preparation for this role. Discussing his drive for artistic excellence, the actor said: 'Man, I've been searching for a long time. I'm really, like, a pure actor. When I was young, I didn't think that I required much help to do what I do. I was completely narcissistic and fearful and had a lack of trust.''I've been under the tutelage of a lot of dudes who tried to mentor me, but I just didn't trust them, or didn't like what they made or whatever,' Shia that finding Catholicism has changed him in recent years, Shia insisted: 'Me and Alec would never have these problems now. But I was an island.' He then said: 'Then I hear Timothée Chalamet get up and he says something like: 'I want to be great.' I so know the feeling. On him, it's cute. On me, it wasn't cute. You know what I'm saying?' This was an obvious reference to Timothée's recent Screen Actors Guild Awards acceptance speech, where he told the crowd: 'I know we're in a subjective business, but I'm really in pursuit of greatness. People don't usually talk like this, but I want to be one of the greats. "I'm inspired by the greats. I'm inspired by the greats here tonight. I'm as inspired by Daniel Day-Lewis, Marlon Brando, and Viola Davis as I am by Michael Jordan and Michael Phelps, and I want to be up there." Needless to say, some interpreted Shia's comment to be a swipe at Timmy. However, on Tuesday, Shia seemingly responded to this backlash by sharing a screenshot of an email exchange that he'd had with Timothée in October 2023 as he insisted to his X followers: 'we been good.' If you're wondering, it was Timothée who instigated the online conversation after he seemingly saw Shia in the play Henry Johnson at the Electric Lodge in Venice, California. With the subject line 'Electric,' the Oscar-nominated actor could not hide his adoration for Shia as he wrote: 'Absolutely blown away by your work the other night. Totally electric, totally present at every turn, king of your kingdom even if that kingdom is a miserable 4x4 prison cell.''What a fantastic play. I hope you guys take it to New York,' he went on. 'And I hope this is the beginning of your work on stage and not an anomaly !! Timothée.'Shia replied to the email the following day, writing: 'Thank you doggy, Every blessing to you, Fun watching you evolve, Take ownership, Bang bang.'
News.com.au
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Shia LaBeouf reveals he used to live in Central Park, slept where horses were kept
Shia LaBeouf is recalling a tough time in his life. During an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, the actor, 38, spoke about not being in a 'good way' in 2013 while rehearsing for the Broadway show Orphans. Weeks before the previews started, LaBeouf dropped out of the play, which follows two orphaned brothers, Treat and Phillip, and the man they take in, Harold, due to creative differences. The Even Stevens star told the outlet he was 'sleeping in Central Park.' 'They keep horses there at this little fire basin,' LaBeouf said. 'And there's a whole lot of room around there where you can just chill. You got to move every three or four hours and the guy comes around, but you can spend most of your time there.' He briefly touched on working on Orphans, in which he was supposed to play Treat, while Tom Sturridge was Phillip and Alec Baldwin was Harold. LaBeouf and Baldwin, 67, reportedly had mounting tension and were at odds when the young star abruptly left the production. 'He's a good guy,' LaBeouf said of Baldwin. 'He's just like me. Fear will make you move different. I found it came from having absolutely no spiritual life.' The star noted that finding Catholicism and living in a monastery 'changes the way you work, for sure.' LaBeouf acknowledged that not having a spiritual life, 'made me a piece of s**t' and 'not a nice guy.' 'Me and Alec would never have these problems now. But I was in an island,' he told the outlet. 'Then I hear Timothée Chalamet get up [at the 2025 SAG Awards] and he says something like, 'I want to be great.' I so know the feeling. On him, it's cute. On me, it wasn't cute.' In 2014, LaBeouf spoke to Interview Magazine about leaving the play and the difficult time in his life, calling it 'a heartbreak I still have not been able to recover from.' 'Baldwin and I butted heads hard. I came in method. I was sleeping in the park. I'd wake up, walk to rehearsal. I was so scared to do the play that I had memorised it before ever coming to rehearsal,' he said. 'And my whole goal was to intimidate the f**k out of Baldwin. That was the role. That was my job as an actor. And it wasn't going to be fake. I wanted him to be scared. So I went about doing that for three weeks of rehearsal, to the point that, in the end, it was unsustainable,' the actor added. LaBeouf rose to fame as a child playing Louis Stevens on the Disney Channel original series Even Stevens from 2000 to 2003. He then went on to star in the Transformers franchise from 2007 to 2011. LaBeouf's professional and personal life have been muddled with controversy over the years. He made waves in 2013 after showing up to the movie premiere of his film Nymphomaniac wearing a paper bag over his head that read 'I am not famous anymore.' In 2015, LaBeouf was arrested in Austin, Texas, for public intoxication. While shooting Nymphomaniac, LaBeouf met Mia Goth, whom he married in 2016. The pair's union was never legalised, but they separated in 2018. 'Shia and Mia have filed for divorce. The separation is amicable and all details pertaining to the divorce proceedings will remain private,' a rep told People at the time. He then began seeing FKA Twigs from 2018 to 2019. In 2020, Goth, 31, and LaBeouf got back together around the same time that FKA Twigs, 37, filed a sexual battery lawsuit, accusing the actor of 'relentless abuse.' A year later, a source told People that LaBeouf had stepped back from the spotlight 'so that he can get the help he needs.' 'I have been abusive to myself and everyone around me for years,' LaBeouf told the New York Times that same year. 'I have a history of hurting the people closest to me. I'm ashamed of that history and am sorry to those I hurt.' 'I have no excuses for my alcoholism or aggression, only rationalisations,' he added. In 2022, LaBeouf and Goth welcomed a child. 'I have a little girl, Isabel; she is five months old and just beginning to develop the last half of her laugh; it's AMAZING,' he wrote in a letter to Don't Worry Darling director Olivia Wilde. 'Mia, my wife & I have found each other again & are journeying toward a healthy family with love and mutual respect.' It was rumoured that LaBeouf was fired from the 2022 thriller, but he insisted he chose to leave the movie because he didn't think the cast was given enough rehearsal time. Now, LaBeouf is headed to the 2025 Cannes Film Festival in May for the premiere of Slauson Rec. The documentary from Leo Lewis O'Neil follows the story of the controversial free acting school LaBeouf launched in Los Angeles in 2018. 'I gave Leo this camera and encouraged him to share his vision and his personal experience without edit. I am aware of the doc and fully support the release of the film. While my teaching methods may be unconventional for some, I am proud of the incredible accomplishments that these kids achieved. Together we turned a drama class into an acting company,' LaBeouf said per Vanity Fair. 'I wish only good things for Leo and everyone who was part of The Slauson Rec Company.'
Fox News
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Shia LaBeouf once lived in NYC park, took steroids during dark period
Shia LaBeouf is speaking candidly about a troubling time in his career. The controversial actor, who's been working in Hollywood since he was a child, spoke to The Hollywood Reporter to promote his new film, "Henry Johnson." During their conversation, LaBeouf discussed his former feud with fellow actor Alec Baldwin, whom he briefly worked with for a Broadway show called "Orphans" in 2013. LaBeouf was originally supposed to star opposite Al Pacino, but when Pacino left the production, Baldwin replaced him – something that LeBeouf struggled with. As he explained to THR, he was solely to blame for their issues, because he was "not a nice guy" at the time. "By the time Baldwin got there, it was almost unfair," he said. "So he's dealing with both my fractured little weak ego, right? All this hard prep that I'd done for two years, and my desperate need to show him all my prep, or that he would accept me somehow. I was so insecure. Well, that got contentious in the room. Then he got competitive. That's just what our relationship turned into." He continued, "I'd be off book, he'd be on book, and he didn't want me to look at him be off book. That makes it hard to play these scenes out or block this thing even. And no fault against him, he had two weeks to come in because Pacino [dropped out]. I had built the whole thing based on my relationship with Pacino. And that's gone. So I was kind of heartbroken. When he came in, I'm living in the park, and I'm on steroids, and I'm not in a good way." "Fear will make you move different. I found it came from having absolutely no spiritual life … It made me a piece of s--t. Not a nice guy." When asked to elaborate, LaBeouf said, "I was sleeping in Central Park. They keep horses there at this little fire basin. And there's a whole lot of room around there where you can just chill. You got to move every three or four hours, and the guy comes around, but you can spend most of your time there." He confessed that his issues with Baldwin "got insane," but said that the two are "good" now. "Me and him are good because he's gone through a lot," he shared. "I've gone through a lot. We've both been able to send each other love and make it right before all the madness happened on both sides. We made it right. He's a good guy. He's just like me. Fear will make you move different. I found it came from having absolutely no spiritual life. . . . It made me a piece of s--t. Not a nice guy." "I was sleeping in Central Park. They keep horses there at this little fire basin. And there's a whole lot of room around there where you can just chill." LaBeouf has since found his faith. Last year, he received the sacrament of confirmation after converting to Catholicism. He even expressed interest in becoming a deacon. "Me and Alec would never have these problems now," he acknowledged. "But I was in an island." Baldwin did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. In a 2014 piece he wrote for Vulture, Baldwin spoke about his experience with LaBeouf, admitting that "there was friction between us from the beginning." "LaBeouf seems to carry with him, to put it mildly, a jailhouse mentality wherever he goes. When he came to rehearsal, he was told it was important to memorize his lines. . . . I, however, do not learn my lines in advance. So he began to sulk because he felt we were slowing him down. You could tell right away he loves to argue. And one day he attacked me in front of everyone. He said, 'You're slowing me down, and you don't know your lines. And if you don't say your lines, I'm just going to keep saying my lines.'" He "snorted" at LaBeouf, and the two had a terse exchange in front of the rest of the cast. Afterward, Baldwin asked for a break, then took the director and stage manager aside and told them, "One of us is going to go." He wrote, "I said, 'I'll tell you what, I'll go.' I said don't fire the kid, I'll quit. They said no, no, no, no, and they fired him. And I think he was shocked. He had that card, that card you get when you make films that make a lot of money that gives you a certain kind of entitlement. I think he was surprised that it didn't work in the theater." While LaBeouf struggled to get along with Baldwin at the time, he told THR that other A-list stars were there for him when he needed to make a change, naming Mel Gibson as someone who has "always been very lovely" to him. "He held my hand when I was really s----ing on myself," he recalled. "Dude really stepped up for me in big ways. Him, Sean Penn, James Brolin — these guys got me to sobriety. They got around me and kept me alive." LaBeouf briefly acknowledged the public perception of him after years of controversy that included former girlfriend FKA Twigs filing a lawsuit against him in 2020 for the alleged abuse she suffered during their relationship. The lawsuit is ongoing, and he has denied the allegations, but he said that he understands there is "all this myth already about how I'm a dog-killing, monstrous piece of s--t." Now, he is interested in rehabilitation. "I hope my whole life is squaring things, getting it right," the actor said. "It's what I want to do with the rest of my life. And there's a lot of things to get right. I'm blessed that I still have this craft and I'm still allowed to do it at a high level with the highest. It feels like a f---ing miracle. It's all part of the same thing — God's everything or nothing."
New York Post
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Shia LaBeouf reveals he used to live in Central Park, slept where horses were kept
Shia LaBeouf is recalling a tough time in his life. During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the actor, 38, spoke about not being a 'good way' in 2013 while in the Broadway show 'Orphans.' Weeks before the previews started, LaBeouf dropped out of the play, which follows two orphaned brothers, Treat and Phillip, and the man they take in, Harold, due to creative differences. 8 Shia LaBeouf attends the 'Borg/McEnroe' premiere during the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. Getty Images The 'Even Stevens' star told the outlet he was 'sleeping in Central Park.' 'They keep horses there at this little fire basin,' LaBeouf explained. 'And there's a whole lot of room around there where you can just chill. You got to move every three or four hours and the guy comes around, but you can spend most of your time there.' He briefly touched on working on 'Orphans,' in which he was supposed to play Treat, while Tom Sturridge was Phillip and Alec Baldwin was Harold. LaBeouf and Baldwin, 67, reportedly had mounting tension and were at odds when the young star abruptly left the production. 8 Shia LaBeouf. JEN LOWERY LONDON FEATURES 8 Shia LaBeouf attends the 'Fury' New York premiere at DGA Theater on October 14, 2014 in New York City. Getty Images 'He's a good guy,' LaBeouf said all these years later. 'He's just like me. Fear will make you move different. I found it came from having absolutely no spiritual life.' The 'Holes' star noted that finding Catholicism and living in a monastery 'changes the way you work, for sure.' LaBeouf acknowledged that not having a spiritual life, 'made me a piece of s–t' and 'not a nice guy,' 8 Shia LaBeouf steps out in 2025. Snorlax / MEGA 'Me and Alec would never have these problems now. But I was in an island,' he confessed. 'Then I hear Timothée Chalamet get up [at the 2025 SAG Awards] and he says something like, 'I want to be great.' I so know the feeling. On him, it's cute. On me, it wasn't cute.' In 2014, LaBeouf spoke to Interview Magazine about leaving the play and the difficult time in his life, calling it 'a heartbreak I still have not been able to recover from.' 'Baldwin and I butted heads hard. I came in method. I was sleeping in the park. I'd wake up, walk to rehearsal. I was so scared to do the play that I had memorized it before ever coming to rehearsal,' he shared. 'And my whole goal was to intimidate the f–k out of Baldwin. That was the role. That was my job as an actor. And it wasn't going to be fake. I wanted him to be scared. So I went about doing that for three weeks of rehearsal, to the point that, in the end, it was unsustainable.' LaBeouf rose to fame as a child playing Louis Stevens on the Disney Channel original series 'Even Stevens' from 2000 to 2003. 8 Shia LaBeouf arrested In Austin, Texas. Getty Images He then went on to star in the 'Transformers' franchise from 2007 to 2011. LaBeouf's professional and personal life have been muddled with controversy over the years. He made waves in 2013 after showing up to the movie premiere of his film 'Nymphomaniac' wearing a paper bag over his head that read 'I am not famous anymore.' In 2015, LaBeouf was arrested in Austin, Texas for public intoxication. While shooting 'Nymphomaniac,' LaBeouf met Mia Goth, whom he married in 2016. The pair's union was never legalized, but they separated in 2018. 8 Shia LaBeouf in 'Holes.' Tony Barbera 'Shia and Mia have filed for divorce. The separation is amicable and all details pertaining to the divorce proceedings will remain private,' a rep told People at the time. He then began seeing FKA Twigs from 2018 to 2019. In 2020, Goth, 31, and LaBeouf got back together around the same time that FKA Twigs, 37, filed a sexual battery lawsuit, accusing the actor of 'relentless abuse.' A year later, in 2021, a source told People that LaBeouf had stepped back from the spotlight 'so that he can get the help he needs.' 8 Shia LaBeouf in 'The Greatest Game Ever Played.' AP 'I have been abusive to myself and everyone around me for years,' LaBeouf told The New York Times that same year. 'I have a history of hurting the people closest to me. I'm ashamed of that history and am sorry to those I hurt.' 'I have no excuses for my alcoholism or aggression, only rationalizations,' he continued. In 2022, LaBeouf and Goth welcomed their daughter named Isabel. 8 Shia LaBeouf attends the 'Honey Boy' premiere during the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. Getty Images 'I have a little girl, Isabel; she is five months old and just beginning to develop the last half of her laugh; it's AMAZING,' he wrote in a letter to 'Don't Worry Darling' director Olivia Wilde. 'Mia, my wife & I have found each other again & are journeying toward a healthy family with love and mutual respect.' It was rumored that LaBeouf was fired from the 2022 thriller, but he insisted he chose to leave the movie because he didn't think the cast was given enough rehearsal time. Now, LaBeouf is headed to the 2025 Cannes Film Festival in May for the premiere of 'Slauson Rec.' The documentary from Leo Lewis O'Neil follows the story of the controversial free acting school LaBeouf launched in Los Angeles in 2018. 'I gave Leo this camera and encouraged him to share his vision and his personal experience without edit. I am aware of the doc and fully support the release of the film. While my teaching methods may be unconventional for some, I am proud of the incredible accomplishments that these kids achieved. Together we turned a drama class into an acting company,' LaBeouf said per Vanity Fair. 'I wish only good things for Leo and everyone who was part of The Slauson Rec Company.'
