OlderShia LaBeouf Has Watched His Parents Have Sex
Shia LaBeouf covers the latest issue of Parade magazine, where writer Dotson Rader describes the 23-year-old Transformers actor as “foul-mouthed, resentful, funny, prickly, quick-witted, and charming — a package of contradictions.” Interview highlights below:
On where he gets his humor from: “[From] seeing my parents have sex, smoke weed, my mom being naked … [and] twisted R-rated humor.”
On the breakup from his longtime girlfriend China Brezner of three years: “The good actors are all screwed up. They’re all in pain. It’s a profession of bottom-feeders and heartbroken people. Maybe it was career pressure. … Maybe I chose work. Every man has those feelings of escape and survival. I know you shouldn’t be that way. I’m trying to understand it and find the answers. I don’t have them now. Why did the love of my life and I break up? … Man, I have no idea. What was that all about? I have no answers to anything. None. Why am I an alcoholic? I haven’t a damn clue! What is life about? I don’t know.”
On living his life: “Sometimes I feel I’m living a meaningless life and I get frightened. I know I’m one of the luckiest dudes in America right now. I have a great house. My parents don’t have to work. I’ve got money. I’m famous. But it could all change, man. It could go away. You never know.”
On being aware of how easy it is to be overwhelmed by a skyrocketing career: “I don’t handle fame well. Most actors on most days don’t think they’re worthy. I have no idea where this insecurity comes from, but it’s a God-sized hole. If I knew, I’d fill it, and I’d be on my way.”
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Oh I love Shia!!!!
I’m glad he said China was the love of his life.
Shia, you’re an amazing actor and will go far in life!
Peace
I hope he has a very good therapist. He needs to be supported and helped to understand himself. I don’t think he can do it by himself.
he actually is not 23 until tomorrow.
Well …. That Was Odd.
@ali:
I agree
@ali:
oh and same thing for megan fox. i don’t know why she hates men so much
You see, the secret is he’s actually 35. I figured it out, why can’t everybody else see it?
he needs to never do interviews ever again. last time he said he was attracted to his own mother. wtf wtf wtf?
YUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!HOW CAN PEOPLE TALK LIKE THAT?
HE’S DEFINITELY FROM THE ****** CIRCUS FOLK.
i think he’s just being honest, maybe he’s using the interviewers as therapy? like letting it all out
The thought of his mother having sex with anything makes me want to vomit! This ugly kid needs to keep his mouth shut.
love him!
I cant tell if this is a cry for help or not. i don’t know, it kinda scares me. i hope he’s okay, he is so talented. But then again, many comedians vent through comedy. like dane cook (joking about his dead parents. so awkward)
No wonder this boy is psychologically messed up. He suffers from the Odepus Complex, too. Poor him.
Why am I an alcoholic?
Because you drink stupid!!! What a jerk!!
#2 and #14, ITA. The guy needs help. On his sense of humor, ewwwww!!!!
lmao
Oh my! What an EGO! Good Luck.. In about 5 years no one will even remember him.
Hot mess!!!
http://www.IGotConverse.com
OMG will he please shut up!
Cool - I have never seen my parents do it - they were such squares. On a serious note however I think this guy is quite a promising talent.
He’s fücking messed up. His parents screwed him up baaaaaaaad. Watching his parents have sex?! WHAT THE FÜCK?
ew his mom is disgusting
He needs help. Unless he gets it, there will be more trouble ahead.
He is headed right for a breakdown. Another reason to not let your kid become a child actor, especially if you cant support them yourself.
It’s a God-sized hole because that’s where God is supposed to be, Shia.
The ego these young kids have nowadays is crazy…it’s good to have confidence, but he’s taking it waaaayy overboard.
WTF!! did he watch his parents have sex on purpose, I don’t get that…that’s so creepy. I walked in on my parents once when I was about 10 years old, and I wanted to die, my goodnes just thinking about it now is making me itchy.
He’s trying to come off as the tortured soul, misunderstood, mysterious actor, but it’s bordering on egotistical.
“I don’t handle fame well. Most actors on most days don’t think they’re worthy. I have no idea where this insecurity comes from, but it’s a God-sized hole. If I knew, I’d fill it, and I’d be on my way.”
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Fill it with God then, sweetie!
Jesus Christ! This kid needs to start zipping his lips the f*** up! Where are his publicists? Do they not recognize that being super candid becomes a super turn off super fast
Yikes… I like him and all but… EGADS.
Somebody get this guy some help, he’s depressed!!
@Vanessa:
Well …. That Was Odd.
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I thought is was wonderful how honest he was. He just needs some answers outside his work and he’ll be ok. Keep up the good work, Shia. He that seeks shall find…
Shia, quit fronting buddy!
People are not going to take you seriously as an acotr until you start making serious actor choices… being messed up is not the same as being a quality performer… it’s just annoying…
I really like him.. I think he is a cutie and very talented and it’s cool that he is trying to be honest but reading this just made me sad for him.. Seems like he’s lost or something.. I hope he gets it together…
I think he’s just being honest about what he thinks.
Shia,
Balance your life out by seeking God first, career 2nd. You’ll be discovering the answers to your own questions as you seek God for wisdom. All the best to you.
So, let me get it straight. Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox DON’T want people to go see Transformers, then? If so they are doing wonderfully.
disgusting.
I would like to destroy my career before it runs it’s course naturally.
Nice to meet you.
Huh, i just don’t get this ridiculous openess about what is on his mind and his childhood experiences. Is he really that naive, or spinning stories as a way to reach a more famous status? What is this boy trying to do? Give us EVERYTHING? Even his soul? Bless you Shia. And Happy Birthday tomorrow.
Brainless Fox and him are both f*cked up ! They are not even supremally famous yet ! When the media pressure will be on them, they will end up as scr*wd up as Lindsay Lohan.
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They are pigs !
Okay, really? This is getting ridiculous. I love u Shia, but some things you need to just keep to yourself!
he’s amazing and talented
i think he may be trying to get of the lime light
as like he said he carnt cope with it all and all
the things that hes telling every one maybe his way of getting out by making people hate him which gets him less jobs therefore no one follows him and tha if this is what hes doing
as you can see from the comments its working
WOW. One fo the most honest interviews ever. Especially him admitting he is an alcoholic, and that he doesn’t hanfle fame well.
He’s being honest.That’s why i respect mr labeouf,amongst other things.Such as,he’s not flying to africa with television cameras(charity is good but that’s fake).He’s not talking with republicans negatively about the good president.He seems to look at acting as a job only.Therefore staying relatively normal.Good look mr labeouf,you deserve it.
Note:These statements are opinion.Has not been researched or conclusively proven.
“Good look mr labeouf,you deserve it”
Correction:Good luck mr labeouf,you deserve it
And we need to know this because…….
I don’t know why but I thought Shia was as cool as his name.. am not too sure now. This is the first interview that I’ve read of his and boy, am I disappointed. Spending too much time with MM - Megamouth Megan perhaps. I still like them both though.. strange but true.
Imagine him thinking he’s a GOOD actor. lol.
Seeing your parents have sex can be pretty traumatic. wonder how old he was. He’d better get some help, he needs someone to talk to and I don’t think it’s the general public. There are some things about actors I just don’t want to know; that’s what therapists are for. His statement that he’d marry his mom if he could and that she is the sexiest woman he knows is ringing all kinds of warning bells in my head now.
Being an alcoholic doesn’t get better as you get older. He’d better get his life on track or he’ll end up as one of those has-beens real soon.
i love shia….he is the best….he is great actor…and i wish him the best
nuts
Shia looks smokin hot clean shaven. I hope that him and China get back together. I still think that she is the one who broke up with him, no doubt about that!
For the love of god, why is this guy famous? My theory is that he has some connections w/ a production company that pull strings for him….but why i am not sure. Nepotism perhaps?
He is not the least bit good looking. I wouldn’t look at him twice if I saw him walking down the street.
shia is so sexy.
omg i wish i had a mom like shayna saide. she is such a good role model
@Rebecca:
actually if you drink it doesn’t make you an alcoholic. i think what he means is why does he find comfort in alcohol to solve his problems. anyone with half a brain could figure that out..oh im sorry..you don’t have that do you?
yes im a *****. i know. spare me the dets and drama.
Shia,
The company you keep during the empty moments is hard at first, but without seeking those moments the shadows never shrink. One thing I respect about you is your ability to be human, to show your good, your bad, and those parts of you that you really don’t even want to see yourself. Can your career go tomorrow? Yeah, but nobody can take away what you have learned, what you have become as a man, as a human. It’s not what you do or how you do it, but what drives you to do it that matters.
i love shia, but his quotes are getting CREEPIER AND CREEPIER!!!
he’s reallllly hot though.
Shy was sooooooooooooooooooooo funny!
This guy hot? Don’t make me laugh. I don’t care about his screwed up problems. Pay a therapist, you freak. At what point did it become necessary for the world to know how your family gets their freak on?
Que lindo. Arrazou. I LOVE U Shia (L)
OMG!! I love him…but he’s got to STOP talking about this parents…it just gets weirder and weirder!! Shut Up Shia!!
Did Shia make a deal with the devil or something by the way he is greedy and the way he mocks Christianity? Most of these famous surpefical actors do make a deal with the devil. Sad how Shia has changed and said that he is greedy now and some other s**t in this parade article. This guy, Shia is utter rubbish all the way!!!
I don’t think Shia’s headed for a breakdown, not on the scale of Lindsay or Britney for sure. At least he admits he’s insecure and unsure about fame. I think he’s funny, talented, charming, and seems like a good guy. He seems to have the right attitude. Oh and alcoholism is a disease whoever posted that stupid ” you’re an alcoholic because you drink stupid bit”, it’s inherited by the way. Nope I think Shia’s doing just fine, that accident he had while drinking the damn car HIT HIM, not the other way around. Oh, and with a crushed hand, ripped up knee he still managed to drag his co-star Isabel Lucas out of the car to get HER help. He’s gutsy too and chivalrous, not to mention adorable. Don’t pick on SHIA!
the things people reveal for fame D:
Any guy who is willing to admit he got his talent from watching his parents have sex, is obviously something special. IMO : D
@nOTYETCRAZY21:
ya i lov him but sometimes he tells us waaaay too much information! He needs to get a good friend or girlfriend or sumtin but his parents sound like their no help..in fact they probaly caused him to be like this!
He’s genius!
@Shemp lugosi:
Yahh…..ummmm. sweet heart, get a life!
@Shemp lugosi:
Yahh…..ummmm. sweet heart, get a life!
To Rebecca: He says that he don’t know, IF he is an alcoholic.
And the rest of you haters, damn you’re sad! Nothing is wrong with him, he just loves to mess with people. Either that, or he is just being brutally honest, and, evidently, a lot of people can’t handle that…
I say: ROCK ON MAN, YOU RULE!!! And I can’t wait to go see Revenge of the Fallen!!! :D
@Topi: omg you mean shia isn’t perfect? he has problems? he’s been hurt people, and he’s right about the heartbroken actor thing, the more emotions one feels in their life, and the deeper they are, the easier it is to act, because you can pull those feelings out like money in your wallet, figuratively speaking. maybe in shia’s wallet. haha no pun. actually i intended that pun. you can stop reading now i’m ranting.
@Rebecca: god that is so ignorant. that doesn’t answer the question. he’s admitting he has a problem which is brave for one, and two it’s an addiction, look it up. i think you need to understand how to love and not judge. it will get you really far in life i promise. you have a lot of pride which is just as bad as alcoholism. it will consume you. but your blind to that, at least shia knows he has a problem. but i think he will be ok, he’s grounded, and he’s not stupid, if people say he will fail then in their eyes, he’ll never get better. but if all have faith that he can pull through whatever he’s going through, then every good thing he does will be celebrated, we can’t just focus on the bad. if you were to have everything bad you’ve ever done in your life exploited, you’d probably sem like an ******* too. man, i feel like hugging this kid not critisizing. you should work on that, it will make you feel good i promise.
funny cover :D
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