Shia LaBeouf: 'Am I An A**hole for Being Honest?'

By Katelyn Mullen Posted Jun 28th 2011 09:30AM

Shia LaBeouf isn't one to hold his tongue - or his fist for that matter - and he isn't going to change his tune for studio heads, girlfriends or strangers in a bar looking for trouble. Although that may be the reputation the 'Transformers' star has managed to build for himself, there is so much more to this talented young actor.

LaBeouf covers the August issue of DETAILS magazine and opens up about the women in his life, his past films and his uncanny knack for finding himself in hot water.

The 25-year-old star wound up in handcuffs last winter after an altercation at a Los Angeles bar and has on multiple occasions gotten into a scuffle or two with paparazzi. He hasn't necessarily been known for being warm and fuzzy but DETAILS asked about his rough around the edges exterior and he admits that although he may not always be kind, he is always honest.

"I would like to be George Clooney– diplomatic," he says. "I just don't have the wherewithal yet or the inner serenity. My bullsh*t meter is tuned very sensitive. The minute it starts kicking up, I get back to truth, and sometimes that involves, you know, 'I don't want to take a picture.' And if that's the case, am I an a**hole for being honest? Or am I an a**hole for being dishonest, smiling in your picture and I f**king hate being there? Which one is worse? These are the questions I ask myself that George Clooney doesn't ask."

One question he is often asked: has he hooked up with his old co-star, Megan Fox? "Look, you're on the set for six months, with someone who's rooting to be attracted to you, and you're rooting to be attracted to them," he explains. "I never understood the separation of work and life in that situation. But the time I spent with Megan was our own thing, and I think you can see the chemistry onscreen."

Quite a cryptic response for a normally eloquent young man, and even more off putting was his answer to the inquiry about Fox's relationship with her husband, Brian Austin Green. "I don't know, man. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know ... " he says, repeating 'I don't know' 12 times, in 12 different ways before finally saying, "It was what it was."

LaBeouf reveals more about his past loves, including his most recent ex-girlfriend Carey Mulligan, and talks candidly about his thoughts on previous films 'Wall Street 2' and 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen' in the August edition of DETAILS.

Check out the full interview with LaBeouf here | See more photos from his DETAILS cover shoot

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Tuesday 28 June

By Dawn

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He might be "Hollywood's Last Bad Boy" - but he isn't Hollywood's last douche.

By claddagh

Honey - without your fans, you are nothing so f**king suck it up for photos or autograph opportunities...and you are not all that so get over yourself. I agree with the other posters who have said you could have been so much more of a gentleman about Megan...I think your 15 minutes may quickly be running out...

By Polar Patrol

People's usage of "15 Minutes" is really getting lazy. That should be reserved for flash-in-the-pan people - those that make the news for something stupid ala Octomon, one-hit wonders, youtube phenoms, reality show morons. I'm no Shia fan, but he has been in almost 20 movies over about a 10 year period, some of them huge hits whether they deserved it or not. Warhol's "15 Minute" concept does not apply, sorry.

By mickey

Bad actor, spoiled brat. Fun to watch him crash and burn.

By kittylit

Too full of himself and rude. You don't have to actually say everything that pops into your head and being charming and nice to fans is part of your JOB. Give me George Clooney any day.

By KR

Hey, that's not fair. He chose Shia because Shania was already taken.

By Walter Findlay

yes you are an a88h888. and a bad actor. you are sooo over rated.

By BeingGreg

Let's review: Shia pans his movies after release (Indiana Jones), gets drunk and crashes his car and breaks his hand during filming of Transformers, and sells his co-stars down the river, after a fallout with the director and on the evening of his movie release. What a giant douchebag. And Spielberg is a double standard double douchebag. Maybe he should make Shindler's list 2: the whining continues, starring his favorite a-hole Shia.

By cougar

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oh my gosh... you all are a bunch of idiots. I'd take his honesty over the lies you all believe about everything else in these gossip mags.
i'd do him in a freakin heartbeat!
whew. yummmmy

By coopster

He certainly wasn't honest when he flipped his truck, came out stinking of booze and blamed the other guy.

By Ralph Zuccaro

Do you really think ANYBODY cares what you say or do???? You got to where you are "solely" because you have friends in high places in Hollywood- Otherwise , you would be a waiter at McDs

By YellowRose3218

This guy threw a cup of coffee on paps, who were watching him last year at coffee shop. Then he ran like a punk, looking over his shoulder while running too.
The paps just stood and laughed at him, not wanting to run after him, it was just a pathetic sight too see.
I never have looked at Shia the same, I never seen a man act like that before, or after.

By April R

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@Ralph Zuccaro

Oink!

By Kat

Leave out the question and keep the statement 'I'm an a**hole' because you are.

By kat

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and I'll never see/watch any movie you are in. It breaks my heart that your in Transformers because I won't that series.

By cweldo

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If you slept with Megan Fox.... i'm sure you'd not only tell everyone you know...you'd call everyone you ever went to school with. She's beautiful
She's already said in the past that she wasnt ready to get married before...and that's why her & Brian never married...now they are married...if she sleeps with someone now that she's married, then he can get pissed.

By jonzbeach

Oh give him a break..he is just a kid making more money than a kid has a right to with a predeliction for seeing his naked mother. I suspect as young Shia grows into a full LeBeouf, he will look back at his oh-so-trying-to-be-uber-cool sound bites and do what we all do...WTF was I thinking?

Tuesday 05 July

By LisaM

Your not an a**hole for being honest Shia. It's the way you present yourself and your choice of words that tend to be very inmature. It just sounds like you need a therapist is all. (Like now!) Think about it...

By Brittini

i dont care what you guys say, that bulls**t meter thing was hilarious though!!

By the_fool

The image makers are busy with him. It reminds me when they tried to take Donny Osmond and put him in jeans and a leather jacket and say he was a tough bad guy.

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