Shia LaBeouf: 'Am I An A**hole for Being Honest?'
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 |
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I just dont get him. I dont like him and now I know why. He is a azzhole and cant act.
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Im all for him saying what he thinks. I was brought up to mean what I say, and say what I mean. If others dont like it, they dont have to talk to me. I dont pull any punches, and people always know where they stand with me. I see nothing wrong with being honest, telling others how it is, and definitely dont blame him for not wanting to have these paparazzi haunting him at every turn. I think its awesome he wont change who he is to please hollywood. Being an actor is their job- its not their LIFE. The paparazzi are the ones who think they are entitled to get pics because entertainers are public figures, which is wrong. These pics should be limited to public events. If there were rules, maybe Diana would still be alive.
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