Shia LaBeouf

[gitsie007]

God, what the hell is wrong with him? Is it drugs? Mental illness? Both? He really is falling apart.

[Wenton]

Well, that's the last of his career.

[Ninja Bunny]

Feb 17, 2014 15:18:04 GMT -4 lea1977 said:

It is amazing about 6 years ago this guy had it all, starring in Indiana Jones and Transformers.

I know! He was well-positioned to be a potential Hollywood megastar, destined to be a future (pre-crazy) Tom Cruise or Harrison Ford. Center of the universe stuff.

Then he threw it all away.

[lea1977]

He had a really messed up childhood, coming back to haunt him now, to think 6 years ago he was being considered to take over the reigns from Harrison Ford for Indiana Jones.

[varsity]

There are a lot of actors/actresses in the acting business that have had messed up childhoods. Some have learnt to cope better with it than others. The self destructive behaviour that they show, is their way of trying to deal with it, when it crops up during their adult life. The only way forward for them is therapy and lots of it, but they have to understand that they have problems in the first place. It's not just Hollywood though, as childhood traumas affect a large majority of the population these days.

[kali]

And yet, he'll keep getting cast.

Curious for Fury promo to start. Brad Pitt is fairly infamous for not liking to waste time or fuck around on set. I can't imagine he'd be entertained by Shia's shenanigans.

[Neurochick]

It's not just Hollywood though, as childhood traumas affect a large majority of the population these days.

I don't think it's just these days, probably always. I don't think people have more trauma today than they had maybe 100 years ago.

[Deleted]

Gawker has an eyewitness account from someone who was there:

I was sitting at the table next to Shia's last night, and I witnessed all of his behavior during the show. It's hard to believe this is getting that much press. He was probably a bit too intoxicated to be there, but he seemed like a congenial drunk who was really excited to be at the show. Just some of his antics:

When he walked up to his table prior to the show, he made small talk with his 2 older female table mates by asking where they were from. When they replied New York City, he said "You're fucking kidding me!"
He got up to get a drink at the bar prior to the show and asked the ladies to "watch my shit." When he returned, he brought them back drinks in souvenir mugs no less.
Every time a song would start, he raised his hands in the air for a good minute or so, then he would start bobbing his head along and making hand gestures. He was totally feeling it.
During the number "Money," while Alan Cumming was making suggestive gestures to the dancers, he let out a loud "Yeeeeeaaaaahhhh!" And then he fell out of his chair which caused a bit of a commotion.
He was smoking something on and off during the show despite a polite warning from an usher. I can't really excuse that. Maybe he thought it was ok since the actors smoke throughout the show?

Certainly not proper theater etiquette, but in the club/bar setting of the show, it wasn't as disruptive as it could have been in a more traditional theater setting.

[Hamatron]

Huh, interesting to hear the account.

Drunks like that can seem okay at events, but they are actually a time-bomb waiting to go off. It's the club's right to throw out someone who is obviously intoxicated, so I get why they did it. I can't tell you how many times I have seen that happen at a play or festival or concert. Sometimes people are "done" for the night, and just need to leave before they do something bad. It sounds like things escalated quickly with him crying, spitting on cops, being put in a face mask, and then using a homophobic slur. So, not so congenial when told to chill the out. There's the explosion. That pretty much explains why he needed to leave.

[Witchie]

There's a report of him chasing a homeless guy around before the arrest. He thought the guy took his hat. So dildo was definitely drunk as a skunk.