Shia LaBeouf recalls ‘mortifying’ Georgia disaster
Actor Shia LaBeouf says he “f***ed up” in regards to his arrest in Georgia last year, where he was caught for public drunkenness while filming The Peanut Butter Falcon.
In October the same year, he was found guilty of a misdemeanor charge of obstruction and was placed on a year’s probation.
“I f **** d up,” LaBeouf told Esquire magazine of the incident. “What went on in Georgia was mortifying. White privilege and desperation and disaster. It came from a place of self-centered delusion. It was me trying to absolve myself of guilt for getting arrested,” he added.
On July 8 last year, LaBeouf got drunk and asked two pedestrians, one of whom was a police officer, to share a smoke. The request was denied. He ignored the policeman who asked him to calm down and was handcuffed and brought to police station. A footage showed the actor bragging about his “millionaire lawyers”.
The morning he got out of jail, he attended a small party of the cast and crew. No one had brought up the arrest into topic until actor and LaBeouf’s co-star Zachary Gottsagen arrived and told him, “You’re famous. This is my chance. And you’re ruining it.”
Recalling the moment, he said: “To hear him say that he was disappointed in me probably changed the course of my life.”
LaBeouf is also known to have got drunk while filming Lawless (2012), to apparently get into character.
What went on in Georgia was mortifying. White privilege and desperation and disaster. It came from a place of selfcentered delusion.
SHIA LABEOUF ACTOR