Take note, Amanda Bynes. You can recover from a long history of bizarre behavior, and Shia LaBeouf is currently offering a master class on how it’s done.
The weird things Shia’s done in the past year are too numerous to list here so we’ll just offer some highlights:
In June, Shia was arrested for disorderly conduct after spitting on a cop and disrupting a stage musical.
Shortly before that, LaBeouf fought a homeless man in Times Square. Oh, and prior to that, he attended a movie premiere with a bag on his head.
Not only does that not cover the last 12 months, that’s not even all of the weird crap Shia did in the first half of 2014. But here’s the thing, he recognizes he went off the rails, and he’s seeking treatment and apologizing to those he hurt:
That’s The Beef sitting down with Ellen DeGeneres (who’s quickly replacing Oprah as the Queen of the Apology Tour) and opening up about his recent string of troubling behavior.
It’s the perfect apology: LaBeouf seems genuinely contrite and attempts to explain his actions without trying to excuse them. He’s even appropriately funny when the situation calls for it.
Asked by Ellen what finally made him want to straighten up and fly right, Shia replied simply, "Jail…I spit on a cop. That’s a no-no."
Shia is promoting his new movie Fury, in which he co-stars with Brad Pitt.
One of the most tragic things about Shia’s situation when it was at its worst is that those who had worked him claimed he he was at one time one of the most talented and professional actors in Hollywood.
Here’s hoping the former child star can get his career back on track, and maybe even serve as a role model to some of his troubled colleagues.
