The Shady Truth About Shia LaBeouf

Shia LaBeouf hit superstar status with Transformers, and ever since, his career and personal life have been an endless roller coaster. Although he seems to have calmed down, the leading man once made the tabloids daily. Let's look at the shady side of Shia LaBeouf.

Shia LaBeouf was raised by a family of entertainers. Dazed wrote that LaBeouf was born in Echo Park, LA, saying,

"[His father was] a mime and a clown, [and] his mother a ballerina-turned-visual-artist who worked several jobs."

The Transformers star told the mag that his father was in a biker gang, ending up in jail and often absent from the house. Speaking to GQ, LaBeouf revealed that when he was around nine years old, his dad disappeared for several years, leaving his mom to enroll him in the Big Brother program. After getting paired with a stuntman, LaBeouf would go to film sets, which is where he decided he wanted to become a famous actor.

By the time he was 11, LaBeouf called an agent out of the Yellow Pages, raving about "the phenomenal Shia LaBeouf," adding that he was, quote, "big in England." While the woman knew he was lying, she signed him anyway, and got him his first gig on Even Stevens. Keep watching to learn The Shady Truth About Shia LaBeouf!

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Lying for gigs | 0:18
An aggressive streak | 1:16
Drunk driving | 2:02
Offending Spielberg | 2:58
Bar brawls | 4:09
Tumultuous relationships | 5:13
Tripping on the set | 6:29
Serial plagiarist | 7:44
Hannibal Lecter LaBeouf | 9:03
A traumatizing event | 10:07
White privilege | 11:19

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