Shia LaBeouf is sharing his perspective on homosexuality.
“I know I’m f***ing deep off into the Bible. I know what the Bible says … about homosexuality,” LaBeouf, 39, said during a Saturday, February 28, interview with Channel 5 With Andrew Callaghan.
When host Andrew Callaghan asked what the Bible says about homosexuality, LaBeouf replied, “Nah.”
“That’s what it says?” Callaghan, 28, said, while LaBeouf added, “Yeah.”
Callaghan pointed out that the Bible had been written “a really long time ago,” leading LaBeouf to reply, “Bro, you can do whatever you want with the text. It’s not my business.”
“I’m a traditional Catholic, that’s OK,” LaBeouf continued. “I really f*** with the Bible.”
The interview with LaBeouf was published the same day that the actor was arrested in New Orleans for a second time in connection with an alleged Mardi Gras incident. The Associated Press reported on Saturday that he was arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor simple battery, related to his previous arrest on two counts of battery for allegedly striking someone multiple times while being escorted out of a restaurant on February 17.
The incident reportedly occurred near New Orleans’ French Quarter. LaBeouf’s attorney, Sarah Chervinsky, told the outlet that he voluntarily turned himself in at the Orleans Parish jail after learning that a new arrest warrant was issued on Friday, February 27.
“No regular person would be required to post over $100,000 in bonds, and be jailed two separate times for one misdemeanor incident,” Chervinsky said. “Just as he does not deserve preferential treatment, Mr. LaBeouf also does not deserve to be treated more harshly by the police and courts just because he is a public figure.”
Us Weekly reached out to representatives for LaBeouf and the New Orleans Police Department for comment at the time. After his February 17 arrest, LaBeouf appeared in court the same day and has a pretrial hearing scheduled on Thursday, March 19.
During his Saturday interview, LaBeouf reflected on his “behavior.”
“My side is this. My behavior? Bulls***. I gotta deal with that,” he explained. “Does that mean I gotta go to rehab again? I’m just not into it, bro. I don’t think my answers are there. I don’t. I genuinely don’t. If I genuinely did, I would go. I don’t think I have a drinking problem, I think I have a different problem. And I’m going to address it.”
When asked what that struggle is, LaBeouf said he thinks he has a “small man complex.”
“I don’t know what it is. I think it’s something that has to do with anger and ego more so than my drinking,” he said. “That’s where I’m at now in my journey. I’m trying to navigate it. I’ll figure it out.”
He continued, “What kind of things set off that anger? I mean, boy, I haven’t experienced that for a while, but I’ll be honest with you, big gay people are scary to me. When I’m standing by myself and three gay dudes are next to me, touching my leg, I get scared. I’m sorry if that’s homophobic, then I’m that. It just happened one time, [and] that’s why I got arrested.”
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