Shia LaBeouf Says He ‘Wronged’ His Father by Depicting Him as an Abuser in ‘Honey Boy’
thewrap.com“Real Ones” podcast, the 36 year-old Emmy winner denounced that depiction, according to People.“Here’s a man who I’ve done vilified on a grand scale,” he said. “I wrote this narrative, which was just f—ing nonsense,” LaBoeuf said. “My dad was so loving to me my whole life.
Fractured, sure. Crooked, sure. Wonky, for sure. But never was not loving, never was not there,” LaBeouf said. “He was always there … and I’d done a world press tour about how f—ed he was as a man.”“’Honey Boy’ is basically a big ‘woe is me’ story about how f—ed my father is, and I wronged him,” the actor continued. “I remember getting on the phone with him, and him being like, ‘I never read this stuff in the script you sent.’ Because I didn’t put that s— in there.”“Honey Boy” was directed by Alma Har’el.
It stars Noah Jupe and Lucas Hedges as Otis Lort, a young actor navigating early fame, childhood trauma and the weight of generations before him.
The movie also stars Natasha Lyonne, Maika Monroe, Martin Starr, Clifton Collins Jr., Laura San Giacomo and Byron Bowers. “My dad never hit me, never,” LaBeouf said. “He spanked me once, one time.
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