Fox News host Jesse Watters said actor Shia LaBeouf once yelled a vulgar insult at him in an airport lounge in front of his children. Watters made the claim during a Tuesday interview with playwright and director David Mamet, who recently worked with LaBeouf on a new film titled Henry Johnson, as reported by The New York Post.
“Well, Shia LaBeouf told me to go F myself at a Delta lounge at the airport a couple years ago,” Watters said. “So tell him I said ‘Hi.’ Will you do that for me?”
Watters: Shia LaBeouf told me to go f myself at a delta lounge a couple of years ago pic.twitter.com/1q5k64YLV8
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Watters had previously mentioned the incident on Fox News’ The Ingraham Angle, stating that LaBeouf had called him “trash, right in front of my kids,” according to a report by the Daily Mail.
Jesse Watters just said that Shia Lebeouf called him “trash” in the Delta Sky Lounge the other day pic.twitter.com/RVNlVt4Tsh
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The exchange reportedly occurred in 2019, around the same time LaBeouf was appearing in several independent films and facing legal and personal challenges. Since then, the 39-year-old actor has undergone notable personal changes.
He converted to Catholicism and became a father, sharing daughter Isabel with actress Mia Goth.
LaBeouf recently appeared in the headlines again following the dismissal of a high-profile lawsuit brought by his former girlfriend, singer FKA Twigs.
The lawsuit, which was filed in 2020, accused LaBeouf of sexual battery, assault, and infliction of emotional distress during their one-year relationship.
FKA Twigs, whose real name is Tahliah Debrett Barnett, met LaBeouf during production of the 2019 film Honey Boy, which LaBeouf wrote and starred in. The case was scheduled to go to trial in September, but Twigs filed to dismiss the lawsuit on July 18, according to Page Six.
In a joint statement released by the two parties, they said, “While the details of the settlement will remain private, we wish each other personal happiness, professional success and peace in the future.”
LaBeouf’s representatives have not issued a public comment on the airport incident or Watters’ remarks.
LaBeouf’s conversion to Catholicism took place last year in a ceremony conducted by Capuchin Franciscan friars. The actor has since spoken publicly about his faith and has appeared in several faith-based projects.
The recent conversation between Watters and Mamet, whose new film stars LaBeouf, brought renewed attention to the 2019 encounter between the actor and the Fox News host.
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Converting to Catholicism is not a good thing. You’d have to be pretty stupid to think that a church which has had to PAY BILLIONS FOR RAPING YOUNG BOYS has ANYTHING to do with GOD. CHRISTIANS are ONLY BAPTIZED ONE WAY. Ephesians 4:5 ONE Lord, ONE faith, ONE BAPTISM. The “One Baptism” is the one THE APOSTLES USED not the one apostates invented in the 2nd century long after the Apostles were dead. Peter and the Apostles were clear when he said…..Acts 2:38
King James Version
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
You may not understand why “FATHER SON AND HOLY GHOST” BAPTISM is not a real baptism but examine the command they use to justify their error.
And notice two things, first Jesus says to baptize in the NAME (singular) of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, not in the NAMES which He would have said if they were three separate entities as trinitarianism falsely claims.
Matthew 28:19
King James Version
19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
While I have neither the space nor time to explain all of this to you , suffice to say “SON” is not the NAME of the SON . The NAME of the SON is JESUS CHRIST. The name of the FATHER is I AM (Exodus 3:14) and the NAME of the HOLY GHOST is “the COMFORTER”, John 14:26. So if the Catholic departure from scripture was honest, it is not these men were evil, they would have sought the NAMES of the THREE TITLES and you STILL would have fulfilled ACTS 2:38 since your baptism would have sounded like , “I now baptize you in the name of I AM, JESUS CHRIST, THE COMFORTER and Christ’s power would have infused your water baptism leading to your spiritual baptism where you would have done this….
Acts 2:4King James Version
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
But Catholics DON’T receive the indwelling of the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues , in fact, they call it DEMONIC. But this is how the HOLY GHOST is given in EVERY INSTANCE of someone receiving it. See Acts 10:44-48, Acts 19:1-6 .