How Shia LaBeouf Destroyed His Career 

The dude is only 37. He has his whole life ahead of him, and he's got a girl who wants to stay with him. Shia's life is just fine.

"Where did it all go wrong? Shia was born is Los Angeles-" Stop, problem solved

Wow, I had no idea. I think a big difference with Shia is that HE was super motivated to succeed whereas many child stars were pushed by their parents. His seemed supportive but not maniacal. Once reaching the plateau of high level acting it must be difficult to know how to keep moving forward. Kinda like sports superstars who spend their whole lives being single minded about success but then reach a point of having to retire and then having to live the rest of their lives not being in the spotlight.

Reminds me of my nephew. Very charming but always in trouble and manipulating people. Already divorced twice. Great young man on the surface but you can't believe a word he says. I keep hoping he will grow up and change for the better.

As an aside, I'm proud of Macaulay Culkin, as he's turned himself around from his trainwreck of growing up from child stardom a few years back and is now a rather chill and humble dude on the internet.

Its hard to hate anyone who was a child actor. We've seen what Hollywood can do to full grown adults so its amazing the kids even survive.

I saw him earlier the same day he got arrested in NYC. Guy was operating in a completely different dimension. Thousand yard stare, zoned out and hyper focused at the same time. He was chasing a homeless guy down broadway and ran around in circles where I was standing trying to catch him.

As others here have said, it's sad because he really is a great actor. His performance in Fury for instance is amazing.

Lying about your dad abusing you is low.

crazy how this guy admitted so often that he was wrong. But still always continued to make the same mistakes again and again and again

Wow! You are really good at telling stories. Just started following. Great work!

The subtle joke of "Even Steven Spielberg" was nice

Jon Bernthal saved Shia's career and put his own ass on the line for putting Shia on. Now he gets so much respect for "opening up", but for years no one wanted Shia.

I didn't expect this video to end with an empathetic outlook. I appreciate that so much. I like seeing people talk about real things but also being able to say "this dude was a major asshole, deserved all the shit coming to him as well." While also saying "the man is flawed just like anyone else is" I think both can coexist. Redemption should still be something we want for people.( Ofc there's always those extreme outliers where forgiveness is just Not even possible). This was a great vid, Kira.

To me , Shia is one of the greatest actors around . You have to have suffered to put that kind of emotion into your craft . Wishing him peace and love in his life

This video was very well done. I do feel sorry for Shia. I’m happy he’s made amends, and I hope he finds peace, as well as those who love him.

It's insane to realize just how many kid's lives were destroyed by Disney's search for profits.

He is definitely a person fighting with his real self, alot of young actor's get used to the habit of acting to a point where it overwrites own personal growth

Great video! Very nuanced take. More should make videos like you

I love this. So WELL WRITTEN. I’ve never seen this channel but I’m going to check it out because I’m so impressed by the writing. It was beautiful and so human. And we need it. Beauty and humanity.

This is fair and nuanced work. What a contrast to the standard online narrative. Thank you for telling a story about a person and remembering that they are a person at the same time. Nice journalism 👍🏿

He was descending into a fog that became more inescapable the further he disappeared into it. If anything I think that child stars that transition to adult stars should have some kind of "sanity break". It's a hard thing going that hard at roles for that long. Acting isn't a bowl of cherries, sometimes it is rather boring and time consuming. For Disney stars you are also pushed into a purity requirement as well, which is why so many former Disney stars rebel to wash away that whiter than white image. I think there is also a fear that if you go on a sanity break, you won't get roles again. But I'd argue that if you are burnt out already, you won't get the roles you hoped for anyway. Shia can recover this, he just needs some time of reflection and chill. He's got plenty of money, he can turn it around.

Beautiful summary. Well done.

No one's going to see this but what Shia did to FKA twigs is so horrific I urge people to look further into what she has said. Also twigs have him the option to acknowledge what he did and go to therapy to get help but he didnt so she sued him to make sure others knew about him and didnt have to go through what she did. Also if he was truly sorry why is he challenging her in court

You completely glossed over the end of the "Don't Worry Darling" story (as well as the peripheral drama on that production). Much like with the Alec Baldwin case, Shia produced texts after the fact that vindicated him. The director (Olivia Wilde) said she fired him, but he had texts and even a video call where he backed out because he didn't want to do the film without a longer rehearsal time (because he's so "method," as we know). The video call is begging him to come back to the production. There's a lot more than just that, but I'll have to summarize: Wilde then went on to claim Florence Pugh was scared of Shia, which Pugh denies. Wilde replaces Shia with Harry Styles, and ends up turning the cast against her by sleeping with him on-set (There are reports of production delays due to them spending so much time in her trailer). (BTW, can you imagine the backlash if a male director was slipping away for a fling with a starlet ten years his junior? I have yet to hear the word "unprofessional" in this case, but actions speak louder than words because...) The press tour for the movie ends up being a disaster and memed multiple times. Pugh purposely misses some of the dates and shows up late to the premier so she doesn't have to interact with Wilde. Chris Pine famously looks like he doesn't want to be there. Wilde swears she never hooked up with Styles until after she split from the 10-year relationship with Jason Sudeikis, but look up the "special salad dressing" story from the nanny. Lots of details in there no one could invent, and not the sort of thing Sudeikis and Wilde want out there. Shia may run with a bad crowd, but he dodged a bullet by skipping out on that trainwreck. Sucks that most people are only going remember Wilde's side of the story even with her cemented reputation as a liar and cheat while he's got receipts no one wants to see.

"Love, art and God all meant the same thing to me." I do have to give him some grace for being able to genuinely reflect on his mistakes, and he is very talented. The fact he could be so honest about his ill motivations later is pretty refreshing. I hope his future is brighter, provided he doesn't relapse into old behavior.

It's a great video and I really hope he will bounce back and make a great recovery story out of that. Some people did and they became a better people afterwards. It didn't erase their wrongdoings, but rather taught them what sort of people the cannot be. As a few examples I can mention probably one of the biggest ones: Robert Downey Jr, who messed up big time on every possible field, but since recovery, he became one of the best actors of his generation. Craig Ferguson, perhaps less known, but one of my favorites had similar story to tell. Also let's not forget about Justin Bieber, yes, I know I know - Beebs. I couldn't care less about him, but since his Comedy Central roast in 2016 (if I remember correctly), he grabbed my attention as someone who is trying get off the bad boy path and get on the right one. He acknowledged he messed up, but also said something very interesting: I was a teenager, who all of a sudden became incredibly popular, millions of girls shouting at the slightest sight of me with a 200 million dollars bank account. I could have everything I wanted. How would you react? This sparked the thought, that probably most would fly off the handle in those circumstances. As a final word: I wish all the best to those who struggle for different reasons, but especially to those who are willing to go to extremes in order to turn their life 180 degrees and make things right for people around and especially for themselves.

Great video dude

In an age where people defend or don't acknowledge their bad life choices, it felt weird seeing Shia being so honest about the kind of person he was.

Macaulay Culkin at least turned his life around with having a family with her partner who is also a child star Brenda Song. I think child star can have it rough but things can get better if you surround people that can relate to your challenges and will help you get through it.

Been watching your videos, but this was the one that got me to subscribe. I've never liked the man, but your appraisal made me look at him differently.

The ending to this was absolutely perfect. Well done

Earlier I watched a video on life-to-date of a former female gymnastic star. Just like anything that involves, fame, money, power, etc. the young are almost always chewed up and spit off like chewing gum. Some are able to recover, some were never made for that pressure and if they don't realize it and get out early enough, it usually ends badly for them and the coaches, managers, studios, or whoever did the initial damage, move on to the next victim. I sincerely hope that Shia is able to recover with his family, it pays better dividends to the heart and mind.

im not unsympathetic to how much pressure and emotional damage one must face as a child actor, but i also think that his brain chemistry is just not suited to be a celebrity. he clearly suffers from some kind of mania. his mania is what allowed him to be driven enough to make his career as a potentially great actor, but that same mania holds him back, as it makes him too unstable and confrontational to work along side or to be a public figure

People change…it does not happen often but I know from experience that change is possible. Kudos to Shia for trying to change his ways. It takes one step, one day at a time. I’ve done a lot of terrible things in my past that I am not proud of. Unfortunately, none of it had happened I wouldn’t be in the mindset I am in today. I still suffer bc of the things I’ve done in the past. Forgive…it will help you more than you realize. I’ll stop preaching. Y’all take care yourselves and each other. Peace! 😊

1:50 oh god a Vietnam war veteran clown will make your kid's birthday party something to never forget.

Watched all these childhood stars as a kid. Can't believe how much of a mess most of these Disney stars are now. There's definitely something wrong with the system there.

I really appreciate you. The way you cover these stories is a breath of fresh air. So many of these documentaries on youtube just spill out hate and go on their way. You seem to understand the humanity of people and the importance of offering redemption to those that are trying to gain it. You are critical but seem to care about a path back into the fold for people, which is important.

Man some of the most entertaining youtube is coming out of the UK. KiraTV, TotallyPointlessTV, Hawkshaw, VaatiVidya; and thats just a few. Keep up the great work. Fuck forgot to mention Simon Whistler from Warographics as well as his other 100s of channels

"Even Steven Spielberg" I see what you did there with the Even Steven reference

“I hope that either all of us, or none of us, are judged by the actions of our weakest moments. But rather, by the strength we show when, and if, we're ever given a second chance.” - Ted Lasso with wise words.

So all the other times he was lying and manipulating people all around him....but not this time right?

brilliant vid!

As someone who has messed up their own life, I'd like to hope that people give him another chance. We're all learning, some at different stages than others. All of us hope for a better life. Some just don't have the skills/knowledge/resources/whatever it may be to get it.

It's crazy how so many people are completely allergic to taking responsibility for their own, adult, completely conscious decisions and actions

Good luck Shia. I had years of addiction, pushed my family away my friends. I'm clean now, only took 38yrs. You can do this, you can beat this, there is a very decent person waiting to be set free. FREE YOURSELF YOUR WORTH IT.

Because he did method acting, he lived with Capuchin Friars before filming the Padre Pio movie he starred in. Those friars, he said, actually helped him change his life.

Thousands of years ago Children of powerful people would call themselves gods or demigods. From Japan and China's emperors being decedents of dragons to the Persians living god kings and the Pharaohs of Egypt being decedents of Ra. Child stars today arguably have greater reach, power, and wealth than their predecessors and can be just as separated from reality. I cannot imagine the lasting psychological damage caused by this.

This was a really fantastic video!! Super informative and insightful! Really liked how you handled this. But I have to say... I am SUPER fckn proud of how you've grown and expanded your channel since you started all those years ago!! I was always interested in seeing how'd you pivot from just gaming content, but I haven't been on RU-vid much lately so missed a lot of your videos. But this was great to come back to and I'm so happy to see you constantly upping your skills and range all while maintaining your integrity. Awesome work man!!

I'm 40 so am old enough to have seen him from the start to where he is now. To me, he seems very arrogant / egotistical. He fancies himself an intellectual and "thought influencer". In actuality, he's a ... I guess "ok" actor - like many child actors - who is not capable of dealing with the fame / money that comes with that. Since a young kid, he's been told he's amazing and clever and has the intelligence of an adult in a child's body. In reality, he was abused in the hollywood system and had his childhood stolen.

I've always liked him as an actor, and never would have thought that he'd be struggling with NPD. I mean there's been hints of it, but almost every method actor struggles with this in one form or another, I just never thought it'd be this extreme. I am glad that he's received helped he needed.

He'll always be the "HE WILL NOT DIVIDE US" lolcow for me.

Shia feels like a real life version of Bojack

I really like the way you presented that, you did a great job of remaining empathetic, while still being critical!

loved the way you ended the vid...great monologue

Shia went through a lot as a child actor and his dad really fucked him up.. he’s working on a SERIOUS come back. Positive vibes for Shia

It's very true when you say people tended to gravitate towards him. I remember in 2015 when I was studying my undergrad, lots of other university students in the creative arts clearly viewed him with great respect, with some going out of their way to publicly praise his work during discussions in lectures etc (this was around the time of the Sia video). It always struck me as a bit odd.

Amazing video KiraTV, i've seen a few videos on Shia's life, and you crammed into a short ~29 minutes a lot more than the other videos. I think you write excellent scripts for your videos, and the research that goes into the content is exemplary. The production values are great too, E.G. i personally liked the well-timed 26:20 B&W-to-colour fade :) Well done, and thank you 👍

dude, that look at 15:07 .. you know he's down in despair when he has a look like that despite everything that is going around

i know what its like to deal with addiction and mental health problems so all this shit is normal to my everyday life, you are not alone i wish you the best you have a good heart

Shia underestimated the industry’s patience.

For good or bad, everything with Shia is a performance.

16:00 that's the only thing I know this guy for. He will not divide us.. Yet it divided his own mind and he acted 16:58 heavily divided with others. He just wanted everyone to think exactly like him and agree totally with him. That's not how life works. Confession by projection much?!? . 18:00 that was really a fun time 😂 I mean, he could've just laughed along with everyone.

Curious: Why no mention of his work in the Father Pio role? It seems to have altered his life to a very significant degree.

Dude has gone through more career destroying controversies than Kim Kardashian has gone through desperate rich men.

Your style of narration / story telling is going from strength to strength. Looking forward to the next one.

God damn, Kira is just doing amazing documentaries... so well put together, edited and narrated... very high quality work! Keep it up, Kira!

Bro, HWNDU was amazing and I have to give Shia credit for it. All seasons in the US were top notch! The British version wasn't as good though

I appreciate you keeping the human aspect of it. Everyone deserves a chance to fix their lives, but it doesn't mean we have to forgive his actions. It's hard as hell to fix a lot of these mental problems, he'll have to live alongside them forever, but at least he's *trying*.

I had put Shia away in my mind, it didn't matter how much time had passed, because if I went and looked him up, he was always: Getting kicked off movie sets, in rehab or getting arrested and let go

Always loved Shia, and I don't exactly know why. He was great in Fury. I'd loved to have him carry on the Indy franchise in a whole new fresh start as the son of Jones. He seems sympathetic and real somehow. Now he's joined the Catholic Church and is likely to be very serious about his faith. Wonderful. I hope we're going to see him do great things yet.

If there's any good news to come out of this, it seems what he's been through the last year has been very positive for him and he has been holding himself to his promise to improve as a person, especially with the stuff around Padre Pio. I highly recommend watching his interview with Bishop Barron, for people who want to see how he's managing to get out of his rut finally and get some insight into the mind of a guy like this.

I'm a little disappointed you didn't mention "actual cannibal shia labeouf". Very silly and definitely worth (re)watching!

I totally forgot about all the plagiarism stuff until now. I get the point he was trying to make about copyrights; creativity being "owned for profit" and wanting to liberate that creativity, etc. But the way he went about that was, hypocritically, to profit off others' creativity for himself---exactly what he was purporting as the problem. Even if he truly felt that creative endeavors and entertainment should be open source, he went about it in such a way that hurts his stance more than helps it. That, and he should have realized how he got where he got in the first place..... Really I think he just messed up initially by accident, but it affected him for years and he stubbornly refused to back down from a stance that was categorically wrong.

Damn did not know all this stuff, so sad, hope he really gets his stuff together and gets his life on track

thats why we need good friend, even if we dont like them, we keep them around to keep us in check, because we know, only good friend will warn us if we going wrong way, only bad friend let us do what ever we want

Shia is a vulnerable narc with a hint of bipolar. Something I know very well unfortunately. I call it death by Wetiko. I don't know any covert narcs that ever changed. I myself have to struggle with this every second of the day. These people are in so much pain, it's insane and cannot really be conveyed accurately. I think the best thing for us is to be alone and make art (and not be known). I honestly don't know if this demon can be conquered entirely. I really feel for the dude like he's my own blood....and the people who care for him...god help them understand. Deep inside he is just a child trying to feel anything... It's the anhedonia that drives us to extremes... noface as our phersu. And the result is genius...tragic genius.

Shia LaBeouf has done everything to “ruin” his career. But, he has recently made movies with Francis Ford Coppola, David Mamet, & Abel Ferrera lol. That’s Hollywood for you.

Wow. Great video especially at the end with what the narrator said. I don't want anyone hating on my comment so I will tone it down but. Shia. I absolutely loved Fury. I loved your work in the Sia video. Alot of people cannot handle different, how you didn't wash so you could really be in the part for Fury. Not great for everyone else but just goes to show that you DID give the best of yourself to it. Christian Bale lost a dangerous amount of weight for a film he was in. Being held back by other actors who are slow to read their lines, they cannot handle the truth. If indeed you were accused of mental and physical abuse by an ex partner, then we all know that is not a good thing to do if you did do it. BUT, how many innocent men find themselves in this position. I'M NOT CONDONING DOMESTIC ABUSE TO ANYONE WHO ISN'T READING THIS PROPERLY. No one was there to help you, truly help you. The interview with John Bernthal was amazing. I hope you can turn your life around Shia. You are a great actor.

"Potential to be the next Tom Hanks" - what was Spielberg smoking when he made that comment? It must've been something really strong.

I'm confused...how did his parents go from struggling to the point of destitution to owning and destroying a fashion store? Man they came into some brief money.

*The short answer is, he obviously would rather do something else with his life but nothing else he is qualified to do pays even 10% of what he makes as an actor.* So, you've got a guy that hates his job but is determined to be the best at it while still hating it most of the time. *You're looking to move onto the next thing in life like if you're an executive and you move onto open your own company and such, but with acting there's really nowhere else to go.*

nice work

Having such a tough childhood with pressures can create super stars but it often ends badly.

just like addicts words are cheap. actions matter. give me 4 years of true change to make up for the scumbagness. I'm sure the guy mainlining ego and narcissism for decades can stop cold turkey(come back in a year or two and tell me i was right as he got into a fight or something weird)

I'm pretty sure he has bipolar, he seems to go into a type of psychosis with his online rants and public appearance. He says similar things that my brother says just about different subjects.

amazing reporting great video. Everyone deserves a chance at redemption, I am rooting for Shia LaBeouf.

Just a correction: The comic story Shia La Beouf stole from Daniel Clowes was "Justin M. Damiano" (published 2008), not "Ghost World" (published 1997). "Ghost World" is Daniel Clowes' most well-known comic and film adaptation, so it's often brought up as a reference point ("the creator of Ghost World") in the mainstream press whenever they're writing about him.

Just because you believe someone can change doesn't mean you have to forgive them. I will never be able to forgive abusers like that. Like ive made mistakes and hurt people, but what he did is hard to get past.

I just think it's crazy how you can build an ego this massive from playing supporting roles. He's the kind of actor you look back on and say "yeah I guess he did ok" and that's it.

Shia LaBeouf will not divide us!

This is a great synopsis of what Hollywood and celebrity can do to a Talent. As an actor, he is one of the best, yet as a person and, as you've said, he's made more mistakes than most would in life. I really hope he becomes the man he can be for his daughter. Amazing story once again, Kira! 💚

Honestly the irony with the "He will not divide us" thing is that it was inherently divisive to begin with, especially with Shia himself seemingly being somewhat easy to set off around that time. Made a perfect target for 4chan to mess with and showed how goofy observant they are. To the point that tmk the flag was inside a building on a white wall at some point and they still managed to find it. Hopefully he can find a way to improve himself going forward.

Has he stopped shooting dogs to "prepare" for his movie roles and beating women? It's very hard to have any empathy for someone like that.

Damn. I found this video very interesting, balanced and the narrator himself rather sincere, kind and honest too. The so-called ego that Shia often referred to as the culprit - he's not wrong about that as such, but I HIGHLY doubt he's truly realized what ego is and the sheer magnitude of this force that he's been dealing with. Truth is, this ego's got him by the b***s, keeping his true spirit/unconditioned consciousness/Being hostage. He's danced with the devil, and he's danced very close to the fire in attempt to burn this ego/devil/falsehood, but he never jumped in. And that's the moral of the story, that it (almost) never ends. This dance with the devil goes on. No one I know is truly free, no one walks away liberated, no matter the s**t they've gone through and how many rehabs they've been in and how many apologies they've made etc etc. Shia is an honest expression of what's f****d up in the world and I am happy to see him bearing his ego with such courage. I wish him well, and may he in this life find the solution to all this, the solution he's been mostly unknowingly looking for. In my own way, I am going through the same thing, but due to my imagination, I took shortcuts, I see the fame and fortune and all the perversion and degradation that ensues before needing to physically experience it. You need only a sample of this s**t to know you don't want more (well, maybe sample quite a lot....I did drink my fair share of mind's mud). Editing this, I felt the urge to say this is of course not limited to child actors, what about the music scene, the Cornells, Benningtons and Weilands of our time?) May we all learn from this, and may we all begin to urgently look for real peace, real freedom, which is within ourselves. How much personal sacrifice are you prepared to make, even for the time being, to the find absolute truth/freedom? Look no further than "non-duality" teachings (Mooji, Ramana, Maharaj, Gangagi, Adyashanti, to name a few teachers - who can't truly teach you this, but can remove misconceptions, help point to the doorless door within you that you must walk through to be free - you already are, but to experience this truth, to die before you die? that's what it's all about now). I wonder if you could do a take on Justin Roiland (Rick and Morty co-creator who fell from grace, is this guy redeemable, I wonder what you'd think). It's probably not as sweeping in timeline/there may not be enough material, but maybe there is? I hope my comment stays, but RU-vid has a habit of deleting them because I write long comments, or its AI is pure evil.

I've always found myself gravitating towards Shia LaBeouf. My life has been nothing but a roller coaster 🎢 ride. There are so many things I've done wrong, but alot I've done right. But what keeps me up at night isn't the latter. I've grown so detached from this world because of one thing or another. It's like the feeling of being at the edge of a cliff and believing if you step off you'd be able to keep walking.

I stumbled across your channel a few months ago. Im so glad i did. It's absolutely brilliant 🎉

His actions were like saying "I'm against banks so let's rob the bank". Yeah, law doesn't work like that, you can open the discussion to see if we can change them, but you don't change them by simply breaking them.

That episode of REAL ONES was prob the realest one.

I love Shia Leboeuf. His name means "Thank God for Beef". His character in Constantine was great. He played the world's best game of capture the flag.