Friday, June 27, 2014

What Ever Happened to Shia LaBeouf?

Jeez.

I mean, what else can you say about Shia LaBeouf, right?

Dude has gone from parlaying his status as an F.O.S. into next-Tom Hankshood by way of several blockbusters in the aughts to...getting pinched at a Broadway show?

Yeah, folks – it looks like we have us a male, 2014 version of Amanda Bynes.

See, LaBeouf exhibited more of his as-of-late bizarre behavior last night (recent instances include his Bynes-esque quitting of the industry in January, his wearing a paper bag over his head at the Berlin premiere of Nymphomaniac a month later, and his James Franco-wannabe-ish “#IAMSORRY art installation), when he was escorted out of a performance of Cabaret at Studio 54 in New York and arrested on two counts of disorderly conduct.

Of course, to show its double standard, the media immediately jumped to – albeit jokingly (I should trust) – calling LaBeouf a gangsta for his latest stunt (this is not his first run-in with the law), whereas when Bynes got all erratic on the world, they simply called her crazy and diagnosed her with all kinds of psychological ailments.

Yeah. OK. Guilty! Ish.

There is a difference between making a comparison between two people who were/are in the thick of a meltdown of some sort and getting all doctor-y on the topic.

Either way, the questions still remains: Just what is Young Hollywood drinking these days?

Photo: GuardianLV.com.

Update 1: Four days after his big Broadway bust, Shia LaBeouf reportedly checked into a rehab facility (in California), to seek help with his issues.

Update 2: Yeah, no – Shia LaBeouf has not checked into rehab.

But he is in (outpatient?) treatment for alcoholism.

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