Shia LaBeouf 'Embarrassed' By His Online Anti-Gay Slurs

Access Hollywood - June 11, 2008 8:15 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- A video surfaced on YouTube on Tuesday showing Shia LaBeouf in a slapping contest with a friend where the "Indiana Jones" actor hurls anti-gay slurs to encourage his friend to slap him.

A rep for the actor told E!'s Marc Malkin that he is "embarrassed" by the video, where Shia is seen calling his friend a "f----t" multiple times.

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"The videotape that is currently being circulated is several years old and captures Shia playing a game among friends in which he uses a derogatory word toward a friend," a rep for the actor tells Malkin.

"He regrets having used the word in any capacity and is very embarrassed that this footage is being seen by anyone," the rep said.

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This isn't the first controversy for the 22-year-old actor.

An arrest warrant was issued for Shia earlier this year after failing to appear in court to face an illegal smoking charge.

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And in December 2007, he was arrested for trespassing at a Chicago-area Walgreen's drug store.

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  • Lori
    Seriously people say that word often and not meaning it as an insult. Imagine if everything you ever said ended up in a magazine or on the news. What would people think of you.... Enjoy celebrities but remember they are HUMAN!
    report abuseposted July 16, 2008 6:48 PM PDT
  • First NamechantrelleC
    you are so sexy shia!! Great job on the Indiana movie I LOVE YOU
    report abuseposted July 16, 2008 6:46 PM PDT
  • Moe!!!!
    ok everyone says %@!*#ot so wat does it mattr if he says it.......and he is NOT GAY..........he is one of the HOTTEST DWN 2 EARTH PPL IN SHOW BUSSINESS RIGHT NOW..........shia i love u keep doin an amazin job.....i should stop cuz i have so much 2 say.......TRUELY UR NUMBER ONE FAN..luv u lots-Danielle
    report abuseposted June 26, 2008 12:10 AM PDT
  • mav
    You wuss Shia! Not about your taunting episode several years ago, but making a statement apologizing to the gay community? You should keep your mouth shut.
    report abuseposted June 12, 2008 6:29 PM PDT
  • Dani
    yummy!!!!! H e was drunk and having fun alot of people use that word...Anyway Happy 22nd B-day Shia.
    report abuseposted June 12, 2008 1:27 AM PDT
  • shia is amazing! leave him alone! it was a personal tape that was never meant to be seen by the public. get over it. Happy 22nd Birthday Shia!
    report abuseposted June 11, 2008 10:51 PM PDT
  • just me
    Dione.....u need to wake up and take ur meds
    report abuseposted June 11, 2008 10:15 PM PDT
  • sassystef
    who cares most people say that world every once and a while?
    report abuseposted June 11, 2008 9:56 PM PDT
  • Traci Angel
    So what if he is or not gay.He is a very good looking actor and good in the movie transformers,also be in transformer 2.
    report abuseposted June 11, 2008 8:47 PM PDT
  • abou
    hello my email gerrtogal3@hotmail.co.uk
    report abuseposted June 11, 2008 8:47 PM PDT
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