Shia LaBeouf reveals he has converted to Catholicism.
In a sit-down interview with “Bishop Barron Presents” host Bishop Robert Barron, the actor admitted that his most upcoming acting role in “Padre Pio” put him on the path to conversion.
Shia LaBeouf Reveals He Converted to Catholicism
“It was seeing other people who have sinned beyond anything I could ever conceptualize also being found in Christ that made me feel like, ‘Oh, that gives me hope,’” the actor explained. “I started hearing experiences of other depraved people who had found their way in this, and it made me feel like I had permission.”
Speaking to Barron, he revealed that by portraying the late-Christian mystic Padre Pio, he began to participate in the Catholic Church.
He even went as far as moving into a monastery of Franciscan Capuchin friars.
“When I walked into this, my life was on fire,” LaBeouf explained in the interview.
“I was walking down a hill. It wasn’t like I willingly came in here on a white horse singing show tunes. I came in here on fire, and I didn’t want to be an actor anymore. And my life was a complete mess, and I had hurt a lot of people. I felt deep shame, guilt. I didn’t like to go outside much. I really had a journey here and I was on my way out.”
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Nearly one year before filming for Padre Pio commenced in Italy, LaBeouf became a subject of public ire in December 2020.
At the time, the actor was hit with a lawsuit by his ex-girlfriend, the singer Tahliah Debrett Barnett, better known as FKA Twigs, for sexual battery, infliction of emotional distress, and assault. The singer also accused LaBeouf of knowingly giving her a sexually transmitted disease.
LaBeouf denied the accusations “generally and specifically.”
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That lawsuit is set to go to trial in Los Angeles on April 17, 2023.
During his interview with Barron, LaBeouf did not touch on any accusations or legal trials. However, he did reveal that before filming the biopic, he experienced a deep sense of isolation.
“I had nowhere to go. This was the last stop on the train. There was nowhere else to go. In every sense,” the actor explained. “I know now that God was using my ego to draw me to him… It was seeing other people who have sinned beyond anything I could ever conceptualize also being found in Christ that made me feel like, ‘Oh, that gives me hope.’”
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