comScore
  1. Mediaite
  2. Gossip Cop
  3. Geekosystem
  4. Styleite
  5. SportsGrid
  6. The Mary Sue
  7. The Jane Dough
  8. The Braiser

Busting bad dish!

Shia LaBeouf Slams Alec Baldwin AGAIN With New Leaked Private Emails

Truth rating: 10

(GettyImages.com)

Shia LaBeouf and Alec Baldwin’s personal drama just heated up again — with the younger actor going public with NEW emails slamming his ex-Orphans cast mate.

To recap: LaBeouf abruptly left the Broadway production two weeks ago amid behind-the-scenes problems, then posted private correspondence from Baldwin and their director Dan Sullivan on Twitter, drawing Baldwin’s ire.

On Tuesday, Vulture asked Baldwin about LaBeouf’s comment that “the theater belongs not to the great but to the brash,” which led the older actor to diss LaBeouf and his theatrical credentials, comparing the Transformers star to a “celebrity chef” who doesn’t take his craft seriously (see full remarks below).

LaBeouf struck back early Wednesday.

The young star tweeted two more email exchanges, captioning the first one “celebrity” and the second one “chef” in reference to Baldwin’s critique.

In the first correspondence, from February 10, Baldwin complains about being “f*cking tired,” to which LaBeouf responds, “im a hustler, i don’t get tired, im 26 chief.”

Baldwin jokingly replies, “Listen, boy. I’m not your f*ckin’ chief. You got that? Ha. Hahahahaha. Let’s go.”

LaBeouf then forwards the exchange to the director Sullivan, writing of Baldwin, “I think he’s nervous.”

The second tweet highlights an email from Sullivan to LaBeouf later on February 10, in which the director tells LaBeouf, “Don’t be too surprised if Alec doesn’t look up from his script much for the first few days. I suspect he’s not nearly as prepared as you are. Not unusual at all when actors have a good long rehearsal time like we have. I just don’t want it to throw you.”

Yikes.

Baldwin has not yet responded to LaBeouf’s latest airing of their dirty laundry, although we suspect the outspoken “30 Rock” star will have a reaction.

Stay tuned.

Follow @GossipCop on Twitter!

Like us on Facebook!

Baldwin’s Comments on LaBeouf:

“I can tell you that, in all honesty, I don’t think he’s in a good position to be giving interpretations of what the theater is and what the theater isn’t. I mean, he was never in the theater. He came into a rehearsal room for six or seven days and, uh — you know, sometimes film actors — I mean, there are people who are film actors who have a great legacy in the theater. Some of the greatest movie stars had really serious theater careers and still do.”

“And many film actors, though, who are purely film actors, they’re kind of like celebrity chefs, you know what I mean? You hand them the ingredients, and they whip it up, and they cook it, and they put it on a plate, and they want a round of applause. In the theater, we don’t just cook the food and serve it. You go out in the garden and you plant the seeds and you grow it. You know, it’s a really very, very long, slow, deliberate — it’s the opposite of film acting. It’s a much more intensive and kind of thoughtful process.”

“And there are people who that’s just not their thing. So for those people who I think it’s not their thing, I’m not really interested in their opinion of it. But thanks.”

LaBeouf’s New Emails About Baldwin:


You might like:


  • J F

    Two somewhat crazy people with humongous egos fighting back and forth like high school girls. They seem to think we care what they’re going at each other over … as if we have that much time to devote to silliness like this.

  • Kateekidding

    Jeezz, it is so unbelievably beyond tacky to make private messages public. Ick!!

  • nfgrfrrffff

    Not sure what is really going on in this situation but LaBeouf is coming off as a scum bag. Somethings should be kept private.

  • Lori

    I don’t see anything wrong with Alex’s comments, to be honest. Also, I don’t see what the director said as negative, either. He’s simply saying it’s not unusual for experienced actors to not be overly eager to memorize everything early when they have plenty of rehearsal time. He didn’t want the more inexperience theater actor to think that was problematic. No big deal, from where I sit. Alex has been a total tool on more than one occasion, but I just don’t see it here.

  • MissZee

    well..now i know if i ever meet Shia, i should air the deets first

  • TheBoost

    Well, as soon as Lebouf makes one notably good performance, or has one movie that’s a success NOT because it’s a hugely recognized brand, then maybe his opinion will mean something.

  • http://www.facebook.com/pamela.alexander.3762 Pamela Alexander

    If Shia had stayed and they had replaced Baldwin with Kevin Costner, I bet it would have worked. I think Shia would respect Costner, and Costner would have been a good influence on Shia. …just saying. Casting is everything. In the play, Shia’s role needed a father-figure (like Shia does, in fact, need in real life, so he was perfect for his part.) Who in the world thought Baldwin was right as a father-figure, off stage or on?

  • http://www.facebook.com/joel.emmett Joel Emmett

    Shia, a long time ago someone a lot older and wiser than me gave me some advice: “Sometimes, you can be so right, you’re wrong.”

    This is one of those times. Think about it.

  • ugh

    Shia needs to just disappear now. I’m so sick of him, he’s an arrogant moron who has no reason to be. His talent peaked at “Holes” and it’s been nowhere but down from there. Both he and Alec have poor attitudes, but at least Alec has been around enough to somewhat justify his pompous behavior. Shia needs to be put in his place, and I really wish people would stop hiring him.

  • onward

    Alex Baldwin is a fantastic actor on stage as well as screen. Why on earth do you think he can’t play a father figure? Are you confusing art with reality? Shia shouldn’t be looking for daddy in his costars off stage. Clearly, from his recent actions, Shia’s an immature, ungracious person; Alex Baldwin has a temper, but he hasn’t done one thing wrong in this situation. He has a right to be angry and blunt with this ridiculous young actor with zero stage experience spouting off plagiarized bromides.

  • onward

    I get what you are saying about two big egos, but Alex has been responding, not instigating. And who can blame him? It was Shia who went rogue with private remarks; Alex was asked for a comment and gave one after Shia’s behavior, and he made excellent points along w/his celeb chef comment—did you read the piece?

  • dannehlicious

    Am I stupid for not really understanding this? I don’t get why Shia’s leaking these emails but at the same time I don’t see anything negative. What Alec says is true, it is very different for film and theatre actors (I do both and it’s hard going from acting a certain way and preparing a certain way in one and not the other) and I think the “celebrity chef” thing was talking about actors in general. I don’t like either of these two, but I just don’t understand the point in all of this.

  • http://twitter.com/dejahsenters ♥ d e j a h ♥

    You’ll have problems with other people in your life. That’s inevitable, but you shouldn’t sprawl business that’s between you and other person for everyone to see.

  • vrw

    Seems like this response is from someone in Alec’s camp.

  • Joe

    Check out Alex in the film “Outside Providence” as the father of 2 teenage sons. His performance is spot-on Southie, a truly honest performance. Breaks my heart every time I watch it.

  • pixie

    Who the hell does Shia think he is?

  • Lena

    This LaBeouf kid freaks me the fuck out. The weird relationship with his mother, the pap fights, that really psycho look in his eyes… and now this?

Abrams Media Network click here for advertising opportunities
X