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Transformers star Shia LaBeouf has been in the news after his ex-girlfriend and singer FKA Twigs filed a sexual assault, assault and infliction of emotional distress lawsuit against him. The two dated for less than a year before splitting in May 2019. Although Shia denied all the allegations, he apologized for his bad behavior. The Hollywood actor has now revealed he was suicidal after being brutally shamed, which left him at the lowest point in his life.
In Conversations at the Crossroads with Bishop Robert Barron, Shea confirmed that he is now a Catholic and how his relationship with the religion saved him. “I had a gun on the table. I’m out of here. I didn’t want to be alive anymore when all this happened. Shame like I’d never felt before—the kind of shame that makes you forget how to breathe. I don’t know where to go. You can’t go out and get a taco,” the Hollywood news anchor said.
“I didn’t want to be an actor anymore and my life was a complete mess. I had hurt a lot of people and I felt deep shame and deep guilt,” LaBeouf admits of his shame, before adding, “But I also had this deep desire to hold on.”
Calling his past actions “disgusting” and “vicious”, the Constantine actor said he felt unworthy to seek religion, but as he read the gospel he felt an “invitation” to “give up”. But it wasn’t until he met other people who had gone through similar struggles that he was able to fully embrace the religion.
“Seeing other people who had sinned beyond anything I could even conceptualize also being in Christ made me feel like, ‘Okay, that gives me hope.'” I started hearing the experiences of other depraved people who were found their way into it, and it made me feel like I had permission,” he explained.
Although his mother is Jewish and his father Christian, LaBeouf says he has never felt a strong connection to any particular religion until now. “I didn’t know I was baptized. I was baptized earlier in my life and I didn’t even remember it,” he tells Barron. “My uncle had named me after (the Trinitarian formula),” he said.
(With IANS inputs)
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