Shia LaBeouf says Kid Cudi and Thundercat both offered to help following his arrest in New Orleans amid Mardi Gras celebrations last month.
This was among the revelations tucked into the Henry Johnson actor’s recent interview with Andrew Callaghan for Channel 5, which debuted on YouTube over the weekend.
The conversation spanned over an hour, and at multiple points found LaBeouf, 39, reflecting on what he says led up to his latest arrest. As previously reported, the Transformers and Indiana Jones franchises alum, who earned acclaim for the semi-autobiographical Honey Boy in 2019 (though he later brought its stated semi-autobiographical nature into question), was charged with simple battery in connection with an alleged altercation in February.
According to LaBeouf, he’s unsure of the exact circumstances that led to his release.
“I don’t know what it is. They told me I’m on bond. … I gotta take my shotgun in there in the morning,” he told Callaghan. “Can’t have a gun, can’t be on drugs, can’t be in no fuck-around, can’t leave the country.”
Asked to clarify the situation further, LaBeouf reiterated that he has “no idea what happened” to facilitate his release.
“I have no idea, bro,” he said when asked if someone bailed him out. “I know Thundercat tried to get it going. Stephen and me are very close. I know him from school. He tried to send his people out, and I love you very much. That’s a good man. Cudi did the same thing.”
Cudi and LaBeouf’s friendship is well-documented. In 2021, he appeared in the Robert Alexander-directed documentary A Man Named Scott. LaBeouf is also the director of “Maniac,” a 2011 short film featuring Cudi and Cage, and the official video for Cudi’s 2010 single “Marijuana.”
While LaBeouf expressed a lack of knowledge as to the circumstances of his initial release from jail in New Orleans, reports say he was released on his own recognizance, meaning one’s release does not require the payment of bail. A police incident report viewed by Complex included allegations that LaBeouf had “used the word ‘f*ggot’ multiple times” during the incident.
“Free me,” LaBeouf posted on X amid news coverage of his Mardi Gras arrest.