Shia LaBeouf Says Mel Gibson, Sean Penn and Josh Brolin Helped Him Get Sober: They 'Kept Me Alive'

Shia LaBeouf is revealing much astir his support strategy during his sobriety journey.

The 38-year-old character said pinch The Hollywood Reporter alongside his Henry Johnson head David Mamet, and credited his sobriety to chap actors, Mel Gibson, Sean Penn and Josh Brolin.

In 2022, LaBeouf and Gibson formed a relationship aft Gibson, 69, introduced accepted Latin Mass services to LaBeouf while he was conducting investigation for his film, Padre Pio — which yet led LaBeouf to person to Catholicism, per IndieWire.

In LaBeouf's Thursday, May 8 interview, he confirmed that he and Gibson are still “very close.”

“Big respect, large love. He’s ever been very beautiful to me,” LaBeouf said. “He held my manus erstwhile I was really s---ing connected myself. Dude really stepped up for maine successful large ways.”

“Him, Sean Penn, James Brolin — these guys sewage maine to sobriety,” nan Peanut Butter Falcon actor revealed. “They sewage astir maine and kept maine alive.”

“Sean besides showed up and motivated maine to do this arsenic a play,” he explained. “I was frightened arsenic f— erstwhile this point started,” he said, adding that Penn and Sam Rockwell came to support him from nan first week. 

“There was a bunch of guys that I looked up to that conscionable started popping up. I had never, ever felt that benignant of emotion — not for illustration that.”

Gibson notably sewage sober successful 2010, aft his 2006 apprehension for drunk driving and his pursuing anti-Semitic tirade that dominated headlines. 

After Gibson sewage sober, he turned to Catholicism. LaBeouf later converted to Catholicism arsenic well, aft he recovered himself astatine nan halfway of controversy. LaBeouf was arrested successful 2017 successful Georgia. He’s besides go embroiled successful a sexual-battery lawsuit revenge by his ex-girlfriend, vocalist FKA Twigs, who accused him of “relentless. LaBeouf has denied nan allegations.

Brolin, 57, for illustration Gibson and LaBeouf, has been unfastened astir his sobriety journey. Brolin sewage sober successful 2013 erstwhile he was 45. Brolin’s determination to go sober came 3 years aft he and LaBeouf worked connected Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps together. 

Meanwhile, Penn has publically supported his boy Hopper, 31, to get sober from his addiction to crystal meth. Unlike Brolin, LaBeouf has not worked pinch Penn connected immoderate projects together, but LaBeouf has shared really Penn served arsenic 1 of his master domiciled models. In an October 2024 speech pinch Interview, he said Penn’s roles are “far much appealing” to him. Despite LaBeouf’s proclamation complete a decade ago, neither Penn nor LaBeouf person revealed overmuch penetration into their relationship. 

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