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– Bad news keeps coming for Shia LaBeouf. Variety reports that the actor was retired in September from the cast of a promising film directed by Olivia Wilde. The reason he lost his role Don’t worry, love it is not explained in detail, but history notes that Wilde generally maintains a “zero hole policy” on his teams. The famously temperamental LaBeouf apparently did not meet this standard. Worse for him, the film was seen as a kind of return to LaBeouf, who has alienated much of Hollywood with his behavior, according to Variety.
Of course, the news comes amid more serious news about LaBeouf, he points out Gent. Ex-girlfriend FKA Twigs filed a lawsuit this month alleging a pattern of abusive behavior, and another ex, singer Sia, filed a lawsuit to back up Twigs. LaBeouf’s own lawyer is not trying to cover up what is happening. “Shia needs help and she knows it,” Shawn Holley explains Variety. “We are actively seeking the type of meaningful, intensive, long-term hospital treatment he desperately needs.” (Read more Shia LaBeouf stories.)