SH0CK: Fox News host Jesse Watters encounters INCIDENT at airport – his young child was frightened!
Fox News host Jesse Watters says actor Shia LaBeouf once c::rsed him out at the airport.
During a segment on Tuesday’s Jesse Watters Primetime, the anchor interviewed conservative playwright and director David Mamet to promote his latest film, Henry Johnson. The prison drama, which stars Shia alongside Evan Jonigkeit, was released in May and is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winner’s 2023 play of the same name.
The controversial commentator recalled the time when the former child star told him to go “3ff” himself in front of his family years ago at an airport, an anecdote he has shared on the air before.
David discussed the film, which was not released in theaters, during the segment.
“It’s about a guy who stands up and he wants to do good for a friend of his who went to ja1l, so he steals for the friend to get him a lawyer,” he explained. “Then he goes to ja1l and gets involved in a shootout in ja1l. He gets a lot of people killed, he stages a riot. It’s a lot of fun.”
Shia LaBeouf apparently confronted the Fox News host while waiting to board a flight (Image: Getty)
The political pundit did not delve further into promoting the film, but instead said, “Well, Shia LaBeouf told me to go 3ff myself at a Delta lounge at the airport a couple years ago. So, tell him I said ‘hi’. Will you do that for me?” The guest laughed off the bizarre anecdote without making any promises of relaying the message to the 39-year-old actor.
Shia rose to fame as a child star in the early 2000s, playing Louis Stevens in the Disney Channel series Even Stevens and as Stanley Yelnats in the Disney-produced movie adaptation Holes. His film career included breakout roles in the thriller Disturbia and the blockbuster franchise Transformers, both in 2007.
Since then, his career has been riddled with controversy, including multiple arr3sts, rehab stints, and ab::se allegations brought by ex-girlfriend, singer FKA Twigs.
Shia stars in David Mamet’s latest film Henry Johnson (Image: Getty)
The host has told the story on air before, while guest-hosting The Ingraham Angle back in 2019, though there are slight variations in what the actor supposedly said to him.
“The other day, I was at a lounge at the Delta Sky situation trying to take off for a flight with my family,” Jesse recalled. “And the actor Shia LeBeouf or whatever his name is, I think it was him, it looked exactly like him. I walk by and he calls me ‘trash’ right in front of my kids, you know? And I didn’t say anything. I didn’t lose it. But, you know, these things happen.”
The confrontation from six years ago apparently stuck with him.
The 47-year-old political commentator is known for his controversial commentary regarding race, masculinity, and conspiracy theories. He often jokes on air about his disputes with his mother, who identifies as liberal, even admitting that he was not invited to Thanksgiving dinner with his family last year.
