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May 8, 2025 – In 2022, LaBeouf and Gibson formed a friendship after Gibson, 69, introduced traditional Latin Mass services to LaBeouf while he was conducting research for his film, Padre Pio — which ultimately led LaBeouf to convert to Catholicism, per IndieWire.
In LaBeouf’s Thursday, May 8 interview, he confirmed that he and Gibson are still “very close.”
“Big respect, big love. He’s always been very lovely to me,” LaBeouf said. “He held my hand when I was really s—ing on myself. Dude really stepped up for me in big ways.”
“Him, Sean Penn, James Brolin — these guys got me to sobriety,” the Peanut Butter Falcon actor revealed. “They got around me and kept me alive.”
“Sean also showed up and motivated me to do this as a play,” he explained. “I was scared as f— when this thing started,” he said, adding that Penn and Sam Rockwell came to support him from the first week.
