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Controversial actor Shia LaBeouf is reportedly embracing a more holy lifestyle.
LaBeouf, 37, who grew up with a Jewish mother and a Christian father, reportedly converted to Catholicism after playing the titular Italian priest in Abel Ferrara’s 2022 biopic “Padre Pio.”
On Wednesday, the Catholic News Agency reported that the former “Even Stevens” child star was confirmed on Sunday by Bishop Robert Barron — of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona-Rochester in Minnesota — in a ceremony at Old Mission Santa Inés Parish in Solvang, California.
“We are thrilled to share that our dear friend Shia LaBeouf has fully entered the church this past weekend through the sacrament of confirmation,” the Western chapter of the Capuchin Franciscans said in a statement posted to Facebook.
LaBeouf’s confirmation sponsor, Capuchin Alexander Rodriguez, told the Catholic News Agency that the “Transformers” star wants to become a deacon “sometime in the future.”
“He just spontaneously said, ‘I want to become a deacon,’ and he still feels that way,” Rodriguez said.
LaBeouf’s pivot toward a more religious life comes after the “Honey Boy” actor had several bouts of legal trouble in 2020 and was accused of abusing an ex-girlfriend.