Shia LaBeouf says daughter will one day see him “pathetic” online

Shia LaBeouf feels changed after welcoming his daughter Isabel.

The Fury an actor who has a 5-month-old child with his wife Mia Gothtalked about parenthood in the August 31 episode Real with Jon Bernthal podcast. Speaking about how he “lashed out” and “hurt a lot of people” before his daughter was born, Shia said becoming a father was like hitting “some weird reset button” on his life.

“She’s checking me out,” he explained. “It’s almost like having a top parole officer. I need someone to hold me accountable.”

Calling his child “so damn happy”, Shia continued by saying that Isabelle has given him “new purpose” and how he is now “learning to be a man of principles”.

“There’s a lot I need to work on,” the 36-year-old said, admitting that Isabelle could one day read about his troubled past online. “Having a daughter and knowing that one day your daughter is going to search your name in a search engine and see that you’re a pathetic, disgusting piece of shit, that shit is amazing. I have time until she learns to build a relationship with her so that she knows me more than the idea of ​​who I am in public.’