Shia LaBeouf reveals the story behind his ‘Cabaret’ arrest

Jimmy Kimmel didn’t waste any time in getting to what was on everyone’s mind when Shia LaBeouf visited his show Monday night.

“You seem to have gone crazy since the last time I saw you,” Kimmel said.

LaBeouf didn’t really argue.

“Yeah,” he said. “I guess I have.”

Then LaBeouf proceded to detail the events leading up to and following the actor’s arrest during a performance of “Cabaret” in New York City back in June. And they are just as nuts as you could imagine. It’s a tale involving World Cup fever, a homeless Marine, a dancer, fiftysomething women, a fruit plate, cigarettes, leather pants, a Hannibal Lecter-style mask and lots and lots of whiskey.

It’s a tale best told by LaBeouf himself.

By the actor’s account, he was pretty intoxicated. So intoxicated, in fact, that he couldn’t tell if the musical starred Alan Cumming, Alan Tudyk or Allan Iverson. (For the record, the star was Cumming.)

LaBeouf has made a lot of headlines lately for many acts of unruly behavior, including multiple arrests, bar altercations, plagarism charges and a widely publicized art exhibit, “#IAMSORRY,” in which the actor sat alone in a room with a paper bag over his head and allowed visitors to do or say whatever they wanted to him.

He’s been on relatively good behavior during this latest round of press appearances for his upcoming movie “Fury.” Maybe he’s learned his lesson?

That’s what he told Kimmel, anyway. But it maybe he’s learned the wrong lesson.

“I’m gonna stay away from Broadway for a little bit,” he said.

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