Shia LaBeouf 'not into' rehab push, cites 'small man complex' for Mardi Gras brawl

Shia LaBeouf addressed his recent behavior following his February arrest for simple battery.

"It's not nice to hurt people - ever, it's f---ing lame. People got hurt, we've gotta deal with that. I'm gonna deal with that in full," he explained of the Feb. 17 arrest. "I'll eat it all. It was on me, not on them. It was on me. I f---ed up."

In another attempt at explaining how he was feeling, LaBeouf confessed that he felt "blessed."

"I've got s--t I've got to answer for, but overall I feel good. I came out here heartbroken. I speak to you now as a man who's filling my heart up," LaBeouf said, seemingly addressing his reported split from actress Mia Goth. He later acknowledged he was responsible for his "failed marriage," but admitted the story wasn't his alone to tell. 

"I was drunk, and then I felt infringed upon … like in terms of my proximity. But I wasn't in my right mind and so it's on me."

He continued, "I said words that are not OK to say. I don't want to hurt nobody's feelings."

"I'm just not into it, bro. I don't think my answers are there. I don't," he said. "I don't think I have a drinking problem. I think I have a different problem, and I'm gonna address it."

LaBeouf continued, "I think I have a small man complex. Some kind of Napoleonic … I don't know what it is. I think it's something that has to do with anger and ego more so than my drinking. But that's where I'm at now on my journey. And I'm trying to navigate it. I'll figure it out."

When asked what set off that anger, LaBeouf continued, "I mean, boy, I haven't experienced it for a while. But I'll be honest with you, big gay people are scary to me." 

"When I'm like standing by myself and three gay dudes are next to me touching my leg, I get scared. I'm sorry. If that's homophobic, then I … then I'm that."

"Does that happen a lot," Callaghan asked, to which the actor replied, "No, it just happened one time recently. Well, that's why I got arrested." 

He added, "I am wrong for touching anyone ever, and that's the end of my statement on this."

LaBeouf was reportedly "causing a disturbance and becoming increasingly aggressive at a Royal Street business" the night of his arrest. When a staff member attempted to eject the actor from the establishment, LaBeouf allegedly used "his closed fists on the victim several times," police said.

"The victims reported that LaBeouf left, but then came back, acting even more aggressive."

Multiple people allegedly attempted to hold LaBeouf down outside the business in the Faubourg Marigny district, and he was eventually let up in hopes that he would leave. 

The "Disturbia" star allegedly struck the same victim again with "closed fists to the victim's upper body" before allegedly assaulting another person by punching them in the nose.

"LaBeouf was again held down until police arrived," police said. "He was taken to a hospital for treatment of unknown injuries. Upon release, he was arrested and charged with two counts of simple battery."

LaBeouf's representatives did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.