Christy Carlson Romanois addressing her off-screen dynamic with her formerEven StevenscostarShia LaBeouf.
Ina videopublished onher YouTube channelTuesday, Carlson Romano said she and LaBeouf no longer keep in touch — and were never very close to begin with.
“Everybody always asks me this question, if we’re still in touch, if we’re still friends,” the actress, 37, said. “To be honest, I don’t even really know if we were ever really friends, but we were coworkers. We had this sort of like, very good onscreen chemistry.”
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“Something that actually really hurt my feelings was when he won his Emmy award, and he was on the podium. I was sitting there with the rest of our team and he thanked everybody at the table but he didn’t thank me,” she said of the moment occurring in 2003. “I was hurt at the time because I felt like since day one, it was him and me. It was like, our show.”
The success LaBeouf, 35, garnered afterEven Stevenswas “frustrating” for Carlson Romano, which kept her from following his career after they moved on from the show.
Now, Carlson Romano believes that “there was a missed opportunity to bond” with LaBeouf when they were young and wishes nothing but the best for the actor.
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“Shia, if you see this, know that I love you. I’m sorry that we didn’t connect more when we were kids, and I really do hope that you are taking it one day at a time,” she said. “Say hi to your mom for me. She’s a wonderful lady.”
TheKim Possiblealum concluded: “Be well, because I’ll always love you.”
Carlson Romano recentlyspoke about her current relationship with LaBeoufina TikTok video. Answering the questions she’s most frequently asked as part of “The Magic Bomb” sound trend, she responded to the question: “Do you still talk to Shia?”
“We haven’t spoken in 2 decades,” Carlson said.
Carlson Romano later discussed their challenging working relationship inanother YouTube video: “Every set has some people that don’t get along. On my set, from time to time it was like, me and Shia, but I think there was other people that didn’t gel well as well.”
source: people.com
