Caught in Gay Swarm, Shia LaBeouf Activates Heterosexuality Shield

Transformers actor Shia LaBeouf got caught in one of those terrifying Gay Pride 'swarms' over the weekend.

Gatecrasher reports:

Shia LaBeouf could have used some protection from Optimus Prime at the SoHo Grand on Sunday night. A source tells us that when the "Transformers" star asked the hotel's staff where he could find a "cool" soiree to attend, he was directed to the Pride Party at the Yard, an outdoor space that the Grand recently opened, where the Misshapes and Matt Kays were providing the entertainment.

Little did LaBeouf know, the celebration was chockablock with gay men who, our insider says, "swarmed" the actor when he arrived with his girlfriend. The source says the quick-thinking LaBeouf used his lady as a buffer and the two started "hard-core making out," just in case any of the boys were getting ideas.

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Shia LaBeouf allegedly punched a man at Mad Bull's Tavern in LA after being called an anti-gay slur. Mark Mastro, the man attacked by LaBeouf, says he had wanted a picture of the movie star but he refused. Mastro explained to Radar Online what ahppened after that.

"'My friend said, 'what's up Shia'?' Mastro says. 'Shia told him to  'get the f**k  out of my way.'  He was slurring his words. 'That's when I said to my buddy, 'don't worry, he's just a f**cking fagot anyway',' Mastro says."

"'He turned around, cursed me out, and I started laughing.' Mastro explains that the actor then jumped in his black truck which was parked directly in front of Mad Bull's."

"'All of a sudden, he jumped out, and ran back towards the bar.  He charged at me! I jumped over the patio fence onto the sidewalk to get away from him. But he kept coming after me. 'He was getting in my face.  He was talking sh*t. He was chest-bumping me.'"

"That's when the bouncer jumped in, Mastro says. 'A bouncer put Shia in a head lock.'"

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