I enjoy Shia LaBeouf for many reasons. He doesn’t seem like one of those interchangeable pretty boys (like say, Zac Efron or Chace Crawford) and he’s worked hard to carve out his own credibility as an actor. He’s probably the most A-list of Young Hollywood, but that comes with a price – and that price might be some kind of eating disorder, according to Star Magazine. Star is claiming that Shia pretty much lives on “Parliament cigarettes and black coffee” and that he probably only consumes 700 calories a day. They also claim that Shia is down to 140 pounds – down from his old weight of 165 pounds:

Shia LaBeouf is a real-life Transformer! The 5’9” star of Transformers used to be appropriately plump. But now that he’s on the road to superstardom, he barely eats, a source tells Star.

“Shia’s been living on Parliament cigarettes and black coffee, which make him lose his appetite. He probably only gets about 700 calories a day.”

The 23-year-old actor weighs in at 140 lbs. – down from a healthier 165 – according to Kansas-based certified personal trainer Marty Tuley. “It looks like he went on a crash diet to lose so much weight,” says Tuley. “He’s lost all of his muscle mass to get this unhealthy thin look.”

But Shia likes his skinny frame, explains the source. “He wants to be slender. He says it makes him look better on the big screen.”

[From Star Magazine, print edition, July 20 2009]

Shia has always been kind of a small kid, so I’m not sure what they’re talking about. Sure, when he was a teenager, he went through a chubby phase (most of us do at some point during puberty), but he’s been slender for a while now. And he’s so short! He’s only 5’9”! Oh, well. This could be true, I guess. If he comes over to my house, I’ll feed him. That’s what Shia needs – someone to mother him a little bit, get him to eat better and cut out this cigarette and coffee business. Maybe a meatloaf? Or some roast chicken.