Shia LaBeouf Left A Rambling, Odd Voicemail For The Guy Who Got Punched Because He Looked Like Him

Yesterday we brought you the amazing story of how a man in New York got punched in the face and knocked out cold by a random stranger just because the guy thought he looked like Shia LaBeouf.

In case you missed it, the man, Mario Licato, was getting off a train when some rando sucker-punched him, yelling out, “This is because you look exactly like Shia LaBeouf!”

Because of the punch Licato ended up falling down the stairs and was left unconscious resulting this damage…

Since this story become national news, for obvious reasons, LeBeouf caught wind of it and somehow got hold of Licato’s work phone number. Which he then used to leave a rambling, very Shia-like voicemail.

Cosmopolitan somehow learned about this and asked Licato what LaBeouf had to say about the whole thing…

Tell me about the voicemail.
He [Shia] left me a voicemail yesterday morning, but he left it on my work phone and I don’t even know my work phone number. I’ve been on a shoot so I couldn’t see it. And today he commented on one of my Instagram posts and said, “Hey, I left you a voicemail.” And that’s how I ended up finding out that he left me a voicemail. I looked and was like, “Oh shit! He left me a voicemail yesterday morning.”

It was a pretty long voicemail. He was like, “Hey, this is Shia LaBeouf … I just read an article that you were punched in the face because you look like me?” And he was like, “Aw, man. That sucks. I’m so sorry. But I get it. It’s happened to me before.” And then he was like, “I don’t know. I wish I was in New York. I’d come bring you soup.” He was just like, “This sucks. I don’t even know what to say. I’m sorry. People are just crazy. Just because you look like me?” I was obviously laughing the whole time. And then he was like, “Here’s my phone number. Don’t give it to anybody. Please, please, call me back. Call me back if you want to. We could chat. Let’s giggle over this. Maybe there’s a silver lining in all this. But call me back.” And then he was like, “And once again, this is Shia LaBeouf, the guy you got hit for looking like. And yeah, man, I’m sorry. I’m just really sorry.” And he was like “Keep your head up, G.” And that was it.

How did he sound?
He sounded bummed and genuinely really bad. Like he just felt like shit. Like I can’t believe this happened. This sucks. And he was just like, “I wish I was in New York but I’m not.” I thought it was really funny that he wanted to bring me soup.

Licato still has no idea who LaBeouf got his work number since he says that he himself doesn’t even know it, but he’s since listened to the voicemail five times because it’s just so unreal.

As for what he’s going to say to LaBeouf when he calls him back?

I’m just going to be like, hey, what’s up. Have a conversation. I don’t have anything prepared. Like, yeah, that was fucking crazy. This guy must really hate you. I’m going to ask him what he did to him. What did you do to some random bro in New York that he needed to punch me for it? Did you steal his girlfriend? Maybe he just really hated you sitting in the movie theater for three days straight watching your own movies?

I think I would pay real money to be able to listen in on that conversation.

H/T Esquire

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