In a matter of an apology comically making things worse, Shia LaBeouf said "I'm sorry" in 2013 for a case of alleged plagiarism — but then plagiarized his apology in the process.
LaBeouf's self-directed 2012 short film, HowardCantour.com, was made available for public viewing online in December 2013 when it came under fire for bearing one too many similarities to Justin M. Damiano, a 2007 comic by graphic novelist Dan Clowes (via Wired). With many pointing out that the short's opening monologue and dialogue were both apparently lifted directly from Clowes, LaBeouf took to his Twitter to apologize in a series of tweets, the last of which read, "Copying isn't particularly creative work. Being inspired by someone else's idea to produce something new and different IS creative work."
Unfortunately for LaBeouf, he copied his apology tweet. Per Wired, a Yahoo! Answers search revealed that approximately one whole decade prior to LaBeouf's short film release, a user by the name of "Lili" wrote the same exact words in a thread addressing the very topic of plagiarism in art. How is that for meta? LaBeouf also hired a skywriting company in January of 2014 to scribble the words "I Am Sorry Daniel Clowes" up in the clouds, as revealed on his own Twitter. That only spurred the denizens of Celebrity Twitter to skewer him, with big names like Patton Oswalt tweeting, "Not easy to pull off crazy AND moronic, but you did it, Shia LaBeouf."
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