Shia LaBeouf Apologizes for Plagiarism Via Skywriting

What do you do if you blatantly plagiarized someone, then plagiarized several apologies in apologizing for the initial plagiarism? Well, if you’re a movie star, you retreat to the time-honored traditional act of genuine contrition: skywriting.

Shia LaBeouf kicked up some nastiness recently when his recently-debuted short film HowardCantour.com was quickly revealed to be a rip-off of a work by graphic artist Daniel Clowes. The controversy metastasized when LaBeouf plagiarized his apology tweets from other celebrity apologies and even a Yahoo! Answers page. On Wednesday, LaBeouf decided to go big or go home, commissioning a five-mile long banner to be strung across the Los Angeles sky:

The skywriting company he commissioned tweeted out pictures as well:

If you’re wondering why LaBeouf had to take to the skies to prove he’s sorry, it may have to do with Möbius strip statements like this one:

Maybe if you can’t fit what you want to say in 140 characters, you need a bigger canvas—like the heavens.

NB: not the first time LaBeouf has been embroiled in a plagiarism to-do.

[h/t Variety]

[Image via Twitter]

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