Overview

• On August 6, 2025, Watters described LaBeouf’s explicit “go eff myself” insult from a past Delta lounge encounter on his Fox News primetime show.
• The expanded version builds on his 2019 account when he said LaBeouf called him “trash” in the same airport lounge.
• He shared the anecdote while interviewing playwright-director David Mamet about his crime drama Henry Johnson starring LaBeouf.
• Mamet said the film follows a man who steals to pay for a friend’s lawyer, ends up in prison, triggers a shootout and stages a riot.
• The episode illustrates Watters’ reliance on vivid celebrity stories to engage viewers and underscores a history of tense encounters between the host and LaBeouf.