I’ve been a little bit in love with Shia LaBeouf ever since I saw his interview on the Today show several months ago, while he was promoting Transformers. Meredith Viera brought one of Shia’s fangirls on the show, and Shia was so unbelievably sweet and gentle with his fan, I kind of fell in love with him. Since then, I’ve been giving him the benefit of the doubt about almost everything, even those quotes about how he finds his mom ridiculously sexy. But now I’m fearing my crush is in serious danger.

In August, people started noticing that Shia was spending a lot of time with his Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps costar, British actress Carey Mulligan. Carey sort of admitted in a recent interview that they had begun dating pretty much as soon as they met (read Carey’s full interview at the Huffington Post). They make an adorable couple, and I had high hopes for them. But it looks like Shia LaBeouf may be seriously douchey in relationships. There has been two separate reports of his jerky behavior this week, and I’m starting to see a pattern.

The first report was a small blurb on Gatecrasher about Shia’s “wandering eye”. According to their source, while Shia and Carey were hanging out on the street in New York, “Shia was blatantly ogling a pretty brunette, and his girlfriend was standing right next to him! What a dog!” Okay, it could just be an isolated incident, right? And even then, a guy can be totally committed to the love of his life, and he’s still going to look at other women, so it’s not that big of a deal. Alas, here’s another story about Shia being a douche, this time at Carey’s big premiere last night for An Education:

At last night’s premiere of An Education, burgeoning star Carey Mulligan was shining in all her chic, cute glory — until her liquor-swilling boyfriend, Shia LaBeouf, picked a lovers’ spat!

Earlier in the night, Mulligan had mused longingly on the suburban gentlemen in her sixties period piece: “I love the way the men dress [in the film],” she told us. “They just look so chivalrous. It’s so nice to have a door held open for you. And they do it when they’ve got their hats on. In real life they don’t always do that.”

No, it appears they don’t, as LaBeouf — who wouldn’t talk to us, even though we were all excited to ask him if he’s ever had an affair with an old person, like his girlfriend’s character in the film — was drinking his own whiskey at the wine bar.

Outside the party, seemingly hidden from the view of paps (but not Intel!), LaBeouf cornered Mulligan and did all sorts of arm-raising and angry-facing before storming off into the night.

Watching the spat, we wondered if this will be one of those moments Mulligan looks back on when she wonders where if their relationship went awry. The night he picked that fight at my big premiere, she’ll think. Anyway, Mulligan — who remained composed throughout the talk — patted her dress down, held her head high, and walked back inside the premiere party. We can see what Anna Wintour likes about this girl.

[From New York Magazine]

Urgh. Dude… why? Why, Shia? Why pick a fight with your cute girlfriend in the middle of her big premiere? You should be chilled out and supporting her – after all, you (Shia) have the bigger career, what with Transformers and Indiana Jones and all of those films that Steven Spielberg’s throwing at your feet. Let her have the spotlight for one night, for the love of God.

Was this about his ego? Was she ignoring him to do her publicity duties, and he got bitchy and nasty? Or was this just a small little incident that got blown up by the media? You know what just occurred to me – I’ll bet the make-up sex was great after the premiere.

Shia LaBeouf is shown on NY set of Wall St on 9/30/09. Carey Mulligan is shown on 10/5 (black dress, brown belt) and 10/1 (print dress) at the NY and LA premieres of An Education with Maggie Gyllenhaal and Maggie’s husband, Peter Sarsgaard. Credit: WENN.com