Shia LaBeouf in very tight running leggings for jogging session

Shia LaBeouf made quite the style statement when he stepped outside for a jog in his neighbourhood. 

The Hollywood actor, 34, wore a pair of kooky neon yellow sunglasses and tucked his Portland Water Hawks T-shirt into some form-fitting running leggings. 

Shia looked deep in thought and was sporting AirPods in his ears as he listened to music throughout his exercise session. 

His outing comes after The Tax Collector’s director David Ayer had to defend the project following accusations that the star’s character was an example of brownface in The Tax Collector.

Ayer’s latest film tells the story of a crime lord’s ‘tax collector’ is Los Angeles and how his life is upended when a rival boss arrives to town. 

The cast is almost exclusively Latinx POC except for Shia, who donned a dark-trimmed goatee and hair, and a ‘barrio accent.’

In two interviews with LA Times, Ayer doubled down on his stance and did not back down from his choice to cast Shia as ‘Creeper.’

‘He’s a white guy playing a white guy. He’s not taking anyone’s work away,’ the director told the publication. 

Ayer initially hit back at allegations of brownface on Twitter on July 1, where he again insisted the Transformers star was playing a white man in the film.

Responding to a fan he wrote: ‘Really important answer – Shia is playing a white boy who grew up in the hood. This is a Jewish dude playing a white character. Also the only white dude in the movie.’ 

Ayer, a white man who grew up in California, added in a series of follow up tweets that he grew around Chicano culture. 

Some cast members of the Tax Collector have since spoken out in defence of both Ayer’s ability to cover Latino communities and LaBeouf.