Shia Rented His Dad?

The 'Transformers' actor has revealed he paid his dad to spend time with him on the set of Disney TV series 'Even Stevens' when he was a teenager.

Shia said: "Before I landed the role in 'Even Stevens' I barely knew my dad, but because I was a minor I needed to have an adult on set. Dad had just been released from veterans' hospital, where he'd gone through drugs withdrawal. So I paid him weekly to be with me. For him it wasn't about being with a son that he loved. He was rent-a-dad. He was getting some money and he was staying off drugs. For three years we lived in a motel and that's when we started to get our relationship back on track. In a very real sense this business gave me my father back and I'll always be grateful for that."

OMG That is so sad. Haha But I am glad that they worked on the relationship and now are hanging out for the right reasons and not for money. haha He's so cute. How could anybody not want to hang out with him for FREE????