{"id":2172018,"date":"2026-09-30T14:40:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T11:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2172018"},"modified":"2026-09-30T14:40:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T11:40:23","slug":"even-stevens-christy-romano-says-she-and-shia-labeouf-were-like-oil-and-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2172018","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Even Stevens&#8217; Christy Romano Says She and Shia LaBeouf Were Like &#8216;Oil and Water&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/9c\/16by9\/2026\/09\/30\/9c822dbf18524db4b6ba2ba7a1480b02_xl.png&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">&#8216;Even Stevens&#8217; Christy Romano Says She and Shia LaBeouf Were Like &#8216;Oil and Water&#8217;<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">&#8216;Even Stevens&#8217; Christy Romano<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Shia Was &#8216;Very Chaotic And Very Scary&#8217;<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"google-preferred-btn js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-icon.svg\" alt=\"Google\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"google-preferred-btn__title\">Add TMZ on Google<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-09-30T07:40:23-07:00\"><br \/>\n                              September 30, 2026<br \/>\n                            7:40 AM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-f0e7909656b7e80d6b6c2788303af55e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-933baf97-0e76-45f6-95af-1d9f570cb87b-692356684-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/d3\/16by9\/2026\/09\/30\/d372281612c44ddab3d20013f21fbacf_md.png\" alt=\"093026 christy carlson romano kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer id=\"video-player-933baf97-0e76-45f6-95af-1d9f570cb87b-692356684-footer\" class=\"media-footer video-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text video-block__media-launch-text\">ROUGH MIX<\/span><\/footer>\n<div class=\"video-block__media-info\">\n<div class=\"video-block__media-permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/watch\/christy-romanos-shia-labeouf-relationship-09-30-2026\/\">Video: Christy Carlson Romano Says She and Shia LaBeouf Were \u201cOil and Water\u201d<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">Not Skinny But Not Fat<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-c2fdcd723878154816e5f2b42c16b1e3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Actress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/christy-carlson-romano\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Christy Carlson Romano<\/strong><\/a> isn&#8217;t biting her tongue about her former costar, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/shia-labeouf\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Shia LaBeouf<\/strong><\/a> &#8230; looking back on their time on Disney&#8217;s &#8220;Even Stevens,&#8221; she says they mixed like &#8220;oil and water.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-92d33ad07644c8363493368ebd3b31ab\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Christy sat down for an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/amanda-hirsch\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Amanda Hirsch<\/strong><\/a> on Amanda&#8217;s podcast, &#8220;Not Skinny But Not Fat,&#8221; and, at one point, their convo turned to Shia and Christy&#8217;s interactions on the &#8220;Even Stevens&#8221; set.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-27f52e4a0f42a53d5f35497637296fe4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20200918_a4eaab2116de40258127d84636da6c4a\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:ede14432-5337-46da-aa66-bf13bd20589a\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/a4\/4by3\/2020\/09\/18\/a4eaab2116de40258127d84636da6c4a_md.jpg\" alt=\"0917 even stevens cast getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-0c5f15312c3398b839497d07f84c7b70\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>At the time, Romano was 14, and Shia was 12 &#8230; and she says he had a &#8220;very chaotic and very scary lifestyle, and he was very young to be having that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-77693fbd71af710ad1be77120940c128\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Romano says she and Shia were total opposites &#8230; she was a Type A personality from New York who was raised to &#8220;hit your marks and don&#8217;t mess up&#8221; just like her perfectionist character, Ren Stevens.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-b491cf553b659231c816418fd4d4f074\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260930_a2a936c31aeb45e192a0e1c9467449e5\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:ede14432-5337-46da-aa66-bf13bd20589a\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/a2\/4by3\/2026\/09\/30\/a2a936c31aeb45e192a0e1c9467449e5_md.jpg\" alt=\"EVEN-STEVENS-everett-collection-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Everett Collection<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-109f22a0f3116d493dade511b30bfb87\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Shia, on the other hand, was from Venice Beach, CA, and had a rough upbringing because of his father, who was a recovering drug addict.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-7bb8ecb97652af240940493f06c84275\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>She compared Shia &#8212; who played Louis Stevens on the sitcom &#8212; and his upbringing to the disturbing 1995 film, &#8220;Kids.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-0710c66cc7a4e76728938400608a4593\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"gallery-block\"><a id=\"gallery-link-ee2f563c-6338-586e-b96e-13d52d11033d\" class=\"media-link gallery-block__link js-track-link js-click-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/photos\/2015\/09\/07\/shia-labeouf-through-the-years\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:gallery:ee2f563c-6338-586e-b96e-13d52d11033d\" data-context=\"{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;gallery-block&quot;,&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;}\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:ede14432-5337-46da-aa66-bf13bd20589a\" data-gallery-layout=\"carousel\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/38\/4by3\/2022\/08\/26\/3888d7b6ec74442082476bbfe5d715c9_md.jpg\" alt=\"Shia LaBeouf -- Through the Years\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid gallery-block__img-fluid img-aspect-4by3\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-icon--overlay gallery-block__media-icon--overlay\"><span class=\"media-icon-label gallery-block__media-icon-label\">Launch Gallery<\/span><\/div>\n<footer class=\"media-footer gallery-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text gallery-block__media-launch-text\">Shia LaBeouf &#8212; Through the Years<\/span><span class=\"media-cta gallery-block__media-cta\"><br \/>\n              Launch Gallery<br \/>\n              <\/span><\/footer>\n<p><span class=\"media-credit gallery-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-3b4b82a14ee5dec38db32442d7f84db7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Disney produced &#8220;Even Stevens&#8221; from 2000 to 2003, and the sitcom focused on the relationship between Ren and Louis, the two younger siblings of the Stevens family who had different personalities and would often get into spats.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-28687a7bd664d14be696b0903d53228e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>In May of this year, Romano took a shot at Shia as well, posting and then quickly deleting an Instagram message, saying, &#8220;Shia doesn&#8217;t deserve to be on the Rushmore. 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