--- description: The erratic plagiarist’s art installation #IAMSORRY is being meta-plagiarized by Jerry O’Connell’s #IAMSORRYTOO next door. title: Shia LaBeouf Gets One-Upped by Jerry O’Connell image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt740c88a2f007fd43/698682aa1eebf7f1b836f84d/shia-la-beouf.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Shia LaBeouf Gets One-Upped by Jerry O’Connell  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 12, 2014 11:00 PM CUT  Shia LaBeouf attends the 'Nymphomaniac Volume I (long version)' premiere during 64th Berlinale International Film Festival at Berlinale Palast on February 9, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. Shia LaBeouf attends the 'Nymphomaniac Volume I (long version)' premiere during 64th Berlinale International Film Festival at Berlinale Palast on February 9, 2014 in Berlin, Germany.Francois Berthier—Getty Images  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 12, 2014 11:00 PM CUT _Stand By Me_ actor Jerry O’Connell is plagiarizing fellow actor [Shia LaBeouf’s](http://www.buzzfeed.com/louispeitzman/jerry-oconnell-appears-in-competing-pop-up-art-exhibit-next "undefined") professional plagiarism and the result is mildly funny. At the Cohen Gallery in Los Angeles, Shia LaBeouf recently opened an art exhibition titled #IAMSORRY. The exhibit was, as TIME’s Ryan Sandoval wrote, “the culmination of many months of erratic behavior and deliberate plagiarism.” Here’s what [Sandoval had to say](http://entertainment.time.com/2014/02/11/shia-labeouf-iamsorry-art-exhibit/ "undefined") about that exhibit. “The project borrows heavily from the work of Marina Abramoviç and Maria Legault, who attempted something similar with her _The Apology Project,_ and it’s tough to give him much credit when the whole exhibition is so derivative. Then again, given that LaBeouf’s entire artistic position seems to be a commentary on originality — or a lack thereof — ripping off those who did it first was probably the point.” Well, Jerry O’Connell, of Stand By Me (and other) fame, has a thing or two to say about plagiarism—or whatever is going on here—as well. As Buzzfeed reports, O’Connell just opened his own exhibit, located right next door to LaBeouf’s, titled #IAMSORRYTOO. O’Connell, like LaBeouf, dons a paper bag, though he, unlike LaBeouf, verbally apologizes for everything bad. So how about that. Meta, bro. \[[Buzzfeed](http://www.buzzfeed.com/louispeitzman/jerry-oconnell-appears-in-competing-pop-up-art-exhibit-next "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/7174/shia-labeouf-jerry-oconnell-iamsorrytoo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/7174/shia-labeouf-jerry-oconnell-iamsorrytoo/"},"headline":"Shia LaBeouf Gets One-Upped by Jerry O’Connell","datePublished":"2014-02-12T23:00:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:24:02.099Z","description":"The erratic plagiarist’s art installation #IAMSORRY is being meta-plagiarized by Jerry O’Connell’s #IAMSORRYTOO next door.","url":"https://time.com/7174/shia-labeouf-jerry-oconnell-iamsorrytoo/","keywords":["celebrities","Shia LaBeouf"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt740c88a2f007fd43/698682aa1eebf7f1b836f84d/shia-la-beouf.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt740c88a2f007fd43/698682aa1eebf7f1b836f84d/shia-la-beouf.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Shia LaBeouf attends the 'Nymphomaniac Volume I (long version)' premiere during 64th Berlinale International Film Festival at Berlinale Palast on February 9, 2014 in Berlin, Germany.","caption":"Shia LaBeouf attends the 'Nymphomaniac Volume I (long version)' premiere during 64th Berlinale International Film Festival at Berlinale Palast on February 9, 2014 in Berlin, Germany.","creditText":"Francois Berthier—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/7174/shia-labeouf-jerry-oconnell-iamsorrytoo/","name":"Shia LaBeouf Gets One-Upped by Jerry O’Connell"}}]}] ```