Shia LaBeouf’s former Disney Channel co-star has revealed how competitive he was about ratings.According to his Even Stevens onscreen sister Christy Carlson Romano, 42, the 40-year-old star regularly ‘trash-talked’ the Hilary Duff-led show Lizzie McGuire.While appearing on The Joe Vulpis Podcast this week, she shared that the actor ‘was definitely beefing’ with Duff, now 39.’Hilary had no clue about that. I’m sure she was doing her own thing, but he would always be kind of like trash-talking Lizzie McGuire,’ Romano spilled.’I was always like, ‘We don’t know anything about them. Like why are you…’ she remembered, adding about LaBeouf: ‘He was very competitive.’She reflected: ‘He wanted to be the number one show on the network. He had to be the number one show because I think his life depended on that show doing well. He had a rough upbringing and I think he needed that show to do well for him.’ Shia LaBeouf’s former Disney Channel co-star has revealed how competitive he was about ratings; pictured in May 2025 According to his Even Stevens onscreen sister Christy Carlson Romano, 42, the 40-year-old star regularly ‘trash-talked’ the Hilary Duff-led show Lizzie McGuire; Duff pictured in AprilThe Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for LaBeouf and Duff for comment but has yet to hear back.Even Stevens aired for three seasons from 2000 to 2003, while Lizzie McGuire aired for two seasons from 2001-2004.There was also a film, The Lizzie McGuire Movie, which came out in 2003. Asked if she has kept in touch with LaBeouf, Romano answered on the podcast, ‘No, we don’t talk. I should be honest with you – I don’t really want to talk to him.’The actress elaborated, ‘This is the first time I’m saying that. I’m fine with it. I don’t really need to know him to know that like we impacted each other when we were kids.’She pointed out that LaBeouf has had ‘struggles’ over the years, and said she wishes him well.’When good stuff happens to him, I root for him. If bad stuff happens, I pray for him. But at the same time…I don’t need to know him,’ his former co-star stated.Earlier this month, Romano claimed she was only paid half his salary while working for Disney.[embedded content] While appearing on The Joe Vulpis Podcast this week, Romano (R) shared that the actor ‘was definitely beefing’ with Duff, now 39 ‘Hilary had no clue about that. I’m sure she was doing her own thing, but he would always be kind of like trash-talking Lizzie McGuire,’ Romano spilled; Duff pictured as the titular Lizzie Asked if she has kept in touch with LaBeouf, Romano answered on the podcast, ‘No, we don’t talk. I should be honest with you – I don’t really want to talk to him’ (Source: The Joe Vulpis Podcast/YouTube)Romano, who was 16 years old when the show premiered, was prominently featured beside LaBeouf in promotional posters for the project.She took to Instagram to reveal that despite being ‘co-leads’ with the ‘same screen time,’ LaBeouf earned twice more than her.She affixed a letter her mother Sharon allegedly wrote to her agent in September 2000, claiming Romano made $6,000 an episode while LaBeouf was paid $12,000.In her Instagram caption, the former child star clarified that she felt LaBeouf ‘earned every dollar’ of his wage, but noted her own family was ‘deeply in debt’ at the time.’By then, my paycheck was keeping us afloat. My mom was fighting for me, and she was also fighting for a household that depended on a teenage girl,’ she wrote to her 857,000 followers.’It took me years to understand I could love her for advocating for me and still wish I had gotten to just be a kid,’ she confessed.Sharon’s letter to her daughter’s agent contained a five-point set of requests, the first of which was pay parity between Romano and LaBeouf.Legally, 30 percent of Romano’s salary had to be stored in what was known as a Coogan Account where it was untouchable by her or her parents until she turned 18.The account was named for Silent Era child star Jackie Coogan, who discovered upon reaching adulthood that his mother and stepfather had squandered the fortune he earned working with Charlie Chaplin. ‘With 30 percent going into trust, we can’t make it here financially,’ Sharon insisted in her letter. ‘This show also holds her up from other work that pays more.’Sharon also complained that Romano’s lines were being ‘lessened’ and that ‘every show’ was told from the ‘point of view’ of LaBeouf’s character Louis.