LeBeouf, who plays the main character Sam Witwicky in the Transformers franchise, says the 25-year-old actress couldn't handle Bay's sultry shooting requirements.
LeBeouf believes that Bay's filming demands were not in line with Fox's perception on how females should be treated, and that the director lacked the tact to be compassionate about it.
"Megan developed this Spice Girl strength, this woman-empowerment stuff that made her feel awkward about her involvement with Michael, who some people think is a very lascivious filmmaker, the way he films women," LeBeouf told the Los Angeles Times.
"Mike films women in a way that appeals to a 16-year-old sexuality. It's summer. It's Michael's style. And I think she never got comfortable with it.
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"And she had a hard time accepting it. When Mike would ask her to do specific things, there was no time for fluffy talk. We're on the run. And the one thing Mike lacks is tact.
"There's no time for... 'I would like you to just arch your back 70 degrees'."
Fox famously revealed that she found it difficult to work with the Hollywood director after appearing in the first two of the Transformers films.
"He's like Napoleon and he wants to create this insane, infamous mad-man reputation," Fox said.
"He wants to be like Hitler on his sets, and he is. So he's a nightmare to work for, but when you get him away from set, and he's not in director mode, I kind of really enjoy his personality because he's so awkward, so hopelessly awkward.
He has no social skills at all. And it's endearing to watch him."
After her outburst, Fox was then branded a "dumb", "ungracious", "rude" and "unbearable" actress by crew members on the films.
The star was blasted as "trailer trash" better suited to a porn career by three crew members.
The furious crew members, who were not named, posted a long open letter to Megan Fox on the director's official website and signed it "Loyal Transformers Crew".
In the scathing letter, they described her acting as "unbearable."
In it, they tore into her as a second-rate Angelina Jolie who was disliked across the set for her diva-like behaviour. The letter was removed from the site, but not before it was seen by thousands of fans.
"Michael found this shy, inexperienced girl, plucked her out of total obscurity thus giving her the biggest shot of any young actress's life," they wrote.
"He granted her the starring role in Transformers, a franchise that forever changed her life; she became one of the most googled and ogled women on earth.
"She was famous! She was the next Angelina Jolie, hooray! Wait a minute, two of us worked with Angelina - second thought - she's no Angelina. You see, Angelina is a professional.
"We know this quite intimately because we've had the tedious experience of working with the dumb-as-a-rock Megan Fox on both Transformers movies.
"When facing the press, Megan is the queen of talking trailer trash and posing like a porn star. And yes we've had the unbearable time of watching her try to act on set, and yes, it's very cringe-able.
The crew went on to call her the "grump of the set" and said "we actually don't think she knows who Hitler is by the way".
"Megan really is a thankless, classless, graceless, and shall we say unfriendly b****. It's sad how fame can twist people, and even sadder that young girls look up to her. If only they knew who they're really looking up to."
For the third and final installation of the franchise, Transformers: Dark Of The Moon, LaBeouf's love interest was replaced by Victoria's Secret model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.
LaBeouf says that the 24-year-old has handled her sexy role well.
"Rosie comes with this Victoria’s Secret background, and she’s comfortable with it, so she can get down with Mike’s way of working and it makes the whole set vibe very different," he said.
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