diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManager.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManager.kt
index f3bac78200a..f3774ce77c8 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManager.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManager.kt
@@ -903,6 +903,24 @@ internal object TextLayoutManager {
             enableStartOverhang,
         )
 
+    // Android 15/16 leak RTL line bounds into later LTR lines, shifting the whole drawing right.
+    if (enableStartOverhang && hasMixedParagraphDirections(layout)) {
+      return buildLayout(
+          text,
+          layoutWidth,
+          includeFontPadding,
+          textBreakStrategy,
+          hyphenationFrequency,
+          alignment,
+          justificationMode,
+          ellipsizeMode,
+          maxNumberOfLines,
+          paint,
+          enableStartOverhang,
+          shiftDrawingOffsetForStartOverhang = false,
+      )
+    }
+
     // Layout.draw shifts negative (left-side) overhang, but RTL line starts can overflow to the
     // right. Reserve that ink inside an EXACT layout without changing the width reported to Yoga.
     return if (enableStartOverhang) {
@@ -940,6 +958,15 @@ internal object TextLayoutManager {
     }
   }
 
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  internal fun hasMixedParagraphDirections(layout: Layout): Boolean {
+    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < VERSION_CODE_VANILLA_ICE_CREAM || layout.lineCount == 0) {
+      return false
+    }
+    val firstDirection = layout.getParagraphDirection(0)
+    return (1 until layout.lineCount).any { layout.getParagraphDirection(it) != firstDirection }
+  }
+
   @VisibleForTesting
   internal fun getRtlRightOverhang(layout: Layout): Int {
     if (
@@ -969,6 +996,7 @@ internal object TextLayoutManager {
       maxNumberOfLines: Int,
       paint: TextPaint,
       enableStartOverhang: Boolean,
+      shiftDrawingOffsetForStartOverhang: Boolean = enableStartOverhang,
   ): Layout {
     val builder =
         StaticLayout.Builder.obtain(text, 0, text.length, paint, layoutWidth)
@@ -995,7 +1023,7 @@ internal object TextLayoutManager {
     // measurement returned to the caller.
     if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= VERSION_CODE_VANILLA_ICE_CREAM) {
       setUseBoundsForWidth(builder, enableStartOverhang)
-      setShiftDrawingOffsetForStartOverhang(builder, enableStartOverhang)
+      setShiftDrawingOffsetForStartOverhang(builder, shiftDrawingOffsetForStartOverhang)
     }
 
     return builder.build()
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManagerStartOverhangTest.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManagerStartOverhangTest.kt
index 2f23db9c304..121c10777e7 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManagerStartOverhangTest.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManagerStartOverhangTest.kt
@@ -116,6 +116,36 @@ class TextLayoutManagerStartOverhangTest {
     assertThat(layout).isSameAs(initialLayout)
   }
 
+  @Test
+  @Config(sdk = [35])
+  fun `mixed paragraph directions disable the start overhang drawing shift`() {
+    // The blank line between the RTL paragraphs has no strong character, so it is laid out LTR.
+    val layout =
+        createLayout(
+            YogaMeasureMode.EXACTLY,
+            text = SpannableString("שלום\n\nעולם"),
+            maxNumberOfLines = 0,
+        )
+
+    assertThat(TextLayoutManager.hasMixedParagraphDirections(layout)).isTrue()
+    assertThat(getBooleanLayoutProperty(layout, "getUseBoundsForWidth")).isTrue()
+    assertThat(getBooleanLayoutProperty(layout, "getShiftDrawingOffsetForStartOverhang")).isFalse()
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  @Config(sdk = [35])
+  fun `single paragraph direction keeps the start overhang drawing shift`() {
+    val layout =
+        createLayout(
+            YogaMeasureMode.EXACTLY,
+            text = SpannableString("שלום\nעולם"),
+            maxNumberOfLines = 0,
+        )
+
+    assertThat(TextLayoutManager.hasMixedParagraphDirections(layout)).isFalse()
+    assertThat(getBooleanLayoutProperty(layout, "getShiftDrawingOffsetForStartOverhang")).isTrue()
+  }
+
   @Test
   @Config(sdk = [34])
   fun `EXACTLY mode remains supported before Android 15`() {