Gotta love when famous people come to your town just so they can act like prats in public, which is what Billy Bob Thornton did in Toronto this morning. Ol' Billy is in town with his band to open for Willy Nelson at Massey Hall - not a bad gig, if you can get it - and appeared on Q, a radio show broadcast by the CBC across the nation to plug the show. What he did instead was take offense to be referred to as an actor and screen writer and sulk his way through rest of the interview. Answering by saying he liked baseball and Famous Monsters of Filmland when asked about his musical influences was a nice touch but I can't imagine his bandmates were happy about being left to twist in the wind like this ...
As we are in the digital age the entire thing was filmed and is available below the break. It's bizarrely uncomfortable viewing ...
......awkward!.....
What an asshole Billy Bob Thornton is. Thanks for bringing this to our attention Todd.
this interview has given me a ray of sunshine with colorful solid rainbows sliding down it's path headed towards the golden gate bridge...
It really is amazing to think that Billy Bob got this opening gig with Willie simply on the merits of his BAND, and not the fact that they became friends through Billy's Hollywood connections and prosperity.
I mean, that's what he's IMPLYING here, right? That the Billy Bob of years past has no influence or direction over the notoriety and privilege of the Billy Bob of today...so do not attempt to shoehorn this man into such simple shoes.
I read this somewhere else and would like Billy Bob Thornton to know that as a former fan of his "acting" I would be happy to take all of the money earned from said endeavors which he now uses to play rock star with, and to kick his ass in an alley after the exchange of funds just to remind him of what it is like to struggle again.
He has clearly forgotten what road brought him to where he is. I hate people who take for granted their good fortune. It could all be gone tomorrow and some of us will never know what not struggling feels like.
I'd rather have struggle and strife and be a decent person than a rich prick any day of the week.
I'd love to see him and Joaquin Phoenix have a conversation.
Uh, what the hell was that?
Ass! I mean I enjoy the guy in movies and such, but what a douche!
btw, @ Digitalfantastique:
Amen brother! If only there was a "dose-of-reality" stick that all us regular schlubs could use on some of these "celebrity" cunts. We could all turn it into a yearly holiday event where anyone whose picture shows up on PEOPLE, US and any of those shitty celebrity "news" shows gets to line up and take a few dozen beatings from those of us who work our asses off only to spend our hard-earned money on their "entertainment".
Willie Nelson is still alive? "Cosmic cowboy" music? Ugh!
haha, awkward entertainment. i think billy bob's probably too used to the sycophant interviews for hollywod junkets. one can grow accustomed to the protective bubble, and this canadian DJ (sorry didn't catch his name) being the cool pro he is, didn't left him off the hook - and BBT's guilt monster snowballed into something unamanageable. just by how much he cringed and dreaded to be identified as a famous/rich actor, shows the enormity of that "shame". it's OK, we don't mind billy bob! anyway this was like bad santa's evil twin after skipping a couch session.
Poor guy was probably wishing he'd pull an Ed Crane and get the fuck out of there. Bad News Bears was shiiiiit!
You people wouldn't treat Tom Petty like this!
Dude is just high as a friggin kite! He's allowed lol
Well, at least he seemed to be going through some sort of heavy emotional trough or drugged up space trip while he was going billybong on the host. Even his bandmates seemed familiar and uncomfortably present to Thornton's state, making some sort of collective "oh christ, he's _______ again" sigh when he started his first rambling.
They wouldn't put up with this from a rookie bassist.
I didn't think it was possible for Billy Bob Thornton to get any uglier but damn if he doesn't look like Smeagol with a wig. That sourpuss he's got on isn't doing him any favors either. It threatens to crack that very expensive face-mask of his in half, revealing the slimy reptilian beneath.
what i usually do in a situation like this when i'm interviewing a group and one guy is unresponsive or being an ass, i just ignore him and talk with the other guys. i mean, completely ignore him like he's not there. fuck 'im.
Unknown to others at the time, Casey Affleck was sitting in the corner with his camcorder. How epic would that be, a Joaquin Phoenix/Billy Bob mockumentary.
Still, Willie Nelson is cooler than 99.999% of the people that are usually discussed here.