Billy Bob Thornton - Explaining Interview Blow Up - Jim Norton & Sam Roberts

[@ThomasJones-ij6hv]

Somebody needs to tell Billy Bob there's a thing called the internet and people can watch that interview anytime they want.

[@SupremeCleave]

Exactly. Watch the whole interview and Billy Bob was a childish jerk. "I'll talk about whatever you want." B.S.

[@zapkvr0101]

No insight at all

[@Bugaboo-wq5sc]

HA! Exactly! He says here "First of all, the way they WRITE about that"... Who TF 'writes' about it? The video is on the internet for all to see and he just seems bizarre in it, like he's fked up on drugs and being angry. All the interviewer (Jian Ghomeshi) did was mention the fact that this was Billy Bob Thornton, the movie guy sort of thing, and BBT gets all fked up about it and acts annoying and saying stupid things and it's like, WTF was Ghomeshi supposed to do? Totally IGNORE the fact that this was this semi-famous actor? It's fking insane. You HAVE to knowledge who you are when you're that famous. Steve Martin has a bluegrass band but you would never hear him say 'Don't mention that I'm the Steve Martin from Hollywood or I'm going to shit all over you and insult your entire country.' WTF is wrong with this guy? People like him are why everyone is so sick of Hollywood prima donnas.

[@TheAxe4Ever]

You’re an idiot. He’ll talk about anything IF the interviewer would have just introduced the band like he wanted him to so he could give his band props. But we never got a chance to hear him talk about anything because the interviewer was a dick right off the bat by not doing that simple thing that he was asked. What part of that is so hard to understand? You don’t pay attention too good, do you?

[@idkaboutthisfuckoffyoutube1041]

It’s really funny if you watch it and if you look really closely, you can see the producer writing in the Teleprompter saying if this goes to shit we’re gonna do this instead so they were basically being assholes live on air but it was very subtle passive aggression

[@tmrevenge]

Would you ask tom petty if he regrets an interview???

[@B3ARCAT]

I subscribed to a magazine called Famous Monsters of Filmland which was published by a guy named Forrest J. Ackerman (who died recently). ...what was the question again??

[@aleksisuuronen5969]

I don't know

[@andrewdeen1]

10/10 comment

[@DrFill-ht3eh]

Bahaha 😂

[@skygriffin1317]

No it's a monster magazine.

[@roodlespoodles7956]

The problem with revisionist history is that this instance was filmed. Maybe Billy can watch the interview again and take some notes on what actually happened.

[@matthewboyd4705]

He didn'treally claim anything that was filmed didn't happen, hes saying that behind the scenes theres more to the situation behind what was filmed. Can you speak fucking english lol

[@scottthegeneticfreaksteine393]

@@matthewboyd4705 I can not, sir!!

[@DelayedJet]

@@matthewboyd4705 The stance he was supposedly taking in that interview absolutely did not come across that way. Here, it just sounds like he's changing the story a little to make himself look better.

[@doctorsmyth8819]

The problem with Roodles Poodles is he don’t listen he said what you didn’t see like before they hit record makes sense why he was so agitated as soon as the interview started

[@ramonmoreno8014]

@@doctorsmyth8819 Maybe Roodles Poodles can watch the interview and take some notes on what actually happened.

[@zerodood]

"I didn't go nuts, I was barely audible and just sitting there." Exactly, you were passive-aggressively rude.

[@matthewboyd4705]

Yeah being passive agressive isn't a rant, that's all he said, not I didn't do nothing.

[@brutalblues]

Watch the interview. BB was so pissed off and upset. He had told the producer not to let the jock bring up his acting career. He said something to the effect of "you were INSTRUCTED not to go there!"

[@billybatson7852]

@@brutalblues Good for him. Too many interviews are assholes. I just happened to watch this Tom Cruise interview in Australia from years ago right before this. The headline was something about how angry Tom got and that's what his narration was all about. But then in the actual interview, Tom just didn't like how the interviewer was asking him about Nicole and then at the end, he said it was a terrific interview and joked about how he had to get him back in line and then it was fantastic. The problem with some of these interviewers is that they're looking for attention so they try to create ways to piss off big guests so they can create some clickbait and gain viewers. They're pathetic. Never trust the media.

[@brutalblues]

@@billybatson7852 No, Billy Bob has a chip on his shoulder. He really thinks he's a John Lennon contemporary musician AND he wants the interviewer to pretend he doesn't have an acting career.

[@billybatson7852]

@@brutalblues Fair enough. That's weird. It's really strange, too, because I have friends who have met him and said he's a really nice, down to Earth guy. Hmm.

[@lisazoria2709]

Supposedly it was all about introducing his band, but he didn't hesitate to make that interview all about himself.

[@matthewboyd4705]

So he feels he's been shit on and he's selfish to take offence? Get a life Lisa.

[@shotguntornado]

@@matthewboyd4705 Telling your audience that your guest is an award winning actor and director is not shitting on them. BBT needs a reality check if he thinks anyone is listening to them for any reason other than him already being famous. Dude claims to be trying to support his friends and bandmates but he literally just dragged them into the mud with him.

[@brutalblues]

@@shotguntornado not to mention he sucks.

[@awwwyeaboyeeee]

Guy is two-faced. He should have just been honest. He lost his shit and made his band and everyone watching super uncomfortable.

[@LynchyVidz]

He grew up a monster model making music historian.

[@jamesjoiner1359]

Lmao 🤣 reference to the other interview

[@THEFlea1991]

A good title for one of his songs

[@mccarthy155]

The host has that classic “ I’m going to agree with everything you say and nod no matter what”

[@chadgrov]

Fun fact that host Gian Gomeshi or something he ended up losing his job over some sexual assault stuff

[@RoastBeefQueefSniffer]

Right... Mmmhmm... Right..... Yeah...... Mhmm right, right sure, wow right

[@chasepatterson2036]

Exactly why they'll never make it big

[@kukko83]

"A sphinchter says what?"

[@F.P.E.7211]

Do you know who Norton is? Guess not, 🤡

[@MakeWayForTheLion]

Billy Bob Thornton's narcissism knows no bounds. Also, Jim and Sam, way to grovel to this nonsense.

[@conversationstranglersteve9873]

I love lil yimmy but when this first happened he savaged the shit out of bbt on the opie and anthony show.

[@woodoven]

What else do you expect?

[@billybatson7852]

So dumb. I have friends who have worked with BBT and hung out with him and have said he's one of the nicest fucking dudes in Hollywood. But people act as if a guy like Billy Bob isn't allowed to have an off day or a bad situation with someone. It's fucking stupid. I guarantee that if you or I or anyone else went through hundreds of interviews and weird shit with multiple producers and whatnot, there would be a point where we'd lose our shit.

[@MakeWayForTheLion]

@@billybatson7852 Speak for yourself, there are plenty of people who deal with hundreds of interviews without throwing childlike tantrums. Plus, my friends said BBT eats his own boogers. What do your "friends" have to say about *that*?

[@billybatson7852]

@@MakeWayForTheLion They saying that eating your own boogers has proven to be beneficial in staying healthy because it builds up an effective immune system be introducing a small amount of bacteria in your system at a time. Being a douchebag on KZbin like you are, though? Not so healthy. Weird, right?

[@harrycarrey1225]

Willie Nelson recently told Howard Stern the story of how he was touring with Billys band during that meltdown. He said Billy sucks at music and he enjoyed him making an ass of himself.

[@idontwantone132]

Lol did he really?

[@resdog851]

That is interesting if Willie said that. I saw Willie a few years ago when he was 81. They sounded HORRIBLE. Worst set I have ever listened to. I left a half hour in. Allison Kraus/Union Station played before him and was amazing. Jason Isbell opened that show and was great too. Willie not so much. Dude should retire from performing because his out of beat mumble talk/singing was the worst. I felt sorry for the rest of the band. Just saying.

[@dropkick45]

@@resdog851 doesn't mean he isnt a great musician. willie has written countless classics and has many amazing albums. bbt lacks any of that to begin with

[@WhiteBoyNick1]

@@dropkick45 man I'm sorry but willie Nelson ain't got shit on so many other bands, he gets way more credit imo than he should. But to each his own.

[@royalpain1403]

@@WhiteBoyNick1 Blue eyes crying in the rain. Poncho and Lefty, Always on my mind. Go to school bro Willie is Billy's God.

[@poke_ak]

He's the type of person that you have to simply agree with every single time unless you want to deal with the angry drunk

[@chasepatterson2036]

Fuck it, let him get angry. Maybe it would have put him 1 step closer to growing the hell up. But instead, J&S sucked him off and now he's 5 steps farther. This was pathetic

[@fromchomleystreet]

When I saw the title, I thought he was actually going to attempt to explain what we all saw him do, not try to gaslight everyone that we didn’t see it.

[@dkelly26666]

He's completely lying. In the actual interview, the interviewer is completely unaware that Billy Bob is pissed at first, and then is completely taken aback that it was due to his intro. BB Thornton then tells him that 'you were told not to talk about that shit'. Interviewer says he was not. BB then says, 'Well, your producers or somebody was'. The guy goes on to explain that his show doesn't work like that, and his producers don't come in and tell him not to talk about certain things, and he says he was definitely never told any such thing. So, BB is totally LYING here when he claims they personally discussed it right before hand. The interview itself destroys that claim. Moreover, the guy never said anything offensive, but still apologized and BB still acted like a dick. There is no way for him to fix that. On top of that, BB isn't even trying to act sorry. He's still attacking that guy. What I love is how Jimmy Kimmell then intro'd him the SAME way, and they then talk about that incident, and BB isn't bothered by Kimmell's intro at all. Typical Hollywood snobbery. If you're as big a star as he is, you can talk to him like a regular guy. if you're not famous, you have to kiss his ass.

[@zerodood]

Completely agreed. Sure I can understand Thornton's annoyance in the whole miscommunication that occurred, but for him to take it out on that poor dude just for doing his job as an interviewer was petty as fuck. Then for him to try to save face and downplay what he did in this clip, c'mon bro. You were a douche, end of story.

[@MakeWayForTheLion]

@@Pratchet_ A grown man doesn't get annoyed by such trivial and predictable things. If you insist on having idols, aim higher than Billy Bob.

[@blindsidexv6244]

@@MakeWayForTheLion you just can’t accept that the situation wasn’t originally his fault

[@blakeb9964]

​@@Pratchet_ fake news

[@live2groove]

I have lost all respect for BBT since that interview.. I can't take him seriously, he was such a childish narcissistic little baby. It was one of those things where you're embarrassed for him. I've seen some poor displays of character before, but that one was really unique.

[@J72-w9t]

Yup exactly!! Douchebag

[@DannyCosmos]

Yeah same

[@Neo-gk2uz]

nah. the way he opened that interview, treating his band like a joke. i saw a guy who wasnt afraid of stepping up n disagreeing with what somebody else considers established.

[@live2groove]

@@Neo-gk2uz I didn't get that sense at all. I thought the interviewer was very respectful. Thorton wants to believe that his fil success has no bearing on his band's success and that's just not realist by any means. C'mon man, he was likening himself to Tom Petty. Thorton was a joke and made a complete ass of himself.

[@Neo-gk2uz]

@@live2groove he doesn’t believe his other career has no additional success tying into his music following, he just wants to establish something new and not be taken as a joke. it seems completely understandable to me. n sometimes shit isnt handled the best way it could have been, domt mean you gotta decide to lose all respect for the guy. he isn’t obligated to be civil or appeal to anybody just because hes a famous actor who makes music. Tom Petty is a good comparison to get his point across to the guy because he wouldn’t disrespect and sarcastically call his shit “a little ambitious”. Hes not Tom Petty but to get a fan base that backs somebody of that stature hed need to show a different representation for his crew n not just be that actor guy n a couple pals makin a joke of emselves. he didnt handle it perfect but i get where hes comin from.

[@Bigwave2003]

Gian Ghomeshi, the CBC radio interviewer did respect Billy Bob's wishes not to talk about his acting career. All Gian said as part of a long introduction about the band and their records was, 'You may know him from his films but he's also a serious musician." That's it. No other mention or question about movies. The fact that BB flipped out over that and refused to answer questions or gave nonsensical single-word replies is why this went viral.

[@steelcom5976]

BBT has needed to be evaluated for a long time.

[@Dreama40]

100% correct BBT was being an asshole, and watching him trying to walk it back makes me dislike him even more, what a jerk.

[@j_freed]

People just need to see for themselves, very correct. There might’ve been a little bit of pushback from Ghomeshi the interviewer due to being put in a ridiculous position, because it’s just confusing if he’s being controlled and censored and cannot even mention the obvious… Billy refused to even back down when Jian tried to negotiate an acceptable playing field of discussion. As it turns out, it’s one of the most interesting interviews about celebrity you can watch.

[@j_freed]

Oh, and when Billy Boy started mouth-crapping on Canadian culture and the country generally, this was way past passive aggression to Jian or even caring about what 37 million people thought of him… 🍁 Regrets nothing.

[@steelcom5976]

@@j_freed Terry Zwigoff of "Bad Santa" said he was the worst, but BB waited till day 11 to descend into his cesspool so he couldn't be fired. He actually plans this stuff.

[@ScoutCrafter]

I just watched the "Blow up interview" clip and I think there are two Billy Bobs... =)

[@vampiresareyourfriend2584]

You mean, on and off drugs?

[@joek2904]

Billy was a fucking dick. Only billy could make jian look normal.

[@thistlemum6801]

Billy Bob comparing himself to Tom Petty in the interview was laughable and super annoying. Hey Billy, Tom Petty had more musical talent in his big toe than you will ever have in your entire being.

[@matthewboyd4705]

You do understand english you moron? He isn't saying hes better than Tom Petty, hes saying why don't you give me a fucking chance.

[@clausjuergenwalde7251]

He was comparing himself to Tom Petty. He was comparing how the interviewer would interview Tom Petty with how he is interviewing him. The station would have accepted all of Tom Petty’s conditions, yet they didn’t when interviewing BBT.

[@blackbird5634]

I totally agree! He's such a douche.

[@MiguelCruz-oz7km]

@@clausjuergenwalde7251 yeah but if Tom Petty was being interviewed because he was the lead in some movie, there's no way you could talk to him strictly about his trajectory as an actor as if that's what he was known for.

[@johngoldsworthy7135]

@@clausjuergenwalde7251 wrong. If you saw the interview he was definitely comparing himself to Tom petty. How does BBT’s dick taste?

[@fenderstratguy]

He was a jerk in that interview and he’s lying about it.

[@jamesjoiner1359]

You can tell he’s being genuine about what happened before hand. I feel like that interviewer deserved it.

[@sampson3121]

@@jamesjoiner1359 This isn't about the interviewer lol He fuckking shit on Canadians. Did you watch the interview? Do you even know what this is about?

[@HomeAtLast501]

The sycophant interviewers here are afraid of him and pretend that his response is believable and acceptable .

[@tonyelectionfraud669]

Norton is a worm

[@sdjslkdjlsskldjslkdjsl8262]

If they challenged him over it would be awkward and it would just start a massive thing. They got his answer (that he's not sorry and doesn't regret it), and there's probably no changing his mind. made perfect sense to just move on.

[@HomeAtLast501]

@@sdjslkdjlsskldjslkdjsl8262 Who gives a damn about changing his mind? I didn't assert they should try to change his mind. It's not their job to change his mind. But he was lying blatantly, and he should have been challenged. He did NOT want his bandmates to be given props. If you listen to the actual interview he wanted HIMSELF to be recognized as a musician. He said he was basically a "musicologist" before he even got into acting. He had no concern for the bandmates. Also, he did not in the interview with Ghomeshi say that they could get into his movie career. He EXPLICTLY said he did not want his movie career at all to be even mentioned during the interview, and he did NOT want to discuss it AT ALL. And here he is pretending he was willing to discuss it. This is a hilarious mockery Jian made of it later: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6LTmaZ5jZpsqNE

[@loufournier5397]

Well, Jim Norton is the same dolt who took the bait hook, line, and sinker when Chris Kyle lied out of his ass about punching Jesse Ventura all because poor little Jimmy got butthurt by Ventura in studio.

[@documax123]

What Billy Bob is failing to mention here is that apart from his on-air jousting with Jian, the interviewer - he also insulted Canadian audiences. And was doing it on live national radio. That had quite a bit to do with the newsworthy interest in the interview. It cracked me up.

[@michael-4k4000]

Not disagreeing, but how did he insult the Canadian audience? His behavior was childish at best and he has some serious issues.

[@documax123]

@@michael-4k4000 he said they were dud audiences, no life in them. Or did I imagine that or pick it up wrong? Get back to me tho. As it's entirely possible I did.

[@michael-4k4000]

@@documax123 oh meaning the show they had previously played? Not the radio/KZbin audience. What an idiot. He should be thanking anyone that comes to his shows.

[@AdoreYouInAshXI]

​@@documax123 Nah, he said that. And he's right, lol. Unless we're talking about pro wrestling. Canadians are insane about pro wrestling.

[@CatoTheSage]

Also called Canadian's "mashed potatoes without the gravy". As someone who goes to dozens of concerts a year both in Canada and abroad, and had performed in front of large Canadian and American audiences many times I have no idea what he's on about.

[@edward8597]

None of that explains insulting Canadian audiences *while you're in the middle of a Canadian tour*.

[@robwarren4425]

He’ll never live that interview down.

[@robwarren4425]

@@mezzb yeah. Is he so delusional that’s he’s being interviewed for his mediocre music career and band.

[@beautifulpaintingwi]

"Look, aaall I did was just sit there and passively aggressively try to make the guy look like Adolph Hitler for mentioning something of my past that took about 5 seconds but I turned it into a grooling 15 minutes of ass crack fest". "You barley said anything Billy, can I call you Billy, I love you".

[@ryanroberts1987]

Maybe you should look up how much of a greasball the interviewer actually is and what hes been on trial for

[@beautifulpaintingwi]

​ @Ryan Roberts Brother, can I ask you to read that again? Ok so in critical thinking the person has got to put the peaces together from the facts given, at what point was I promoting the Interviewer? The First Quote was in referance to Billy, the Second Quote was in referance to the Inteviewer. This is why thinking is so vital when putting things into context, before you reply really chew on the information, pause, then coment, this has been up here for a year, you have had pleanty of time to think about what your comment would be, do you think you should give thinking a chance?

[@Revelian1982]

@@ryanroberts1987 So Billy Bob acting like a twat because he knew the interviewer was secretly an asshole. Gotcha.

[@woodoven]

Lmao

[@OttoByOgraffey]

*barely

[@bananian]

Imagine interviewing Psy and not introduce him as the guy famous for Gangnam style.

[@verward]

But if you listen to the interview, his introduction was music first, then mention Billy Bob Thornton. The interviewer didn't ask any movie related questions. He just talked about their music.

[@cheechalker8430]

I loved how he compared himself to Tom Petty....

[@chasetherushpodcast2534]

That explanation and billy bob seem very reasonable until you watch the interview 😂

[@markreynolds5498]

Lots of actors are crazy with fake musical careers.

[@zzyzx0788]

These interviewers are completely spineless

[@ronniechilds2002]

I'm a fan of their radio show, but D-listers (at best) can NEVER bust the chops of a big-shot actor. It just doesn't work like that.

[@kbob9625]

These guys are no names. They will suck the dick of whoever needs to be sucked to not be irrelevant.

[@kbob9625]

@@blastofo He did it one time... to Nancy Grace. He's not known for making people walk off set.

[@DaveRino]

Does Billy Bob know it was recorded?

[@cwb0051]

You Were RUDE Bob..I Saw the Interview..

[@oreoyeliab]

That isn’t how it went down and he knows it.

[@EmperorsNewWardrobe]

Sulking. I took revenge by nonsensical sulking.

[@RealRayLong]

The mistake was that anyone would even agree not to discuss his day job. It's just silly to think that he would have even been there without it. It reminds me of the Leno story when he had a guest who was only noteworthy because she had recently been in Playboy. Her publicist told him that the Playboy layout was off limits. He told them to leave the studio. That's what Q should have done.

[@slomotionaction]

That was on Craig Fergusons last show as a talk show host and Leno was his guest

[@Zeldarulah]

If he wasn't on drugs then I can't explain some of the things he said like when he went off on a tangent about a monster magazine

[@Fishhook37]

Actually, "what was weid about it" was..............well..............YOU!

[@rob3223]

he ruined any chance of that band making it lol by not wanting it to be about him, he literally created a mountain of attention to his dumb behavior instead of that crappy band lol

[@MakeWayForTheLion]

He actually believes his musical ability will outshine his acting. He's clinically delusional.

[@TheGooddog3]

Jian is a 30 year veteran in the music industry, an accomplished player of a variety of instruments and an excellent singer.... Bobby is nothing more than a guy with a karaoke quality voice who writes cringy, silly, childish and shallow lyrics to other people's melodies. Without his actor-bucks he'd never have even garnered more than a few thousand views on an obscure youtube channel - even after all these years. There is no justification for his pretentious attitude. Bobby is no-one in music. What a dork.

[@stza16]

Jian was shallow and pretentious. Thankfully, that creep's career is over.

[@RosesRedThorns]

@@stza16 thank God you're a nobody

[@stza16]

@@RosesRedThorns And you are not?

[@ayjay749]

Sorry but my verdict on him remains the same. It was pathetic.

[@DeanWuksta]

Billy could have handled that incident like an academy award winning actor, yet he chose to be an entitled sook and embarrassed his entire band, good choice Bill

[@paulscrevane]

after watching this I was like "Okay, makes sense. BBT was being an ass on purpose." then I read the comments. my thought has been corrected.

[@baldbeardedbassist]

Yes he was soft-spoken about it, but he was still throwing a shit-fit over not being introduced the way he wanted. He made his band look like a bunch of clowns with that interview and didn't have the balls to admit he was being a petulant child. The ego to keep comparing himself to Tom Petty was pretty wild, too.

[@thesisypheanjournal1271]

So his answer boils down to "I'm an insufferable douchebag so learn to adjust."

[@michael-4k4000]

Not sure how Billy can turn that around. He looked like a jerk and acted like a jerk. The interviewer did not seem like a bad guy and seemed confused by how childish BBT was acting, and for good reason.

[@YahWay.]

Anyone else notice the message from the control room. During the original interview "If this really goes sideways I have new metric, new metric standing by"

[@JoeyArmstrong2800]

You could say I'm a music historian.

[@dougb4835]

BBT's explanation here is BS. BBT is trying to make the Canadian radio station and host look like the bad guys here. If all this was was BBT trying to get some respect for his band then he wouldn't have asked that ridiculous question, "Would you say that to Tom Petty?" BBT's on-air tantrum was 100% about his ego and nothing else. Pathetic that he can't take responsibility for that years later.

[@mcmc8496]

Good old Billy Boob, I formerly respected him. This makes it obvious that he has lost it. Due to not being based whatsoever on fact. Tell it like it is boob, we've all made mistakes and you were having a bad day. Admit it and forget it....

[@mcmc8496]

@islanti yeah I would've never imagined that he would act so foolish. Definitely qualifying for the your whiny crybaby weasel assessment...

[@ylekiote99999]

Doesn't matter what they write about that bizarre interview Billy Bob, We saw it!

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

What I wouldn't give for him to have done that on O&A in their prime.

[@carrrexx7190]

Billy Bob, Make another movie, play a gimp, marry a Starlite or shut the puck up.

[@artlife6210]

There’s no need to know anything more than the fact that his brain is fried lol

[@Last_Green_Man]

He forgot to tell the interviewer he plays cards with J.D. SHELLNUT, chief of pohlice. The character of Doyle Hargraves is Billy Bob Thornton. Antique furniture and all.

[@richcampbell6808]

Director of Bad Santa just came out and said Billy was a nightmare and would do meth in between takes.

[@blastofo]

A true method actor.

[@morrossey]

Sam is easily convinced

[@Luvie1980]

ladsham sam is full of shit. He thinks the room is better than Rocky horror show

[@carlhepp6193]

ladsham because Sam is an ass kissing fan boy.

[@SemiPerfectDark]

He is misrepresenting what actually happened. There is a good swath of uncut footage where he is a complete douchebag to the interviewer. The interviewer was simply trying to give some context, and yeah he might not have went on a rant, but he made that interview super duper awkward. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4XSeYZmbK2ifdksi=vrJa5d8CIGncDmCe

[@nickkruger213]

No, Billy was clearly high as a kite in that car crash interview. I don't care if he was high ... but then they shouldn't have put him on air.

[@eljeffe58]

There are three sides to every story, Billy.

[@B3ARCAT]

Man, he’s really leaning into the self-absorbed movie star diva cliché. He has such a fragile ego that he bristles at the truth: that his band would be getting a virtually no attention whatsoever if it were not for the fact that people know who he is from his film career 😂

[@josephs5582]

Regardless of his reasoning, the fact that he acted immature and disengaged during the original interview detracted even more attention away from his band mates, which apparently, was what he got upset about in the first place. Wildly immature.

[@DannyCosmos]

Also he’s changing it… he told them not to bring up he’s an actor

[@catrivelli]

So it was an ego-face off. And the victims were the other band members and the listeners. The Q radio host came out looking good on the video whereas Thorton looked like a drugged out whiner. His attempt at turning the tables failed. Did the need to appease his ego shut out his common sense? If Thorton truly felt that the 30 sec the host spent talking about his acting career was disrespectful to his fellow band members, he is as delusional as he sounded on the radio show. His band members know that Thorton's Hollywood success is one reason the band was given opportunities that 99% of all other fusion bands never get. They know that. If Thorton was trying to be humble, he failed at that. He was the biggest turd at that interview, shitting over every minute of it. His fellow band members and their contributions in the interview were drowned out by the explosion of Thorton's ego. I am a fan of Thorton. Always have been. But even his fans can call a shit burger when they see it.

[@DanLoFat]

The interviewer sounded (and looked) entitled, sarcastic, and hurt HIS show wasnt going as planned.

[@DanLoFat]

In the end, BBT got what he should have gotten from the start - respect paid to the band and not a lot of film questions. Why do you think one of the band memebers answered the questions ABOUT THE BAND?

[@SP-up2xb]

You hit the nail on the head. I was embarrassed and sad for his bandmates mostly. They looked like they were watching themselves go down in flames,

[@jaysilverheals4445]

this interview was clearly done later in the day not morning like the other one where he likely was hungover and meds not kicked in yet

[@RyanInLA]

He’s full of it. If you go back and watch the interview that is obvious. If he were on drugs or going through a tough time just admit that. Instead he’s lying about it. This also makes Jim and Sam look bad because they know this and they’re yielding to his celebrity.

[@RobertGoodwin-j1i]

It’s not the first time Jim has bought someone’s bullshit and run with it. He did the same thing when Chris Kyle told his bullshit story about Jesse Ventura.

[@LeftyF2003]

Watch the whole interview he's referencing. He compared himself to Tom Petty several times, as if his work carried as much weight as the Heartbreakers catalog, let along Petty's solo work, playing with Johnny Cash, recording with the Travelling Wilburys, etc. And the whole "you can't talk about me as an actor, I'm a musician" thing? Holy crap dude, could you be more deluded? Answer, I think not! ;-)

[@mainspring8228]

What is described by BBT is garbage, didn’t go down that way...... man up dude

[@gofanman8455]

Jim was trolling Billy bob for his douchy interview. Now when Billy bob is in his studio he wont say a word. Why norton why

[@diabl2master]

His request to tone down talking about his acting is totally reasonable - but his reaction wasn't

[@adamdickinson2894]

Wow that presenter was such a suck-up, doesn't challenge anything BBT is saying

[@bardoface]

Nice try at sounding reasonable rationalizing his stupid behavior during that Canadian interview. He’s description of how the dj acted Is completely inaccurate. That says something about his character.

[@flowbe1221]

I wanted Billy Bob to talk the way he did in Bad Santa.

[@derkwest]

Jim norton talked a big game about that interview back then, hes awful quite here now lol

[@johnsradios484]

Billy you where vilified because you deserved it for acting that way.

[@jdstox1]

Tthe saddest thing is, Lisa Kohn told me she doesnt even remember Billy Bob

[@robbycassidy4240]

Everyone that's ever directed Thornton will tell you the same thing. He cray cray.

[@tobe1207]

I'll say this.. this look is a good look for BB, those shades and the facial hair really go good with his bone structure

[@justsumguy2u]

Typical Hollywood diva

[@vincenttalley5938]

This is major revisionist narcissitc personality shit. Although granted, Jian apparently turned out to be a bad dude, so I guess subconscisouly Billy's actions were in the right place lol

[@LOBOIV]

We’re here with the new band Jesus and the Disciples talking about their new album, “The Heavens”. It’s says here in the production notes we can’t talk about you turning water into wine…..

[@polygoncreatures4045]

My guess is he saw a bunch of Zappa interviews and decided he should be aloof and self serious in that moment.

[@funnybusiness6491]

Dude, you said in the interview that you told his producer not to mention your movie career… here you are saying that you said it to him. You are full of it buddy.

[@jordin36]

The CBC interviewer in question, Jian Ghomeshi, had this 'nicest guy in Canada' vibe and Billy Bob saw right through that shit and into that dudes soul. He knew something was amiss and sure enough.

[@tommybasham-oo7qf]

Love the toupee

[@TheBabs000]

Billy Bob and his baby band...show some respect to your interviewer Billy!

[@facebookcom-ej7dm]

It was physically impossible for BBT to see the host’s “TelePrompTer”. It wasn’t even a teleprompter, it was laptop screen that only faced the host. I’m not sticking up for that POS host but BBT is lying through his teeth.

[@cliffiez4540]

He would have been better off just saying he was nuts and on drugs or something. Just watch the video. he was being an entitled celebrity prick. It happens

[@blackbird5634]

Billy's a movie star with a cover band and he COMPARED himself to Tom Petty!! ahahahahahaha! Hey I liked Slingblade, who didn't? But no one's ever going to remember Billy's band.

[@jokatal]

He makes it sound like he was being so reasonable. "What was weird was that I was villified and not the other guy!" LOL fucking actors think the world revolves around them.

[@ZoltonBolshevik]

The first five minutes of Brett Gelman's Dinner With Friends is just like this

[@MikeMJPMUNCH]

This just makes him come across even worse because he just says he doesn't understand why he was made the villian of the interview when anyone with any perspective could see he acted terribly in that interview

[@zapkvr0101]

Hes lying.

[@frankzbeanz4200]

Literally anyone who pays attention to the interview will get this impression. Billy Bob explained it exactly. pretty straight forward. I thought Billy Bob coming up with irrelevant stories was pretty hilarious. If you watch the clickbait expecting a “blow up” you’ll be disappointed.

[@42tregg6]

So Billy Bob was so interested in supporting his bandmates, that he made the interview entirely about himself? Yeah, right.

[@paulcolbourne9112]

Doesnt change the fact that he acted like an immature weasel. That's what you call a character flaw. Don't even get me started on the band thing. If the music had enough merit to stand on it's own two legs the interviewer wouldn't need to mention acting. However as it is, the music is so horrible that it can only be invited anywhere by talking about Thornton's movie roles which is barely an interesting topic on it's own.

[@toothumbs]

How do you spell Dee lou shin al?

[@edwardbliss8931]

He's a music historian

[@nathanaelstasinski9855]

How ironic that in the end Ghomeshi turned out to be the real asshole.

[@WanderleiSilva29]

Lol he said more in the first minute of this interview than the entire 25 minutes of the viral interview….

[@documax123]

That thing was great television. And it was radio.

[@HonestRapReactions]

That DJ has since been *cancelled" here in Canada because of a Sexual harassment conduct case. Quite the freak were hearing.