Billy Bob n Boxmasters
Numerous stories have come out about Billy Bob Thornton’s CBC radio/tv appearance. Listeners, writers and even the station said that Billy Bob was acting like Joaquin Phoenix did when he appeared on the David Letterman show. If you aren’t up on this Billy Bob Thornton story, this is what briefly happened on the CBC interview:
Billy Bob and his band “Boxmasters” were interviewed Wednesday for radio and TV on the CBC by host Jian Ghomeshi.
Thornton criticized Ghomeshi for making a casual reference to his acting career, telling Ghomeshi, “You were instructed not to talk about that.”
Ghomeshi replied: “I wasn’t instructed … you guys are here as a band, I wasn’t instructed. … That’s just giving context, right? … I’m happy to interview you guys as a band but the listeners were given context of who you are. That’s part of your trajectory, isn’t it?”
To which Thornton countered, “Not really.”
Our inside source who is a friend of Billy Bob’s and works with Billy Bob told us the real and true reason why BBT’s interview went ‘bad.’
Our source said, “I was talking to him [Billy Bob] on the phone today and he told me about the radio [CBC] show. He [Billy Bob] simply told the CBC Producers before the show that he did not want to discuss his “acting/film career” during the interview. The interview was set to only talk about the Boxmasters [BBT's band], not BBT’s acting career. It was rude that Jian Ghomeshi went ahead and asked Billy questions that he [Billy] did not want talk about. It’s obvious that this is the case if you listen to the interview. That is why Billy reacted the way he did. The Boxmasters want to be known for their music and as a band-not ‘Billy Bob Thornton and the band.’”
And about the Joaquin reference 
? “He’s [BBT] nothing like Joaquin [Phoenix] haha, media is funny-you have nothing to worry about.”
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FRANKLY, BILLY BOB IS WEIRD EVEN WITHOUT A RADIO INTERVIEW. WHAT MAKES THIS JACKASS THINK THAT HE HAS TALENT TO BEGIN WITH WHEN IT COMES TO MUSIC? TRUE, HIS ACTING ABILITY IS OKAY, BUT GIVE ME A BREAK! HE’S A SPOILED, SELFISH NO-TALENT NITWIT!
Good one Lisa
Now let me clarify something.
Billy asked that it not be brought up – his acting career – that he was here with the band to talk music and play.
He was never asked any questions about movies, but it was referred to in the introduction, and immediately Billy felt he had been lied to, so he reacted to that.
The CBC lied to Billy in order to get him on the air and attract listeners.
Does Billy Bob –or anyone– think for a second that band no one has heard of would get any media play at all if it wasn’t fronted by a Hollywood star? Billy Bob wants to have his cake and eat it too.
CBC does not take any stipulations, it is not
Entertainment Tonight, it is a public news, and information radio station. BBT just had a meltdown
I watched the interview. The host only mentioned Thornton’s acting career in passing, in an utterly benign and fleeting way. If Billy Bob can’t handle that without throwing a hissy fit, then he is truly insecure. Not a true musician at all.
Your “inside source” is completely backwards. Looking at the interview, one cannot conclude anything but that Thornton was entirely unprofessional, petulant, and childish. The host deserves props for remaining calm and collected while dealing with such an immature guest.
I feel sorry for the other bandmembers. They no doubt must deal with Thornton’s insecure ego all the time.
Billy Bob is a knob.
He insulted my intelligence, my sensibilities, and my country (mashed potatoes with no gravy)!
I am seeing the Willie Nelson concert in London Ontario tonight. I would pay for Willie. I would never go to see Billy Bob and his group if he was relying on his musical talent alone. I went to his website to give him the benefit of the doubt and what I heard of his singing was musically inferior and Dave Clark of the Dave Clark Five (an old 60’s group) was a better drummer and Dave Clark sucked.
“It was rude that Jian Ghomeshi went ahead and asked Billy questions that he [Billy] did not want talk about. It’s obvious that this is the case if you listen to the interview.
Obvious! There were no questions about his acting career, that’s what was obvious. Why didn’t the inside source listen to the interview before making such comments? It would just be weird if Jian didn’t mention his past and Billy should know that.
Now we hear that BBT’s mashed potatoes comment was directed at Jian and not all Canadians. Well he must think we’re all pretty stupid if we believe that!
Billy go $#@% yourself.
1. The executive producer of Q says there were no preconditions.
2. Jian never used the words “hobby” or “first love”.
3. How do we explain this from the site below:
According to the contract: “Correct Spelling of Artist’s name is as follows: Billy Bob Thornton And Special Guests The Boxmasters.”
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0410092billybob1.html
to respond:
1. NOT TRUE, if you want to discuss exact wording …
the producers and host did NOT agree to any preconditions to not mention his acting career.
Arif Noorani
Executive Producer
Q on CBC Radio One
2. Billy Bob is disputing the introductory remarks that discuss his acting as his “day job”
3. a concert rider from 2008 has no bearing on this particylar interview.
What does have a bearing is this video …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcWCfb6-5Nw
oh Billy Bob, why are you so awkward?
{{…there’s already speculation floating around the web that Thornton was under the influence for this interview. His spokesman, Arnold Robinson, says that is flatly untrue. “Billy Bob clearly just had an issue with the guy,” Robinson says.
Robinson confirms that while it’s true Thornton does not like to be asked about his movie career while he’s out promoting his band, Ghomeshi was never “instructed” to avoid the topic. “Bottom line: We don’t tell people what questions they can or cannot ask,” Robinson says.}}
-just why should we believe your UNNAMED SOURCE when even BBT’s people admit there was no agreement. The source was also incorrect (at least) to say questions were asked about the guy’s acting career when anyone who actually watched the interview can see and hear that Ghomeshi only mentioned he is an actor briefly in the introduction and didn’t ask a single question about it. All of the questions were about the band and their music.
Perhaps if he wasn’t so strung out on drugs all the damn time then his moronic ass could put two sentences together. He is such a conceited piece of shit! I’d rather have my head buried in toilet water than listen to one of his stupid songs and I’d rather have battery acid poured into my eyes than watch one of his ridiculous flops of a movie. What a pathetic old piece of trash!
Shut up…BBT rocks!
no one but billy and his doctor (oh and his pusher) knows if he does drugs!
deur lisa and friends..
dont talk bout billy bob when billy bob is my boyfriend.. he likes me.. billy bob can sing very pretty cute.. billy bob and me, sheila, are here in my and billy bobs living spaces, and we is sad with you.. billy bob can sing sure sing. but he, billy bob, doesnt like you two to very muches. so leave billy bob alone plz.
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I like billy!
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