Billy Bob Thorton has a bit of a meltdown in an interview

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heres how it really went

billy bob and his people instruct the producer and this so-called interviewer to not mention billy bobs whole thing , just treat it like any old band without oskar winner/angie fucker in band

producer and interviewer guy smile and lie yeas to billy and his people so billy and his people take thier word

show goes live , first thing dickhead says osker actor billy bon all why/what-non-chalauntly like as if no magreement had been met at all

just play dumb and pretend billy is something wrong billy in an fake inocent voice

o corce it set billy off and so it shoud, yea he handled it wrong but the result would prolly be the same becuz of the tactics being used

[vileliquid1026]

That seemed like a typical move from him... I felt bad for the rest of the band though they did look quite embarrassed.

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yup typical move 4 him to do after being treated so wrongly/poorly and with so much aggresion/hostility/ from the intervier/producer

but yea i could see the bands cold sweat lol

actually thats a good point u bring up cuz u could see the distress/fluster from billy and the band

yet the interviewer is calm and cool as if he is very used to treating people in this way, just goes in to his pretending not to know whats going on , meanwhile its live on the air

and poor billy ate up his ol foot!

[R00k]

I have to agree with plained a bit here. Half of the interviewer's intro was about how everybody perceives Billy Bob due to his screen career, with a final mention at the end that he's always wanted to make music.

Even though the guy probably didn't mean it to sound that way, it wound up sound as if his musical career was just an offshoot of his film endeavors.

Plus there's another guy in that lineup who has done other work as well, even though he's not nearly as big as Billy Bob -- Denny Baker (aka Unknown Hinson, aka Early Cuyler from the Squidbillies), who is one hell of a musician in his own right. I've been to one of his shows, and didn't know he was in this band - now that I do I want to hear them.

It's kinda rude to the other band members to make this all about Billy Bob. Of course it's true that not as many people would know about his band if it weren't for his film career -- but maybe the band doesn't want to piggy-back on Billy Bob's publicity. They did request that the interview be that way, after all.


edit: it's Danny Baker, not Denny.

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there are alot alot of very good reasons to not play up billy bob in the band

for honest music band reasons

all that baggage interferes with the music

the hardcore fans of the music know all about billy in there and all that.

they dont want to turn it into something other than what it is

[R00k]

http://www.theboxmasters.com/main/index ... cle&sid=26

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I have to agree with plained a bit here. Half of the interviewer's intro was about how everybody perceives Billy Bob due to his screen career, with a final mention at the end that he's always wanted to make music.

Even though the guy probably didn't mean it to sound that way, it wound up sound as if his musical career was just an offshoot of his film endeavors.

Plus there's another guy in that lineup who has done other work as well, even though he's not nearly as big as Billy Bob -- Denny Baker (aka Unknown Hinson, aka Early Cuyler from the Squidbillies), who is one hell of a musician in his own right. I've been to one of his shows, and didn't know he was in this band - now that I do I want to hear them.

It's kinda rude to the other band members to make this all about Billy Bob. Of course it's true that not as many people would know about his band if it weren't for his film career -- but maybe the band doesn't want to piggy-back on Billy Bob's publicity. They did request that the interview be that way, after all.


edit: it's Danny Baker, not Denny.

i pretty sure his intent was dickheadish , he just doesnt take resposabilty 4 it , just pretend why what? with a fake sweet tone and recruite mindless agreeable drones and history is writen .

pretty sad that we all pay theese guys saleries and they drive away some of the most interesting talents .

he got billy all flusterd up and led him into "comment on canaidians now that ive really weasily pissed u off" , billy says whatever he means straight up, this kind o bs just flabergasted him prolly

who would listen to radio with guy with this type of slants i dont know .

yea billys got some serios boys with him and willie too! i'm pretty fucking sure willie and billy love canada for loads o awesome reasons

its just sad they have to keep damageing biily and souring willies thing and all that, just to decieve everbody

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http://www.theboxmasters.com/main/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=26

glad they try to give intelligent insight as to what actually occured

they are waaayy more classier about doing it than the other side

its like the other side hasnt any ethics at all

[Bilirubin]

OMG, would everybody in the world please calm the fuck down?

First Billy Bob: Jian (a muscian himself) was not dwelling on your other career, but the fact you are touring in the low wage arena of starting band is facilitated by your other lucrative income. Pretending that is not the case is asinine. Pretending your celebrity had nothing to do with getting to tour with Willie is asinine. And acting out when Jian is ASKING YOU ABOUT YOUR BAND AND MUSICAL INFLUENCES UNDERMINES WHATEVER POSITION YOU ARE TRYING TO STAKE OUT HERE.

To the press of Canada: Chill the fuck out. We tease us about our reserve. He doesn't hate Canada (or at least, didn't until last night. Good job).

[Bilirubin]

http://www.theboxmasters.com/main/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=26

glad they try to give intelligent insight as to what actually occured

they are waaayy more classier about doing it than the other side

its like the other side hasnt any ethics at all

Like making up the flu excuse for canceling the rest of the tour, rather than unruly crowds shouting "here's the gravy"?

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well hes a pretty awesome guy he want willie ffar from this , willie is a legond, boo on this guy 4 indirectly dragging in wille with his planned attack on billy



its really unfortunate its the entertainment industry, this guy has a show about tunes, they agree to focus all on the tunes, on air light comes on, bang, wtf

i think he was calling that guy not canadians a boring old potatoe with no gravy even!

its obvios theres a massive internet assualt agaist billy now, it looks like its from the same source because although it looks unigue superficially, they by coincidence commonly share all fufill all the criterias of mass bs spam!

[tnf]

Say what you will about the interviewers mean spirited tactics, a guy with his experience in the spotlight should have been able to see how all this would go over, regardless of who is in the right.

I don't have a vested interest, I've never cared much either way for the guy. A good actor, dabbles in music.

But I know he has some loyal fans that will welcome him back to the US - he'll be OK.

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yea his sensitivity nodoubt contributes to artists final products.

more and more media is just zoomed in stars footy with some idiot speculating

it used to be these artists where carefully interviewd with great results

when these people get treated poorly, less are so inclined to imerge

its its classic to see the mass numbers of criticizms of billy on american cites that say "you cant treat canadians like that!"

hey wai...rofl

[Bilirubin]

Lesson two in media training is in keeping your message front and centre. Just a tiny bit of effort and this never happens.

Really, though, Jian was NOT making this all about his other career. That was in BBT's head. Unlike Tom Petty, he does have another job, and that is of interest.

[tnf]

Lots of that stuff can just be called part of the price of celebrity - whether its right or wrong, people are out looking for you to fuck up so they can jump all over it. An entire industry thrives on waiting for celebs to fuck up, and certain parts of the media can feed this industry with 'gotcha' interviews and other stuff that tries to set the celebs off..

I still think Billy Bob should have known that this would be blown up like it was with how long he's been in the business.

plained you seem to really like the guy. have you followed his musical career for very long? I didn't even know he had one until this story.

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rofl nobody has said he was just makeing it all about his other carreer, thats just steering it away from the real issue,

they made a deal , that deal was dis-honerd, then the interviewer inocent act starts

it was jus a low thing to do and it really hard not to see it as some personal vendetta

[Bilirubin]

well hes a pretty awesome guy he want willie ffar from this , willie is a legond, boo on this guy 4 indirectly dragging in wille with his planned attack on billy

Please. Suggesting this is a "planned attack" is just as overblown as suggesting that BBT hates Canada. Use a little judgment.

[Bilirubin]

rofl nobody has said he was just makeing it all about his other carreer, thats just steering it away from the real issue,

Um, no, it is the central issue. He would not answer questions

they made a deal , that deal was dis-honerd,

According to one side.

it was jus a low thing to do and it really hard not to see it as some personal vendetta

"Personal vendette"? Now who is rofling? What on earth would Jian have against BBT? Looked like a simple interview gone off the rails to me.

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Lots of that stuff can just be called part of the price of celebrity - whether its right or wrong, people are out looking for you to fuck up so they can jump all over it. An entire industry thrives on waiting for celebs to fuck up, and certain parts of the media can feed this industry with 'gotcha' interviews and other stuff that tries to set the celebs off..

I still think Billy Bob should have known that this would be blown up like it was with how long he's been in the business.

plained you seem to really like the guy. have you followed his musical career for very long? I didn't even know he had one until this story.

u can whatch old media and u can see a great carefullness by the interviewer in the treating of these artists to make them comfortable/relaxed and coax the best out of them, like the great johnny carson.

this was just rubbish it didnt have to be that way


no not a verced fan an by any means , just googleing . i havnt heard more than 30 seconds of his tunes , i liked sling blade and that santa one, and i heard he was with agie jolie but thats it

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rofl nobody has said he was just makeing it all about his other carreer, thats just steering it away from the real issue,

Um, no, it is the central issue. He would not answer questions

they made a deal , that deal was dis-honerd,

According to one side.

it was jus a low thing to do and it really hard not to see it as some personal vendetta

"Personal vendette"? Now who is rofling? What on earth would Jian have against BBT? Looked like a simple interview gone off the rails to me.

no its the issue, billy woulda skipped it had he know he was going to be ambused and lied too

still that has nothing regarding the true issue just trying to influence a view of me to other readers regarding this topic, jus like theyre doing to billy

r u from canada?

how the fuc would i know why this guy put so much effort into this dissing billy bob and pouring on the bs negitive spin crap

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well hes a pretty awesome guy he want willie ffar from this , willie is a legond, boo on this guy 4 indirectly dragging in wille with his planned attack on billy

Please. Suggesting this is a "planned attack" is just as overblown as suggesting that BBT hates Canada. Use a little judgment.

he knew he was gonna ambush billy with this soon as the on-air light came on

and he did proving it

hence the planned attack comment

[tnf]

u can whatch old media and u can see a great carefullness by the interviewer in the treating of these artists to make them comfortable/relaxed and coax the best out of them, like the great johnny carson.

I know, that's why I said 'certain parts of the media'. It's where the money is at now for a lot of them.
But I don't think this interview was that aggressively out of line. Maybe it was though.

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tnf

would u agree if that they had in fact made a sincre agreement, that dis-regarding that agreement and going 4 the very topic that was AGREE'D upon not to talk about the instant the on air light came on

would u call that a hostile move at all?

i dont mind i u dont agree just curios

if i think its un-reasonable 4 people to honer thier agreements am i being totally un-realistic?

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