Duped by a scoundrel!
Billy Bob Thorton stretches the truth with Dina Pugliese
Blog by Dina Pugliese, Thursday, September 28, 2006
Yes, the above title is a direct reference to School For Scoundrels star Billy Bob Thorton.
Before I continue, let me just say that the movie is surprisingly good (as is Billy Bob) and yes, the film is absolutely hilarious and yes, you should definitely go watch it.
That said….Billy Bob has some splainin' to do.
If you don't know the premise of the film, B Bob plays this unorthodox teacher and 'master of cool' who turns a class of losers into chic-magnet, alpha-males, virtually overnight.
At one point in the movie, his character delivers a line out of nowhere that goes something like this, "before you know it, she'll be asking you to adopt babies in China!!!"
The crowd erupts into laughter for the 'obvious' reference to his past relationship with Angelina Jolie and baby Maddox.
So…..when I ask the question (and left it for the end of the interview….always a safe thing to do as you never know how a star will react) - B Bob flips out (in B Bob's implosive way)…..instead of laughing it off (to show that he is in fact OVER the whole thing) he DENIES DENIES DENIES.
He said he was baffled by the whole thing and couldn't understand why audiences would carry this line over to his own life as he doesn't know of anyone who adopted a baby in China! ( Come on now ...Cambodia, China….that's not the point).
He'd have been much better off playing it cool and not being so darn defensive…that spoke VOLUMES.
Then he goes on to say that it's an old saying. Someone, anyone, tell me if they've EVER heard it…I've asked around, zilch.
Finally - he says the line was written WAY before he was cast (although the director told me the role was intended for B Bob).
Here's the cherry….at the end of it all, I enter the feeding area (that's what I call it…it's the best food EVER at these L.A. junkets and us non carb-conscious reporters take to them like cattle to the trough), and a U.S. print journalist comes out of his interview with B Bob and proceeds to tell me that Bitter B and fessed up to lying to TWO reporters who went there (me being one of the two)……so disappointing, I nearly spit out my guacamole and bean burrito.
So that's it…another interesting anecdote from a junketeer like me…..but don't hold it against the man….he just needs more time to mend that broken heart….it can't be easy getting over Angelina Jolie, especially now that she's plastered over every magazine with her fast-growing, picture perfect family and even more perfect hubby. Can you blame the guy?
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