Billy Bob Thornton Explains The Reason For His Divorce From Angelina Jolie

Billy Bob Thornton appeared on the HFPA in Conversation podcast and discussed his relationship with Angelina Jolie, and why they split. The couple married in 2000 and divorced in 2003; during their marriage, they were constant tabloid fixture for reports of wild antics that were emphasized by interviews in which they discussed getting his-and-hers grave plots and more.

Highlights from the interview are below:

On his relationship with Jolie and why they split: “I remember our time together as really being great. We just had different lifestyles. Hers is a global lifestyle and mine is an agoraphobic lifestyle. So, that’s the only reason we’re probably not still together ― maybe ― because of a different path in life we wanted to take.”

On their infamous vials of each other’s blood they wore: “The necklaces were a very simple thing: ‘Hey, let’s poke our fingers with a pen and smear a little blood on there, and when we’re away from each other we’ll wear the necklace.’ It was that easy. But by the time it came out in the press, it sounded like we were wearing a bucket of blood around our necks…We had so much fun. A lot of the things they said about us at the time were exaggerated. It wasn’t as crazy as people wrote about it, you know what I mean?”

On his friendship with Jolie: “I look at that time as a great time. Angie is still a friend of mine and she’s a great person, and she’s done so much.”