Billy Bob Thornton explains what he and ex-wife Angelina Jolie did and how their relationship ended.
Thornton, 70, opened up about the intense scrutiny over the vials of blood he and Angelina carried during their relationship.
“We each had a little locket, literally with a drop of blood in them,” the Landman star shared Rolling Stone. “It’s a romantic little idea, and that’s all there was. But when it’s over, we’re vampires. We live in a dungeon, we drink each other’s blood and stuff like that.”
However, he noted that the relationship ended on good terms and that they are still very close friends.
“And of course, Angelina [Jolie] and I had a great time together. It was one of the greatest times of my life,” he told the magazine.
“She and I are still very, very close friends. And that was the one that ended up being a really civilized breakup. We simply broke up because our lifestyles were so different,” he added.
The Tomb Raider star met Thornton during filming Pushing Tin in 1999. At the time, Thornton was engaged to Laura Dern, but ended the engagement in 2000. Soon after, he and Angelina were married. They adopted son Maddox from Cambodia in 2002 and separated in 2003.
