My vote says asshole.

The radio interview was filmed because it also airs on CBC television. Do some research.

Do some research.

Why? That's what we have you for.

You can sense immediately the tension in the room in the faces of the band members. The are displaying an outward tension as if though they are in a board meeting of a contentious organization with an exploitive, abusive and contentions boss in this case being the “musician” Billy Bob Thornton.

In all the interviews I have seen I have never seen such a repugnant display. The best I can compare it to is what one sometimes experiences when dealing with an outraged upper-middle class pompous ass that often refers to his attorney while screaming at you for some benign event that he has perceived as violating his personal boundaries.

I feel sympathy for Jian Ghomeshi having seen this type of behavior in pseudo high society circles such as a B-list actor castigating a helpless waiter at a Hollywood restaurant. Perhaps his excuse is that there was an antique harpsichord or flatware in the studio.

Get a grip “Astronaut Farmer.”

MAJOR ASSHOLE!

A sad little boy, trying to get the other kids attention by pissing off the teacher.

Thornton isn't a very wordly guy. Some say he may be a genius. Let's be honest folks, he's an asshole. His name invokes his back woods behaviour. Can't sing, poor drummer/musician and frankly a bit of a wierd looking character. The reason Canadians are "reserved" Billy Bob is because they're polite. Rather than boo you off the stage they just bear up until your portion of the concert is over. That means Canadians are honest, but polite. Something you couldn't begin to understand. Now go back to the holler you were sponned in.

If he truly cared about his band and his music he would have left the room and allowed his bandmates to continue the interview. Instead he just hogged and wasted perfectly good air time by being so obtuse and immature. There wasn't one question asked about his acting or his acting career - it was just an intro - get over it.

If he truly cared about his band and his music he would have left the room and allowed his bandmates to continue the interview. Instead he just hogged and wasted perfectly good air time by being so obtuse and immature. There wasn't one question asked about his acting or his acting career - it was just mentioned in the intro - get over it.

I think the interviewer should have shown more respect to SpongeBob Thornton.

I bet his bandmates are just thrilled with the publicity this has attracted. You can see the satisfaction etched in their faces...

I watched the interview and found him to be a PERFECT ASS. How rude and arrogant. He is not a very good actor and I dont know about his musical skills, but after seeing this I wouldnt be attending any concert or buying his music. As an American and living part time in BC I know how polite and nice Canadians truly are. Your musicians and TV I see from there is of great quality.

Billy Bob is a 1st class asshole. What a self absorbed prick and his band sucks too. Somebody needs to give him a serious ass kicking and bring him back to mother earth.

This interview was filmed, as area all Q interviews, for their channel on you tube, as well as the CBC website.

Total Dick

Billy Bob was having a bad day, good old Jian was doing his best.
Here's a solution: Bill Bob apologizes, quite publicly, and offers another interview to the CBC.

It's not within human ability.

If Tom Petty decided to start an acting career and an interviewer mentioned his past as a musician, or his passion for acting, I would only assume he would have responded to the question with grace.

Having been to concerts on either side of the border I can attest that the reaction of the crowd seems pretty universal. If your getting a mediocre crowd response, I have a feeling it may have little to do with borders.

BBT has always been a big jackass -- this moment just got press is all.

I suspect a guy who doesn't know "spawned" from "sponned" is the one who should go back to a "holler" (hollow).

Understandable, (slightly) if there were ground rules the interviewer broke by talking about acting, BUT HE ASKED HIM a handful of music questions in a row that BBT refused to answer? How is asking when the band got together, or meeting Willie Nelson, or musical influences an interview of anything BUT music??? I'd be the first to criticize a jerk interviewer but BBT was WAAAAYYYY out of line.

He's at his best when he drops the name of the great Unknown Henson.

ON BEHALF OF TORONTO, CANADA: FUCK YOU BILLY BOB FUCK FACE!

The interview was "filmed" because Q broadcasts daily highlights on its YouTube channel, "Q TV".

Do some research before jumping to conclusions.

Billy Bob Thornton is the most incredibly ignorant man that I have ever seen interviewed. I don't care what he is done in the past and what accolades or awards he has received the interview he did with Ghian shows him as an absolute idiot.

What an asshole! BBT is totally delusional. If he thinks that he got the interview because of the bands talent he is truly mistaken.

He got the interview because he is BBT and if he was not in the band (as talented as some may think they are) nobody would give a shit.

FU BBT and get your ego in check you moron!

CBC films everything...it's on the gov't dime

BBT is a dick

Here's another American living in Canada...I truly can't believe what an outrageous, arrogant, boil-festooned asshole this guy is. First of all, the guy's lucky that anyone takes an interest in the crap he produces and he should regard it as a privilege to be interviewed at all. The fact that he can't be gracious at all either to the host or to his fellow bandmates proves everything. I will avoid anything having to do with this prick for the rest of my life.

I loved the band's music, but that's probably only because Billy Bob Thornton didn't bring his drums. What a noob!

I'll agree with Billy Bob. He ain't no actor. Or at least he's not a good one.

If I had a name like "Arlo" I'd be real proud I could spell too. Hi my name is Arlo and I are smart !!!!

It's too funny how mediocre performers come to Canada and get pissed off when we don't kiss their untalented butts. Or worse still, great entertainers that charge a fortune for their show, give a flat performance, and have the gall to call Canadian audiences cold if we don't respond like sycophants. It's called the entertainment "business" and if the so-called talent can't deliver a good product, audiences will respond in kind.

Billy Bob Thornton is a friggin genius. Anyone who is open-minded enough to get past his name would see that. BUT that said, I do think he was stoned during this interview. Watch his behavior before the DJ ever mentioned acting. He was probably on something. Like the rest of hellywood. Who cares? He's still a genius. Watch everything he's written and starred in and tell me I'm wrong.

You are WRONG Beth! Got it? Wrong, wrong, wrong! You should hang with Arlo.

Beth, by hang I mean "hang out" with Arlo. Just to be clear because if you are a BBT fan I know I need to clarify everything.

If it were just the interview, you could say that he just had the worst interview day of his life. But he has gone on to lie about what he said when he said Canadian audiences were mashed potatoes without the gravy because the didn't throw things at each other. He claimed the comment was about "the interviewer", Jian, who had to put up with Billy Bob's totally childish and idiotic behavior.

I'll predict that Billy Bob will find that interview will follow him around. If he cares at all for his band and the public, he should apologize to Jian and the CBC audience. As a Canadian, I couldn't care less what Billy Bob says about us.

ASSHOLE, take your vile of blood and stick it! Hollywood Weirdo!

So the guy was very obsessive about his acting career NOT being mentioned in the interview, for whatever reasons but the interviewer threw it in anyway figuring Thornton would have to play nice on the air. And he has anger management issues and couldn't get past it. I'm not condoning his assholatry, but it seems like the interviewer is an asshole too. He should have said he doesn't want to do an interview unless he can mention Thornton's "other" career. Kind of slimy to just drop it in.

I bet if the guy had mentioned Angelina Jolie they would have had to carry him out on a stretcher.

Fortunate individuals do not remember this guy from Moxy Fruvous and therefore cannot recognize the interview as karma in action.

Asshole or genius?
Having seen the Boxmasters play, exposing their utter lack of talent, let me offer a third option to your multiple choice:

Desparate.

What a wiener! Decidedly NOT a genius... for his sake, I kinda hope he was seriously stoned.

I'll echo what others have already said about BBT being a total jerk. I'm surprised that some people think Jian is somehow partly to blame because he mentioned, in passing, Billy Bob's high profile acting career. He didn't ask BBT any questions about his acting, choosing to focus on the band and its accomplishments, so WTF? BBT thinks he can direct and dictate the course of the interviews, does he?

Ghomeshi was the consummate professional; BBT was the consummate ass hat.

Makes the prospect of an interview with Miley Cyrus, Larry the Cable Guy, or Sarah Palin look positively irresistible. At least those three have some energy.

The band members weren't much better than BBT. None of them wanted to be there. What happened, did someone put guns to their heads and force them into that studio? If you hate interviews that much, don't do them and let the work speak for itself, if it can.

No, I don't think BBT was stoned or drunk; if anything, he was intoxicated by his own high opinion of himself.

BBT will have the last laugh, though, all the way to the bank. He's scored a motherlode of free publicity that his own musical chops would never have attracted.

Fuck You Billy Bob, Canada doesn't want you, if I were that radio host I would have stuck that mic so far up your ass your kids would have cummed, fuck you die asshole

Billy Bob Thorton and The Boxmasters have cancelled the rest of their Canadian tour.
The Canadian audience at Massey Hall in Toronto booed the asshole off the stage.

I'm sure the promoters had a lot to do with the cancellation. Asshole BBT would'nt have the savy to do it himself.

Good bye and don't ever come back to Canada again Billy Bob you back woods asshole !

What a jerkoff. BBT comparing himself to Tom Petty is like Boy George comparing himself to Mick Jagger. Hahahaha, he sucks, his music sucks, his acting sucks and his band sucks. Fuck off Billy Bob, you backwoods asshole.

Don't buy his music. Natural reaction to what we saw.

whoever wrote this artical didn't do their research. the radio show, Q, is filmed for a show called Q t.v. on the Bold network. check it out.

Dumped by Angelina Jolie and still an asshole.

Saw this interview and I wasn't going to watch at first(don't really like BB and never heard of his band)but he was such a wanker I was transfixed.It won't help his career in my case, I just watched him being an asshole and then watched something else.As a huge Tom petty fan though I flinch to have him put himself in the same class.Petty is actually a good musician, and I would have loved to see Willie(another good musician)but would have skipped the opening act.Great job to the interviewer on keeping cool!!

Always found B B-T to be a fun actor to watch and have no idea how good a band he's in or if he's a good drummer or not ... I watched the interview and got the impression he was stoned. His comments about Canadian audiences being a bit passive ... sure, we don't throw crap all over the place and get rowdy. So what? Maybe the band isn't worth getting worked up about...

I don't think Billy was acting weird. He IS weird. They video record all of the interviews even if they are being broadcast on the radio as it is the year 2009.
I think the man is an ass but he is genuine even in that respect. Did I mention that he is an ass?

Absolute moronic behavior...he suxs ass

Darrel Says: Hey, it's not really Billy Bob's fault. Think of how constricted the blood supply to his brain is with all those years and gallons of gravy he has consumed. It is surprising that he even made it to the interview. And those tough questions! The boy obviously needs help. Maybe a retirement followed by a good dirt nap would do him and all of us lot of good.

I was a Billy Bob fan until I saw this clip of his radio interview. He is a total jerk and I am no longer a fan. I hope everyone will boycot his music and movies from now on. I will.

I was a big Billy Bob fan until I saw this radio show interview. He is a total jerk and
does not deserve anymore attention. I will boycot all his music and films from now on and hope that everyone else does.

I was an avid Billy Bob Thorton fan until I watched his interview with the Boxmasters. He was either stoned out of his mind or just a plane asshole or both. He's off my list of people to see or listen to.

Born and raised in the US and now living in its Bible Belt, I'm embarrassed by BBT's behavior in Canada. I'm glad he was booed and forced to cancel remaining Boxcutters' performances there. I was impressed with the character he created for Slingblade, and I sensed that there was something confessional about the character, as if BBT was revealing a side of himself. He certainly revealed a side of himself in Jian's interview. Jian's restraint was remarkable and admirable. BBT revealed himself to be an immature middle-aged asshole and a clod.

Definitely an asshole. I don't care what he was on, or if he did or didn't have enough sleep or was coming down with the flu. He's a jerk and should be ignored from this point on.

Hey, I say if the guy wants to pretend he'd even be doing the interview if he wasn't famous actor Billy Bob Thornton, more power to him. Let him make out like they're interviewing him because he's such a great musician - no skin off my nose.

I've never followed Billy Bob Thornton's offscreen escapades much, nor did I see this interview; so I'll take other folks' word for it that he can behave like a cad and a jerk. But what puzzles me here are the disparaging remarks about his looks. Hello?? From what I've seen of him, he's one helluva good-looking man; maybe just attractive when he was younger, but with his grey hair, mustache and goatee, he has become quite the sexy silver fox. (Something like a cross between Sting and Jim Jarmusch, I'd say. Not to imply that they should have children together, of course.) Given the vast preponderance of actors in Hollywood these days who range from Blech to Blerk-worthy, BBT stands out as one of the few truly handsome men on the silver screen. (Along with the utterly gorgeous Johnny Depp, of course, who sets the standard for beautiful men in Hollywood.) BBT is, however woefully too skinny. Put some pounds on, BBT, if you're going to do the alpha male thing; scrawny is so Not Macho.

what?

what?

To bad he cancelled his visit to Montreal. Had a big box of "gravy" to give him.

As an American asshole, I can confirm - yes, Thornton is King of The Assholes. And not in the Good Asshole way. He is a Douche Asshole.

As an American asshole, I can confirm - yes, Thornton is King of The Assholes. And not in the Good Asshole way. He is a Douche Asshole.

Re: Billy Bob Thornton, I'm glad to see Canadians are sticking together with their opinions about this jerk. Bet he never comes close to the VERY MEDIOCRE celebrity he had before his low-life response during Jian's interview with him and the other band members. Wish I had enough internet savy to be able to spread the word about this creep worldwide.

I definitely choose asshole as BBT's exclusive designation. This wasn't a brilliant PR move. Yeah, after seeing this video I wanted to see a video of the Boxcutters. BUT, guess what? there are a bunch of amateur shit sounding videos out there and one semi-pro one that focuses WAY too much on BBT (he's the drummer, so wtf?) That shows this was not planned or if it was, then badly so.

Or maybe it's a genius move to piss off an entire country?(Alright, Canada, but still..)

No, these are the actions of complete bonehead. Genius does not fit in a description of BBT unless by "genius" you mean asshat. But I've never heard that as a definition for genius.

when thornton asked "would you say that to Tom Petty?" it's too bad Jian Ghomeshi didn't reply "would you be acting like such an asswipe with Charlie Rose?" That would have shut BBT right the hell up. I mean thornton might come back with "well you're no Charlie Rose", to which the appropriate report is obvious. probably he'd have walked out of the studio. But at least the rest of us would not have been subjected to his completely douchbaggian performance.

The Boxmasters best move at this point would be firing Billy Bob as their drummer.

While the headlines are HOT, make some more. Capitalize on the publicity they've gained from BBT's hillbilly moron act, and build on it by canning this idiot's ass.

Note to Canada Customs:
Billy Bob Thornton is known to smuggle cocaine in condoms up his rectum when visiting Canada. Each border crossing, I recommend a thorough body cavity search. Find the biggest, coldest hands you can for the job.

The Boxmasters best move at this point would be firing Billy Bob as their drummer.

While the headlines are HOT, make some more. Capitalize on the publicity they've gained from BBT's hillbilly moron act, and build on it by canning this idiot's ass.

Note to Canada Customs:
Billy Bob Thornton is known to smuggle cocaine in condoms up his rectum when visiting Canada. Each border crossing, I recommend a thorough body cavity search. Find the biggest, coldest hands you can for the job.

thank you Bobby Bill for this vital information. Rest assured that we will be closing in on BBT soon, and when we do we will have one of our agents, "Itchy" Ike Ignotowski do the body cavity search. He'll be assisted by Paul "Pussball" Rizzo, another one of our fine agents, in this endeavor.

We depend on tips from citizens such as yourself to keep us informed in these matters. for your much appreciated help we are sending you the latest Boxcutter's CD. please feel free to use it to wipe your ass when you just don't want to waste valuable toilet paper.

Billy Bob, do you really think you're too cool for school? i think not. I mean, c'mon, your name is "Billy Bob" ...

would you say that to billy bob thornton?

Oh, it would have been fucking hilarious if Jian had asked Billy Bob if Angelina had seen him play and if so what she thought or if only her tattoo had seen him play and if so what it thought.

Ghomeshi should have taken the opportunity to put the lie to Canadian stereotypes and leap across the table to punch that fucking weasel right in the chops.

I say Genius: In the course of five minute interview he managed to portray: drunk, stoned, stupid, mentally ill, arrogant, insecure, pigheaded, desperate, pathetic, and even a little constipated; completely believably. Oscar winner indeed. He should tour with that performance "Portrait of a post-Bush Texan".

If it looks like an asshole, sounds like an asshole, smells like an asshole ... Billy Boob, you are an asshole. All your crap-ola did was convince me not to listen to your band. I'd feel sorry for the other members, but they calculated on you getting them air time ... not on your skill as a musician. Douchebag.

lost all respect for one of my favorite actors

Billy Bob Thornton isn't used to rowdy audiences, despite what he said in that interview. Tough guy? He couldn't even handle an interviewer mentioning his movie career. It's pretty obvious that he can only handle ass-kissers that coddle his pathetic fantasies. Props to Ghomeshi who ranked with Obama in maintaining his cool. Thornton doesn't give respect. Doesn't deserve it.

Billy Bob's an asshole.