Talk:Billy Bob Thornton

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I feel this page could do with a better photograph, one where he is mort obviously shown. Currently, he is very difficult to recognise. --CalPaterson 3 July 2005 14:53 (UTC)

Contents 1 "phobia for" doesn't sound right 2 Italian Ancestry 3 Maddox 4 His name? 5 Travis Tritt

[edit] "phobia for" doesn't sound right

The article says BBT has a "phobia for antique furniture." A "phobia" is a fear. Maybe he has an "obsession with" antique furniture?

I think it is a phobia. I've heard him say that antique furniture freaks him out, and he doesn't like being around it.

I changed it to "phobia of," which is more correct. PacificBoy 22:01, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Italian Ancestry

He has no Italian ancestry. James R. Duce, his great-grandfather, was born in Arkansas, as were both his parents. Questors 15:57, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

• maybe James R. Duce had an italian grandfather..............

• What does that have to do with his family ancestry? Sven Erixon 07:29, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Maddox

Was the the kid's first father and gave up all rights? --Gbleem 04:13, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

I believe he would be the second father after the biological parent. Nonetheless, earlier articles indicate that Thornton and Jolie adopted the Cambodian child together. This is what was said in Rolling Stone. In her Petition for Divorce, Jolie claims the child belongs to both her and Thornton. However, on the Yahoo Answers -- consisting primarily of people who are tossing their "legal opinion" around -- the page says the following:

Did Billy Bob Thornton give up his parental rights so that Brad Pitt could adopt Angelina's son, Maddox?

Q. I always thought that Billy Bob Thornton was Maddox's adoptive father. He & Angelina were married when they adopted him together. Now Brad Pitt is in the process of adopting him as well?

A. Actually, Jolie adopted Maddox while she was still married to Thornton but she adopted him alone. Thornton has no rights to give up.

Look here to see the Yahoo page in its original form. There seems to be a general aversion on the part of the media from reporting any details, probably because of the child's age, but a huge amount of current speculation that Thornton never even adopted the child (although the Court records state otherwise). From the divorce paperwork, however, Jolie states under oath that both are parents. Obviously, Thornton must at some point have terminated his parental rights and the documents where he did so have yet to be disclosed. I think that the wave of "he never adopted" talk has more to say about the sensitivities of those parroting what they want to believe. Otherwise, it makes Brad Pitt's relationship with the children look all the more temporary and makes Jolie appear to not care about the relationship between a child and his father. 75.46.106.222 16:02, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] His name?

Is his name William Robert Thornton, or is Billy Bob really on his birth certificate? :-O Captain Caveman

[edit] Travis Tritt

Thornton appeared in one of his music videos. Is that noteworthy?