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Billy Bob Thornton opened up about new details about the famous claim of blood vial necklaces he once shared with ex-wife Angelina Jolie
Thornton said they actually wore "little lockets" with "literally a drop of blood in them"
The couple married in 2001 and divorced in 2003
Billy Bob Thorntonis setting the story straight on a major moment in his relationship withAngelina Jolie.
Thornton, 70, gave new details on the famous claim that he and ex-wife Angelina Jolie wore vials of each other's blood.
"We each had a little locket, literally with a drop of blood in them," theLandmanstar said in a new interview withRolling Stone. "That's a romantic little idea, and that's all that was. But by the time it's over, we're vampires. We live in a dungeon, we drink each other's blood, and this kind of stuff."
Despite the intense public view of the relationship, Thornton maintained that they parted ways on good terms.
"And of course, Angelina [Jolie] and I had a great time together. That 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 split up because our lifestyles were so different."
Jolie met Thornton while filmingPushing Tinin 1999. The pair eloped a year later in 2000 in Las Vegas, shortly after Thornton abruptly ended his engagement toLaura Dern. In 2002, the couple announced they were adopting son Maddox from Cambodia. The former couple were married for two years and divorced in 2003.
In 2014, Thornton addressed the longstanding speculation on the pair's rumored blood vials and clarified they actually wore lockets with a small drop of blood, while speaking at Loyola Marymount University's School of Film & Television.
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"[A] vial of blood is very simple. Angie came home one day with a kit she bought," he said, according toE! News. "You know those lockets you buy that are clear and you put a picture of your grannie in it or something like that and wear it around your neck? That's what it was."
"She thought it would be interesting and romantic if we took a little razor blade and sliced our fingers, smeared a little blood on these lockets and you wear it around your neck just like you wear your son or daughter's baby hair in one," he said in 2014. "Same thing. From that we were wearing quart jars of blood around our necks."
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Thornton is now married toConnie Angland, with whom he tied the knot in 2014.
The second season ofLandmandebuted on Paramount+ on Nov. 16.
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