Billy Bob Thornton goes into Mega-Douche Mode during radio interview

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Billy Bob Goes Off -- Don't Call Me an Actor!

Posted Apr 8th 2009 3:08PM by TMZ Staff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJWS6qyy7bw

Billy Bob Thornton transformed into a condescending, pompous jerkwad -- live on the radio today -- when the station DJ casually brought up Billy's acting career.

See, Billy Bob has a band now ... and he demands to be taken seriously -- as in, Billy demanded that the radio host treat him like he would treat Tom Petty.

Seriously, Billy compared himself to Tom Petty.

It all went down today during a CBC interview -- Jian Ghomeshi, the interviewer, introduced the band -- including a few words about Billy's film career -- which caused Billy to become a massive d-bag for the rest of the interview.

You gotta watch it -- unless you wanna continue to like Billy Bob.

NOTE: The best parts... at the :30 mark, 1:12, 2:36 and pretty much everything between 5:00 - 10:00.

http://www.tmz.com/2009/04/08/billy-bob-goes-off-dont-call-me-an-actor/

[bbernardini]

1. Jian Ghomeshi! Just get Moxy Fruvous back together, already!

Darn it.

[MajorChode]

2. It's not really surprising coming from him

The guy could fuck up a free lunch. His bandmates looked pretty pissed at him. I wonder how much longer they will put up with his shit, but then again they probably wouldn't be opening for Willie if he wasn't in the band.

[MrScorpio]

3. What surprises me...

Is that the rest of the band have been putting up with his shit for the last two years

[Dr. Strange]

4. I love Douche Mode!

My favorite album is Songs of Faith and Devotion.