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Billy Bob Thornton has consistently mesmerized audiences with his captivating performances and originative endeavors arsenic an actor, writer, director, and musician. From his award-winning portrayal successful 1996’s Sling Blade to his divers roles successful films similar Monster’s Ball and TV bid similar Fargo, Billy Bob’s extent and versatility are undeniable.
Connie Angland and Billy Bob Thornton. (Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Shutterstock)
Beyond his creator pursuits, his genuine and down-to-earth demeanor has won the hearts of many. Including a plethora of women that helium would spell connected to marry! The Oscar victor has said “I do” a whopping fractional twelve times! “I’ve been joined 5 times, and radical deliberation that’s immoderate bizarre thing,” helium erstwhile said earlier getting hitched for a sixth time, per his IMDB. “Yet I’ve got buddies who garbage to get joined and person enactment with 15 radical a week. I’m similar “Which is better?” At slightest I was trying.”
And effort helium surely did. Learn each astir his efforts with his six wives, below!
Melissa Lee Gatlin
Billy Bob Thornton was archetypal joined to Melissa Lee Gatlin. The 2 tied the knot successful 1978. While determination isn’t extended nationalist accusation disposable astir their relationship, they welcomed girl Amanda (Brumfield) connected June 30, 1979. Following her parents’ divided successful 1980, wherever Melissa cited “incompatibility and adultery connected his part” successful the divorcement filings, Amanda grew up estranged from her father, and was raised by her parent instead. Notably, Amanda was sentenced to 20 years successful situation successful 2008 for the decease of her friend’s one-year-old daughter. She was released successful 2020.
Toni Lawrence
Born connected April 4, 1948, Toni Lawrence was an histrion whose credits included McCloud (1970), Daddy’s Deadly Darling (1973) and Sole Survivor (1984), according to her IMDB. The romance betwixt the young starlet and Billy Bob was short-lived, arsenic they joined successful 1986 and went their abstracted ways 2 years later. The mates did not invited immoderate children during their clip together.
“He’s truly talented, that’s evident now,” Toni said years later, per People. The potter, who remarried and relocated to LA, added, “But, he’s precise troubled.”
Cynda Williams
Billy Bob and Cynda Williams. (Irs Media/Kobal/Shutterstock)
Cynda Williams graced the satellite connected May 17, 1966, successful the metropolis of Chicago, Illinois. With her undeniable endowment and captivating presence, she made her people successful the amusement manufacture arsenic some an histrion and a producer. Her breakout performances successful acclaimed films specified arsenic “One False Move” (1992), “Mo’ Better Blues” (1990), and the caller sensation “Mad As Hell” (2021) person solidified her presumption arsenic a unit to beryllium reckoned with, per her IMDB.
“We were conscionable friends; we had nary concern being married,” Billy Bob had told People.
Cynda went connected to wed movie shaper Roderick Plummer successful 2001 and she posts astir their blessed beingness connected Instagram. They stock a kid arsenic well, per her IMDB.
Pietra Dawn Cherniak
Pietra Dawn Cherniak and Billy Bob Thornton (Bei/Shutterstock)
Although Pietra Dawn Cherniak is often labeled arsenic a Russian model, she was really calved successful Santa Monica, CA connected February 9, 1970. The quality became a Playboy alum arsenic good and joined the Goliath histrion successful 1993. The mates welcomed 2 children together: William Langston Thorton was calved successful June 1993 and Harry James Thornton arrived successful June 1994.
In April 1997, Pietra, who doesn’t look to person a societal media account, filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. The 4th Mrs. Thornton besides asked a authorities justice for a restraining bid against the actor. “Over the past year, astatine slightest erstwhile oregon doubly per month, [Thornton] has deed me, pushed me, punched me, spot maine oregon different physically attacked me, sometimes successful beforehand of the children,” Pietra said successful tribunal papers, per People.
Billy Bob vehemently denied the charges, saying successful a statement, “Our matrimony was not perfect, but I ne'er exhibited the behaviour she’s accusing maine of. Our concerns close present should beryllium astir our sons, who volition endure the astir arsenic a effect of her advisers’ conduct.”
Angelina Jolie
Angelina and Billy Bob. (Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock)
Angelina Jolie dated galore A-listers, but her matrimony to Billy Bob successful 2000 made rather a splash. The erstwhile flames met connected the sets of the 1999 movie Pushing Tin. The happening was, Billy Bob was engaged to histrion Laura Dern astatine the time. They had been unneurotic for implicit 2 years and adjacent shared a home. However, Billy Bob reportedly near Laura for Angelina.
The caller mates past tied the knot successful 2000 successful Las Vegas. The Eternals prima and her ex-husband were spotted wearing vials of each other’s humor aft their wedding. In a candid interrogation years later, Billy Bob revealed wherefore his erstwhile woman wanted to deterioration a vial of his humor astir her neck.
“The necklaces were a precise elemental thing. ‘Hey, let’s poke our digit with a pin and smear a small connected there, and erstwhile we’re distant from each other, we’ll deterioration the necklace,'” helium told the HFPA Golden Globe podcast successful 2018. “That was that easy, but by the clip it came retired successful the press: it sounded similar we were wearing a bucket of humor astir our necks. That was a large time.”
Billy Bob not lone fondly recalls the humor necklaces, but besides his full romance with the Tomb Raider actress, which ended successful divorcement successful 2003. “I look astatine that clip arsenic a large clip ‘cause, you know, Angie is inactive a person of excavation and she’s a large person,” helium told the outlet. “The movies she makes are inactive things that are important to her … and whether they win oregon fail, she inactive does what she believes in, and I’ll ever respect her for that.”
Angelina would famously spell connected to beryllium successful a narration with Brad Pitt, welcoming 3 children. Sadly, she filed for divorcement successful 2016. On Instagram, she keeps tabs connected her humanitarian work.
Connie Angland
Billy Bob surely has a happening for actresses. In 2014, helium joined Connie Angland, but they had been dating for 12 years anterior aft gathering connected the acceptable of Bad Santa, and according to People, the wedding took spot “at their location successful Los Angeles during a backstage ceremonial earlier family.”
Billy Bob and Connie joined successful 2014. (Shutterstock)
Born connected 22 October 1964, Connie would spell connected to find enactment successful Men successful Black (1997), Planet of the Apes (2001) and Men successful Black II (2002), per her IMDB. She doesn’t look to person immoderate societal media accounts astatine this time. The mates besides person a daughter, Bella Thornton, who was calved successful 2004. She is the youngest of Billy Bob’s 4 children.
In 2016, GQ magazine noted a quality betwixt Billy Bob’s narration with Angelina and his existent matrimony with Connie. The work wrote however “Connie is acold much his speed. She’s a homebody, conscionable similar him, and Bella is homeschooled, truthful erstwhile Billy’s not working, helium gets to beryllium astatine the location with them.”
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