Posted by: libriinformazione on: April 11, 2009
Maybe the mashed potatoes don’t want any gravy.Billy Bob Thornton and his band the Boxmasters, after being booed by Toronto fans angered by his likening Canadian audiences to “mashed potatoes with no gravy” in a bizarre interview with the CBC, dropped the two remaining Canadian dates of Willie Nelson’s tour ‒ Montreal last night and London tonight.Reached last night by the Star, Thornton’s publicist said cancelling had nothing to do with Thornton’s reception in Canada after the interview.”It is absolutely not because of the CBC interview.
About 1.2 million viewers had watched the YouTube video of the CBC interview by late last night and there were 10,500 comments, the vast majority criticizing Thornton.When it was announced at the Nelson concert last night in Montreal that Thornton was no longer in the lineup, which also included Ray Price, there was loud applause, according to several concertgoers.”We don’t appreciate as Canadians to be treated like that,” said Larry Paquette, of Magog, Que.”He’s just another actor, no big loss there,” said Paul Schmieder, complete in open-collared shirt and cowboy hat.
Jian Ghomeshi, Q’s host, made reference to Thornton’s long, award-winning acting career in his introduction to the show, something he had apparently been told not to do by Thornton’s cohorts.Speaking at Toronto’s Massey Hall Thursday, Thornton told the crowd that Ghomeshi, whose name Thornton said he couldn’t remember, was an “a–hole.”"I sat down and talked with this guy,” Thornton said from the stage.
If you look someone in the eyes and promise them something, and you don’t do it, you don’t get the interview.”This joust at Ghomeshi, who was praised across the web for his calm approach to Thornton’s on-air sulking, was greeted by the Massey Hall audience with jeering and shouts of “Here comes the gravy!”
Source: http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/616937
