Billy Bob Thornton was all smiles during an interview with Jimmy Kimmel this week, unlike his earlier appearance on CBC radio. Ironically, Kimmel asked the same questions of Thornton that CBC interviewer Jian Ghomeshi did, but this time the actor answered graciously, instead of staring at Kimmel blankly and answering in monosyllables, as he did on CBC. Kimmel was brave enough to ask Thornton about his meltdown, to which the actor replied, “The fact that that was news was astounding to me. It gave humpbacked geeks all over the world something to do for a couple of days.” He also called Ghomeshi a liar, saying he’d promised not to talk about Thornton’s acting career. Anyone who’s seen the interview knows that Ghomeshi kept his word, but Thornton became petulant and withdrawn from the moment Ghomeshi made the apparently unforgivable error of introducing him as an Oscar-winning actor. Thornton, who said Canadian audiences were like “mashed potatoes with no gravy,” cancelled the Canadian dates of his band’s tour after he was loudly booed during their first appearance following the CBC interview. ~movi_alex