Thornton Reflects on Jolie Marriage, Clears Blood Locket Rumors

Billy Bob Thornton has fondly reflected on his three-year marriage to Angelina Jolie, clarifying in a recent interview that the couple's infamous blood vial necklaces were actually simple lockets containing just a drop of each other's blood as a romantic gesture.

The 70-year-old actor, known for his Oscar-winning work on the 1996 film Sling Blade, spoke to Rolling Stone about his relationship with Jolie, whom he married in 2000 and divorced in 2003. Thornton described the time as "one of the greatest times of my life," emphasizing that they parted amicably due to diverging lifestyles. "Angelina and I had a great time together," he said. "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."

Addressing long-standing rumors, Thornton explained that the story of wearing vials of blood had been wildly exaggerated by the media. "We each had a little locket, literally with a drop of blood in them," he told the magazine. "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...