Billy Bob Thornton<\/strong> is an actor, not a politician, which is why he believes he has no place pushing a political agenda on anyone \u2014 let alone at an awards show.<\/p>\n On a recent episode of the \u201cHowie Mandel Does Stuff\u201d podcast, the Landman star explained why he keeps his political beliefs to himself and thinks other celebrities should do the same.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know anything about politics,\u201d Thornton said. \u201cI have no idea. And the stuff that I do believe, I don\u2019t want to force it down somebody else\u2019s throat because I\u2019m not an expert on that.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not really big on, like, at awards shows all of a sudden you start talking about saving the badgers and stuff. Like Ricky Gervais<\/strong> said, you know, it\u2019s like, \u2018Get your little award and f*** off,\u2019 you know?\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n Billy Bob Thornton claimed that he doesn\u2019t \u2018care about awards anymore.\u2019 By: ZUMAPRESS.com\/MEGA<\/p>\n Thornton made similar remarks on \u201cThe Joe Rogan Experience\u201d in November 2025, claiming that he doesn\u2019t \u201ccare about awards anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n He\u2019s \u201cgot plenty of them\u201d \u2014 most won \u201cunder the wire, when awards were kind of real still,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve won a couple recently,\u201d he added. \u201cBut these days, I just look at it as like, \u2018Oh, OK, we\u2019re gonna go over here and, you know, have some dry chicken breast and green beans, you know, and we\u2019ll listen to people get up there and pontificate about how awesome they are.’\u201d<\/p>\n Billy Bob Thornton said \u2018there\u2019s a time and place for [activism].\u2019 By: Xavier Collis\/Image Press Agency\/MEGA<\/p>\n While Thornton isn\u2019t completely opposed to spreading the word, \u201cthere\u2019s a time and place\u201d for political activism, he said, and an awards show is not one of them. \u201cYou should just stick to what it is,\u201d he urged.<\/p>\n \u201cDon\u2019t go up there and talk about saving the badgers in Wisconsin or something, you know what I\u2019m saying?\u201d he continued. \u201cAnd people would argue and say, \u2018Well, no, because I have a voice and because everybody knows me. This is a great platform for me to put this out there.’\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWell, how about this? If you have a billion dollars, and you want to save the badgers, f******* save them,\u201d he added. \u201cI mean, you got plenty of money to save the badgers, trust me. \u2026 That\u2019s barely gonna cut into your budget.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Billy Bob Thornton is an actor, not a politician, which is why he believes he has no place pushing a political agenda on anyone \u2014 let alone at an awards show. 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Thornton doesn\u2019t care about awards<\/h2>\n
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Time and place<\/h2>\n
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