“You, sir, are no Tom Petty”

I know everyone is probably sick of this clip of Billy Bob Thornton making an ass out of himself during an interview. What pissed me off more than Thornton’s disrepectful attitude was when he asked the interviewer, “Would you ask Tom Petty the same question?”

If I had been doing the interview, I would have asked Thornton if he thinks he’s as good as Tom Petty. Seriously. Tom Petty has made dozens of albums over a span of several decades. Billy Bob has been a recording artist for how long? What an ego!

This is like Tony Bennett being interviewed about his painting (he’s quite a talented fine artist) and getting pissed off and asking the interviewer, “Would you ask the late Maynard Dixon the same question?”