Billy Bob Thornton calls out celebrities for bringing politics to Hollywood award shows

Billy Bob Thornton is calling out celebrities who bring politics to award shows During a up-to-date interview on The Joe Rogan Experience the -year-old actor shared he doesn't really care about awards anymore saying he's got plenty of them and won majority of them under the wire when awards were kind of real still I've won a couple in the past few days he commented But these days I just look at it as like oh okay we're gonna go over here and you know have particular dry chicken breast and green beans you know and we'll listen to people get up there and pontificate about how awesome they are He explained that if someone wins an award and is truly honored by it he thinks they should take their time on stage to honor the people who gave it to you rather than bring awareness to a cause EMMYS HOST NATE BARGATZE PROMISES NO POLITICAL JOKES AT AWARDS SHOW AFTER KIRK ASSASSINATIONHe declared There is a time and place for that and during award shows you should just stick to what it is Don't go up there and talk about saving the badgers in Wisconsin or something you know what I'm saying he announced And people would argue and say 'Well no because I have a voice and because everybody knows me This is a great platform for me to put this out there ' Well how about this If you have a billion dollars and you want to save the badgers f---ing save them he added I mean you got plenty of money to save the badgers trust me That is not that's barely gonna cut into your budget The host Joe Rogan agreed adding it is like saying how special you are because you're really concerned about people in Sudan or whatever and is their way to let everybody know that you're an amazing person Thornton got his big break in Hollywood in the movie Sling Blade which he wrote directed and starred in The movie earned him a Academy Award win for best writing as well as a nomination for actor in a leading role CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERLooking back on his career Thornton stated Fox News Digital in November he is happy he ascertained success in his acting career when he was older adding if I had been nominated for an Academy Award when I was who knows what I would have done with it I think if it had happened when I was or who knows if I'd even be here now because I was a little bit looser back in those days he reported WATCH LANDMAN STAR BILLY BOB THORNTON ADMITS HE'S HAPPY HE DIDN'T BECOME PRODUCTIVE EARLIER IN LIFE And yeah I'm kind of happy about that because I grew up in the music business so I was already familiar with being in the entertainment business but not to that degree he continued And I think growing up as a musician helped me prepare for specific of it because we could be local heroes sometimes as musicians or regional But this was a big blast LIKE WHAT YOU RE READING CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSHe at present stars alongside Demi Moore in the hit Paramount series Landman as Tommy Norris an oil executive who is trying to make his company number one in the business