After a now infamous interview with Jian Ghomeshi on Q radio, Canadians have been reacting to a comment made by pissed off Billy Bob Thornton about how playing in Canada is like “mashed potatoes without the gravy.”
At a concert in Toronto last night, TMZ caught up with Billy Bob outside the venue and asked if he regretted the interview. He said no, and made no apologies for the comments about Canadians. The concert goers did not take well to it, booing him and yelling “Here comes the gravy.”
T-shirt companies were quick to respond to the new national declaration, creating shirts that proudly read “Canada - We’ve got gravy.”
One thing is certain, we can all thank Billy Bob that Canadians can now brag about PEI potatoes and gravy.
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