"We had to be apart a lot. So she said, When we're apart, I thought this would be cool: She got two of those little lockets where you can open it up, put a picture of your grandma or whatever. And we got a little razor blade. We cut our fingers and we smeared a little blood on this locket, close it up, and wear it around your neck. It's a romantic gesture."
"The press didn't see it that way, and they certainly didn't stop at just calling the gift a locket either. From there, Thornton says, the story became exaggerated until it was something like "a quart of blood around their necks." "We're vampires and we drink each other's blood, we live in a dungeon. You know how that goes.""
""It was just that she wanted to live a different lifestyle, which was going around the world, working for the UNdoing great stuff," says Thornton. "Me, I'm more of a here guy. But Angie is, to this day, one of my best friends. We talk all the time.""
Billy Bob Thornton and Angelina Jolie married in the early 2000s and exchanged small lockets containing a smear of each other's blood as a romantic gesture to feel connected while apart. The gesture involved tiny razor cuts and a dab of blood sealed inside miniature lockets. The media amplified the story into sensational claims about large quantities of blood and vampirism. The couple separated after two years due to divergent lifestyles—one pursuing international humanitarian work and the other preferring to remain local—but they maintained an ongoing friendship and regular communication.
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