Overview
- In a new Rolling Stone interview, Thornton says the rumored blood vials “never existed,” explaining the pair wore small lockets containing a single drop.
- He faults years of tabloid exaggeration, joking the myth turned them into “vampires” who “live in a dungeon.”
- Thornton adds they remain very close friends and says their early‑2000s marriage ended civilly due to different lifestyles.
- Detailing the gesture’s origin, he says Jolie bought clear lockets and the two smeared a fingertip drop inside while spending long stretches apart for work.
- He previously clarified the story in 2014 at Loyola Marymount University; the renewed attention comes as he promotes Landman season 2 on Paramount+.