Thornton: 'Brad Pitt is just a phase'

Billy Bob Thornton has said that Brad Pitt is part of a "high school phase" for Angelina Jolie.

Thornton hit out at his former wife, claiming that she would probably want to get back together with him in the future.

Speaking at a press launch for his new album with The Boxmasters, he said: "She's just going through a high school phase.

"You know dating the quarterback of the football team with Brad Pitt over there. She'll be waking up from that dream in no time.

"Who knows if I'll be there when she's ready to come to her senses though."

Thornton married Jolie in 2000 after meeting her on the film set for Pushing Tin. They divorced three years later.