It wasn’t scripted, and it definitely wasn’t polite. Billy Bob Thornton set social media on fire after bluntly describing The View as “a bunch of pissed off millionaires bitching about” Donald Trump. The comment hit with the same raw force fans expect from his Landman character — unfiltered, unapologetic, and aimed straight at power. Supporters called it refreshing honesty. Critics called it reckless. Either way, Thornton tapped into a cultural fault line that never stays quiet for long. In an era where celebrities are expected to pick sides carefully, this felt less like commentary — and more like a challenge…WATCH BELOW 👇
Landman: Billy Bob Thornton Describes The View as a ‘Bunch of Pissed Off Millionaires Bitching About’ President Donald Trump
When T.L. (Sam Elliott) revealed he didn’t know what the ABC talk show was, Tommy (Thornton) gave him a pointed description of it
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NEED TO KNOW
- Billy Bob Thornton’s character, Tommy, gave his dad, T.L. (Sam Elliott), an interesting definition of The View on the latest episode of Landman
- Tommy suggested that his dad watch a daytime talk show to pass the time, which then prompted him to explain the concept of the long-running ABC series
- New episodes of Landman premiere Sundays on Paramount+
Taylor Sheridan got meta in the latest episode of Landman.
During a phone call between estranged father and son, Tommy (Billy Bob Thornton) and T.L. (Sam Elliott), the oil executive did not mince his words as he described The View to his father, who just moved into Tommy’s home after years of them not speaking.
When T.L. called to tell Tommy he didn’t “know what to do,” Tommy said his dad should “do whatever you want to do.”
“Read a book or watch TV — watch one of them daytime talk shows, you know, like The View or something,” Tommy suggested, which prompted T.L. to ask, “What’s The View?”
Tommy then described the ABC talk show, which is hosted by Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Ana Navarro, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines and Alyssa Farrah Griffin, in no uncertain terms.
The View is, he said, a “bunch of pissed off millionaires bitching about how much they hate millionaires — and [President Donald] Trump and men and you and me — and everybody else they got a bee up their ass about.”
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The show is “pretty funny,” Tommy said, but T.L. wasn’t too sure.
“Well, it ain’t joke funny, it’s like fart in church funny, you know what I mean?” Tommy explained, but T.L. said, “That don’t sound funny, either.”
The real reason for his call, T.L. explained, was that he couldn’t get back inside the house as the door had been locked.
When Tommy suggested that his dad hadn’t properly pushed on the handle, T.L. hit back: “I’ve been opening doors for 80 f—— years. I’m pretty sure I’ve mastered the task.”
Elliott, 81, is a newcomer to Landman and joined season 2 as Tommy’s estranged and grieving father.
He told PEOPLE that his character, T.L., is a “fractured man” whose failures as a parent left his young son to his own devices.
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“We’re going to spend much of this season seeing T.L. early on — but then it becomes both of us, I think — healing that relationship that’s falling apart,” he said of his and Thornton’s onscreen dynamic.
“We’re in deep,” Elliott said of his and Thornton’s storyline this season. “It’s just a treat to go to work and be with him. I’ve loved him from afar for a long time, and now I get to love him up close. It’s special.”
New episodes of Landman premiere Sundays on Paramount+