Billy Bob Thornton is no stranger to age-gap romances.

They didn’t last long, though, and their divorce was finalized in 2003.

However, are allage-gap relationshipsalways doomed to fail?

Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton close together

By all accounts, the two just grew apart.

Thornton echoed Trombetti’s words as well while speaking on theHollywood Foreign Press Association’s podcast in 2018.

“I would say it comes from the intensity of the love these two shared,” she explained.

Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton in formal wear with Golden Globe signs and a police officer behind them

He also seems proud of his connection to her and amazed at who she has become.