{"id":239394,"date":"2026-05-10T06:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T06:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/10\/billy-bob-thornton-explains-reasoning-for-very-restricted-diet\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T06:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T06:00:11","slug":"billy-bob-thornton-explains-reasoning-for-very-restricted-diet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/10\/billy-bob-thornton-explains-reasoning-for-very-restricted-diet\/","title":{"rendered":"Billy Bob Thornton explains reasoning for &#8216;very restricted&#8217; diet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2026-05-10\" datetime=\"1778392811\" pubdate=\"\">10 May 2026<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/billy-bob-thornton\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,billy-bob-thornton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Billy Bob Thornton<\/a>&#8216;s diet is &#8220;very restricted&#8221; due to rare health issues.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Billy Bob Thornton has a restricted diet<\/p>\n<p>The Landman actor has a number of food allergies and believes his rare blood group has led to additional stomach issues, despite no studies definitively showing a clear link between blood type and help.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/howie-mandel\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,howie-mandel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Howie Mandel<\/a> Does Stuff podcast, Billy Bob explained: \u201cWell, I&#8217;m allergic to wheat, dairy. I have type AB-negative blood, which is the rarest type in the world. It&#8217;s, like, less than 1% of the population of the world has it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It means you have less digestive enzymes. That&#8217;s one of the things that goes along with it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 70-year-old actor \u201cgrew up with a lot of allergies but \u201cate everything&#8221; and just assumed most people didn&#8217;t feel good after meals.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe added: \u201cI just assumed everybody felt like s&#8212; after they ate. I didn&#8217;t know. But anyway, I can&#8217;t have dairy, wheat\u2026 can&#8217;t eat meat, like, you know, pork or beef or any of that stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nHost Howie quipped: \u201cYou&#8217;ve just listed the entire pyramid.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nThe presenter then quizzed the Bad Santa star on what he is actually able to eat, and Billy Bob said he had enjoyed a &#8220;bowl of blueberries&#8221; and a decaf coffee before the show.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe added: \u201cBut when I get home, it&#8217;s, like, wide open.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cI&#8217;m going to have some gluten-free chips with some dairy-free cream cheese. So, I&#8217;m really looking forward to that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nThe discussion about Billy Bob&#8217;s diet came after Howie recalled his son Alex, who is friends with the actor&#8217;s son William, had an unusual snack at their house, \u201cBagels, cream cheese and ketchup.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\nBilly Bob said: \u201cThat&#8217;s a hillbilly bagel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd Alex, who was at the recording, pitched in: \u201cYeah. No, it was really good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Devil&#8217;s Peak actor&#8217;s restrictive diet recently lead to him creating another bizarre snack combination while at a Landman event with co-star Sam Elliott.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe said: \u201cWe were at this place, and normally in these green rooms, they got a spread. You can usually find something.<\/p>\n<p>\n \u201cAnd they had one little silver tray that was nothing but like salami and prosciutto and another tray full of crackers and stuff that I couldn&#8217;t \u2026 all the starchy things were over here on this tray. But that&#8217;s all they had. And I&#8217;m like, \u2018Well, s***. I can&#8217;t have any of this.&#8217; <\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cBut in the middle of the cracker thing, they had some grapes. And I got a white grape. I&#8217;m like, \u2018Okay, so I&#8217;ll be bored as hell with this.&#8217; And then I saw some spicy Dijon mustard and I thought, \u2018Now, I wonder.&#8217; <\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cIt was one of the best things I ever had in my lifetime. So now it&#8217;s become a thing for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/billy-bob-thornton-explains-reasoning-restricted-diet-1444189.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 May 2026 Billy Bob Thornton&#8216;s diet is &#8220;very restricted&#8221; due to rare health issues. 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