Billy Bob Thornton has made a surprising admission: he much prefers to wear women’s jeans rather than men’s.

The Bad Santa actor, 69, made an unexpected confession during an appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show on Tuesday morning, saying the garment was better suited to the opposite sex – and fit better on his “bird legs “.

The explosive revelation came mid-interview when talk show host Drew, 49, confronted Billy about a rumor she had heard.

“By the way, is that true, because that’s one of my favorite things I learned about you,” she said before asking, “Do you like jeans for women ?”

“I have them all,” Billy said before bursting out laughing.

“I’m wearing them right now.”

Billy Bob Thornton made the surprising admission that he wears women’s jeans

The Bad Santa actor, 69, revealed that women’s jeans fit his ‘bird legs’ better

He then explained why he preferred women’s jeans, adding: “The reason I don’t like wearing men’s jeans is because they are too baggy.

“And I have bird legs and I feel like I’m in a tent.”

“You like nice cuts,” Drew observed.

“I like nice cuts, and they look great with boots,” Billy reasoned. “They’re women’s size 6, Levi’s. »

Upon hearing the size of the dress, Drew then joked, “Size 6?” I couldn’t fit my right buttock in there!

Elsewhere during his appearance on the show, Billy made rare comments about his marriage a total of six times.

The star, who stars in new series Landman with Demi Moore, is currently married to his sixth wife, Men In Black actress Connie Angland, 60.

They have been married for 10 years and have one child together.

Billy shared that he fit into a pair of women’s Levi’s in size 6

The confession came after host Drew asked her guest about a rumor she heard.

“I like nice cuts, and they look great with boots,” Billy reasoned.

One of his famous ex-wives is Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie, to whom he was married from 2000 to 2003. Before that, he had a relationship with Laura Dern.

Speaking to Drew, Billy said: “I’ve been with my wife for 22 years. We have been married for 10 years. We have a daughter.

He said they were introduced on the set of Bad Santa while he was on a sort of lost weekend, you know what I mean.

“We were together probably a few months, maybe yes, she kind of pulled me out of the gutter, which was great, we’ve been together longer than if you added up the other five, that’s more time “, he continued.

When Drew asked him how many times he had been married, he shared his story.

“Well, you want to hear something that really freaked me out because it’s six o’clock for me,” Billy replied.

Billy also opened up about being married six times during his appearance on Drew’s show.

“So one time, I don’t know how I got there, but you know, when you go on the Internet to search for something, it leads you to like a bunch of other things and you don’t really want them. watch this, but you do it anyway.

“So I look over one day and they had the most married people in Hollywood. And I was the only person alive.

“I mean, there was like Mickey Rooney and Elizabeth Taylor and all these people and, I mean, people like you know, it started in the ’30s.”

Billy has been married six times and has four children by three women.

He was married to Melissa Lee Gatlin from 1978 to 1980. They had a daughter Amanda.

He then married actress Toni Lawrence in 1986; they separated the following year and divorced in 1988.

From 1990 to 1992, Billy was married to actress Cynda Williams.

In 1993, the star married Playboy model Pietra Dawn Cherniak, with whom he had two sons. The marriage ended in 1997.

Billy dated Laura Dern from 1997 to 1999, but in 2000 he married Angelina. They separated in June 2002 and divorced the following year.