This Morning’s Alison Hammond jumps in to hug Hollywood star as he reveals health battle and ‘drinking champagne at 6am’

THIS Morning's Alison Hammond jumped successful to hug Billy Bob Thornton arsenic helium revealed his concealed wellness battle, which saw him 'drinking champagne astatine 6am' today.

Billy, 69, spoke candidly astir his struggles during an quality connected the ITV daytime amusement contiguous with Demi Moore, Jon Hamm and Ali Larter.

While helium was determination to beforehand his Paramount+ drama, Landman, the Hollywood prima recovered himself opening up astir his ongoing conflict with anxiousness disorder.

When big Dermot O'Leary asked astir Billy’s caller euphony tour, the histrion shared the toll it had taken connected his routine.

He explained: "I conscionable came disconnected circuit with The Boxmasters. We were disconnected 2 days, and I flew to London.

"I’ve been connected a autobus for 2 and a fractional months… It was a precise palmy tour, and we conscionable enactment retired a grounds called Love and Hate successful Desperate Places."

Billy past revealed his conflict to readjust to a emblematic docket aft weeks of precocious nights.

"I usually aftermath up astir 1 successful the afternoon," helium admitted, prompting laughter from Alison.

"I enactment up till 4 oregon 5 successful the greeting talking with the guys, past slumber each day, bash different show, and repetition it all."

With his rock-and-roll manner present clashing with the aboriginal starts required for his promo commitments, Billy shared that the clip quality and deficiency of slumber had led to an particularly unsmooth night.

He confessed: "I slept 2 and a fractional hours past night. I astir thought I was paralyzed," describing however helium began having “circular thoughts” and hallucinations.

Billy continued: "I went connected the patio astatine six o'clock this morning, due to the fact that I was truthful nerved up.

"I person anxiousness disorder… I was anxious each night, called my wife, called my daughter, and past went connected the balcony and had a solid of champagne astatine six o'clock."

Moved by his vulnerability, Alison didn’t hesitate to connection support.

"You cognize what we usually bash for anxiety?" she asked. "We bring it in. Can we springiness him an Alison hug?"

She wrapped her arms astir Billy, who appeared visibly touched by the gesture.

"Did you similar it?" Alison asked with a large smile, and Billy responded, intelligibly much astatine ease, "I cognize I’m little anxious now."

Just yesterday, Billy was branded ‘unrecognisable’ by The One Show fans aft his appeared connected the programme with Jon.

Many BBC viewers couldn’t recognise Billy, who wore 2 hats.

On societal media, idiosyncratic said: “What connected world is Billy Bob Thornton wearing connected his caput connected The One Show? He looks truly odd.”

A 2nd idiosyncratic questioned: “Anyone watching The One Show? What is Billy Bob Thornton wearing?”

Others were speedy to adhd that they thought the histrion looked unrecognisable with his tilted trilby chapeau and acheronian beard.

Billy is an actor, writer, director, and musician.

He has been joined six times and has 4 children from 3 antithetic women.

In 2000, Billy concisely married Angelina Jolie, but their divorcement was finalised successful 2003.

Billy has appeared successful implicit 50 movies and tv shows, making his debut successful the precocious 1980s.

Billy and Jon joined Alex Jones and Clara Amfo for the chat astir their caller series.

And histrion Billy has a starring relation successful Landman.

Discussing his role, Billy said: “Landman is certainly, I conjecture you'd telephone it a batch of ways the foreman, helium deals with each the radical successful the lipid fields, and his brag which is Jon. 

“There's a batch of unit to marque definite each of that comes disconnected successful a precise unsafe world. He's got the value of the satellite connected his shoulders.

“Tommy has a consciousness of humour, but there's a batch of unit each the time, arsenic John said this is astir however you get this lipid retired of the ground, and however it affects the radical astir you, your household and friends.

“There's a character, who plays my lad who wants to bash this and it's lilke telling our children '’don't beryllium an actor'’ 1 mode oregon another, it's a precise precocious unit job.”

He continued: “A batch of radical deliberation billionaires enactment billionaires, but successful the lipid concern it's a gamble, and it's my occupation to marque definite helium doesn't.”