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Billy Bob Thornton and Angelina Jolie Still ‘Check in on Each Other’

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GETTY 042414 BillyBobAngie?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1398341986665Vince Bucci/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Billy Bob Thornton and Angelina Jolie have been divorced for almost 11 years, but Thornton says the two remain friends.

When the relationship website Your Tango asked Thornton recently if he still talks to his ex-wife, the Armageddon actor revealed, “Oh of course, yeah. She’s amazing, amazing. She’s got so much energy and so much goodness in her, and we check in on each other all the time.”

The actor adds, “She makes sure I’m doing okay. I make sure she’s doing okay.”

Thornton, 58, and Jolie, 38, were married from 2000 to 2003.

Thornton plays a drifter named Lorne Malvo in the new FX series Fargo, airing Tuesdays at 10 p.m. Eastern time.

Jolie will next be seen playing the villain from Sleeping Beauty in the upcoming film Maleficent, set to hit theaters May 30.

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