Are Bill Burr and Billy Corgan half-brothers? It's unclear, but in an awkward new interview, it appears they've developed a real brotherly bond over one thing—their shared beef with Howie Mandel.
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00:00Are Bill Burr and Billy Corgan half-brothers? It's unclear, but in an awkward new interview,
00:05it appears they've developed a real brotherly bond over one thing — their shared beef
00:09with Howie Mandel.
00:10What's up?
00:11Sit down.
00:12You're f----- tall. He told me you were totally cool with me coming. That's what he does.
00:16Mandel surprised a comedian on the latest episode of his podcast, Howie Mandel Does Stuff, by
00:21staging a family reunion of sorts, following the Smashing Pumpkins frontman's previous
00:25appearance on the pod, when he shared something his stepmother supposedly told him a decade
00:29ago.
00:30Bill Burr might be one of the children that your father sired in his days on being a traveling
00:36musician. This is a true story.
00:37Do you ever think the fact that I never told that story, that, you know, maybe you shouldn't?
00:44The 1979 singer, born in 1967, one year before Burr, says Mandel is to blame, as the podcaster
00:50convinced him to share the story on the air. Corgan has since expressed doubts that they're
00:54actually related, according to Entertainment Weekly, and his experience as a pro wrestling
00:58promoter suggests it might just all be an elaborate bit of artifice cooked up for the
01:02podcast. But Burr's anger at this dad in the episode sure feels genuine.
01:06He was a piece of s---- with you. And he had two kids this close together and he named
01:11them the same s---- name. He thinks it's different because he's Billy and I'm Bill.
01:16Clearly sensing the tension in the room, Corgan tried to poke some holes in the story, noting
01:20that Burr said he can't sing. Corgan also claimed that he's not funny, saying that disproves
01:24the relation. And then the two alleged half-brothers turned their attention to Mandel.
01:28Love what's supposed to happen. Are we gonna go play catch? We're both in our 50s.
01:33This is some Dr. Phil s---- you got going on here. I think we're on the same page thinking
01:37that you're kind of a s---- right now.
01:39Mandel then left the room to let Billy and Bill talk it all out, and Burr admitted that
01:42he thinks it's funny to think about his dad somehow sustaining multiple families.
01:46I'm kind of forgetting we're on a podcast right now.
01:49Burr also couldn't help but roast Mandel for trying to boost his views and subscriptions
01:53with the stunt. He also went after his America's Got Talent gig.
01:55And at least we're not, like, on some f---- awful network show judging plate spinners
02:02or whatever the f---- Howie's career has become.
02:05By the end of the episode, Burr appeared to be convinced that he's related to Corgan,
02:08telling another Bill who dropped by, Billy Bush, the big news.
02:11Wait, why do you guys look so much alike, though? Two legends!
02:16Because we have the same father, you idiot. You haven't been listening?
02:20That said, there's no official confirmation of the alleged family matter from Corgan or
02:23Burr as of the making of this video.