Smashing Pumpkins Billy Corgan reveals he might be related to Bill Burr: Ive never told this anywhere

Billy Corgan has a jaw-dropping confession.The 57-year-old revealed he could be related to comedian Bill Burr thanks to his step-mom’s suspicions.

After Howie Mandel realized he had a picture of Burr, 56, behind him instead of Corgan on the Tuesday episode of the Howie Mandel Does Stuff podcast, the Smashing Pumpkins founder understood it was an honest mistake.“It happens,” Corgan said.“Me and Bill Burr memes.

If I had Bill Burr’s money I’d be happy to be Bill Burr.”Although he “guarantees” he doesn’t have Burr’s money, he did have a story about their possible relationship.“I’ve never told it anyone,” he began.

“In fact, most of my friends don’t even know this story.” “So, about 10 years ago, one of my brothers was having a birthday party and my step-mother was there who was obviously married to my father.And my step-mother said to me, ‘Do you know who Bill Burr is?’ Now at that point, I had never heard of Bill Burr, I didn’t know who he was.

I didn’t know he was a comedian or anything.He could have been the guy down the street.”Despite not knowing who he was at the time, Corgan soon realized which of his family members the stand-up bore a striking resemblance to.

“And she said, ‘Well he’s this comedian’.’ And I think I even somehow called up a picture on the phone — and I kind of noticed right away, ‘Gee, he kind of looks like my father,'” the singer recalled.“Bill Burr looks more like my father than Bill Burr looks like me or I look like Bill Burr.”“So, I said to my mother, ‘Why are you asking me this?’ I thought the first thing she was going to say was, ‘Oh, I thought you’d notice the resemblance.'”But that was not what his step-mom had in mind.“She goes, ‘I think it might be one of your father’s illegitimate children.

Bill Burr might be one of the children that your father sired in his days of being a traveling musician,'” Corgan continued.“This is a true story.

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