Are Bill Burr and Billy Corgan brothers? Pair tricked into meeting after cryptic remarks

The Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan revealed his stepmother had told him he and Bill Burr could be half-brothers. Then the pair were ambushed with a meeting

There's an undeniable resemblance between comedian Bill Burr and The Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan.

And the two stars' physical likeness was put firmly under the microscope in November 2024 when the rock star revealed his stepmother, around a decade earlier, had suggested he and Burr could in fact be half-brothers.

Appearing on the Howie Mandel podcast, singer-songwriter Corgan, insisting it was a "true story" and "no joke", recalled his stepmother had once said to him: “Do you know who Bill Burr is? Bill Burr might be one of the children that your father sired in his days being a travelling musician.”

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