Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson may possibly be even nearer than they think.
Just after all, the “Dallas Purchasers Club” actor recently caused a stir with the jaw-dropping revelation that he and his longtime close friend Harrelson could in fact be similar as 50 percent-brothers. Right up until now, McConaughey thought he was born to Mary McCabe and James McConaughey in 1969, while Harrelson was born to Diane Oswald and Charles Harrelson in 1961. Nevertheless, McConaughey is questioning whether or not Charles, who died in 2007, could possibly have been his father, too.
“Wherever I get started and in which [Woody] finishes, and where he begins and I close, has generally been like a murky line,” McConaughey mentioned in an April 11 episode of the “Let us Chat Off Digicam with Kelly Ripa” podcast, for every Wide variety. “And that’s part of our bromance, correct? My kids phone him Uncle Woody. His youngsters phone me Uncle Matthew. And you see shots of us and my household thinks a large amount of photographs of him are me. His family members thinks a whole lot of shots of me are him.”
Matthew McConaughey’s Most effective Roles
Matthew McConaughey’s daughter experienced an epic birthday social gathering. His wife Camila Alves shared a snap of their daughter Vida at her 13th birthday, and at the rear of her is none other than Woody Harrelson.
Their similarities have been even more introduced into query when McConaughey’s mother, a 91-calendar year-outdated writer, dropped a bombshell that she understood Harrelson’s dad, who was a convicted hitman.
“In Greece a handful of years in the past, we’re sitting all over speaking about how close we are and our people,” McConaughey additional. “And my mother is there, and she says, ‘Woody, I realized your father.’ Anyone was conscious of the ellipses that my mom remaining soon after ‘knew.’ It was a loaded K-N-E-W.”
The eyebrow-elevating remarks prompted a relatives investigation into the subject.
“We went on to unpack what this ‘knew’ intended and did some math and found out that [Woody’s] dad was on furlough at the similar time that my mother and dad ended up in their next divorce,” McConaughey defined. “Then there’s probable receipts and destinations out in West Texas in which there might have been a gathering, or a assembly, or a ‘knew’ minute.”
McConaughey and the “Starvation Games” alum have not but taken a DNA take a look at to settle the make any difference as soon as and for all, and it appears to be like like it may possibly not occur whenever quickly.
“Glimpse, it’s a small simpler for Woody to say, ‘Come on, let us do [DNA tests],’ since what’s the skin in it for him?” McConaughey said. “It is really a minor more difficult for me due to the fact he’s asking me to take a likelihood to go, ‘Wait a minute, you are attempting to convey to me my father may well not be my dad soon after 53 decades of believing that?’ I acquired a small a lot more pores and skin in the video game.”
