Matthew McConaughey opened up to People for the Generations Issue in September 2024 about how he healed a devastating conflict with his mother, Kay, that left the pair distant for nearly a decade. The outlet says the 93-year-old matriarch now lives with her son and his family, a far cry from their formerly icy relationship.
It’s hard to believe they were once barely on speaking terms, with the “Dallas Buyers Club” star and his mom now appearing like a happy family. Joy was in the air as they posed for heartwarming red carpet photos in Toronto at the beginning of the month with the actor’s son Levi in tow. Read on to learn what caused the feud and how the mother-son duo found their way back together.
GettyMatthew McConaughey Drifted From His Mom After She Leaked Stories About Him
McConaughey said in the People interview that his fame strained his relationship with his mother because her excitement over his fame led her to share stories about his personal life with the press. He said their current relationship is “a lot closer” than it was in earlier times. The 55-year-old recalled, “We had about an eight-year period where I had to have short conversations with her on our Sunday phone calls because she was sharing a lot of that information.” He went on to say Kay simply “couldn’t help herself” from sharing things he told her in confidence “between mother and son,” and he’d end up reading about things from recent conversations in the paper. Kay called the period of limited contact “a hiatus.”
So how did McConaughey and his mom patch things up? The Oscar winner says he simply stopped caring what his mother said about him once he “got stable enough” with his position of fame. He said life got more fun once he decided, “My mom can say whatever she wants.”
Matthew McConaughey Talked About Faith On ‘Today Show’
The star hit “The Today Show” the week of September 24 to talk about what inspired him to write his new book, “Poems and Prayers.” Fans can read a preview on Google Books. The Texan told Hoda Kotb, “I don’t think I’m alone in feeling like faith is in short supply, or that things to believe in, in the world, are in short supply. Or at least confusing.”
He revealed he started to “get a little cynical” after looking around, watching the news, and becoming dismayed at how people are treating each other. When asked how he stays positive when seeing all the crises in the world around him, he revealed, “I usually start with baseline gratitude, which I was raised on. It became ingrained. Just the basis of hey, you woke up this morning and the sun is up. Don’t you dare think that was guaranteed. When I feel too much pressure of having to accomplish, I have to remind myself, ‘This is gonna pass.’”
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