Camila Alves McConaughey, Matthew McConaughey and Kay McConaughey.Photo:Gary Miller/FilmMagic
Gary Miller/FilmMagic
Matthew McConaugheyis shedding light on his family’s sense of humor.
“My family — and part of Camila and I as well — we cherish the value of a sense of humor and comedy,” Matthew, 53, told Kramer and her co-hosts.
In an August episode ofSouthern Living’s Biscuits & Jam podcast, Camila, 41, revealed how her future mother-in-law used to joke around when the couple firstgot together in 2006.
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Kay McConaughey and Matthew McConaughey.Gregg DeGuire/WireImage
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To “flip it on her,” Camila said she “let [Kay] have it.” She remembered Kay, 91, approving of the match after bearing the brunt of Camila’s “spicy Brazilian Latin side.”
“At the end, she just looks at me and she was like, ‘Okay, now you’re in.’ All she wanted was for me to fight back, and from that day on, that night on, we have the most amazing relationship," she concluded. “I have so much respect for her, she has so much respect for me. It can get tricky sometimes, but we always end with a good laugh.”
Speaking with Kramer, Matthew acknowledged that some listeners objected to his “funny” mother’s past behavior. But, he clarified, “Camila wasn’t wounded about it.”
“What tickles us may bruise others,” theMagic Mikestar added.
The actor also spoke about the clan’s jokey dynamic withET Canadalast month. “My family is big on rites of passage and initiation, and you don’t get into the McConaughey family easily,” Matthew said.
“We test you,” he added. “My family, we humbly wait, we make you cry, and then we pick you up and make your favorite drink, ‘You’re welcome back.’ So there are initiations, rites of passage that my family’s always enjoyed.”
Camila Alves McConaughey and Matthew McConaughey.Gary Miller/WireImage
Gary Miller/WireImage
In July, Matthew and Camila’sjust keep livin Foundationannounced thelaunch of its Greenlights Grant Initiative, seeking to help “school districts nationwide access billions of dollars of federal school safety funding” included in pieces of legislation like the 2022 federalBipartisan Safer Communities Act. The initiative was created in the wake of theUvalde, Texas, school shooting.
Matthew also released ahit picture book,Just Because, this year. “It came to me at 2:30 a.m. as a ditty in a dream,” hetold PEOPLEof the book’s inspiration. “It was a song in my mind, and I got up and wrote it down.”
“I believe this book will resonate with children of all ages ‘just because’ it speaks to the kid in all of us,” hesaid.
source: people.com
