Hollywood star Matthew McConaughey has stated Woody Harrelson might really be his brother.
The revelation got here because the Academy Award winner and creator of Greenlights spoke on Kelly Ripa’s Let’s Talk Off Camera podcast, about his “bromance” together with his True Detective co-star.
McConaughey revealed on the present how his mom probably knew Harrelson’s father.
Referring to the bond he shares with Harrelson, the actor stated: “You know, where I start and where he ends, and where he starts and I end, has always been a murky line and that’s part of the bromance right?”
McConaughey stated his friendship with Harrelson has additionally introduced their households collectively.
“My kids call him uncle Woody, his kids call me uncle Matthew… and you see pictures of us and my family thinks a lot of pictures of him are me and my family thinks a lot of pictures of me are him,” he stated.
‘Woody, I knew your dad’
McConaughey stated his mom dropped heavy hints concerning a genetic hyperlink to Harrelson on a visit to Greece some years in the past.
He stated: “We’re sitting round speaking about how shut we’re and our households. And my mum is there, and she or he says ‘Woody, I knew your dad.’
“Everyone was aware of the ellipses that my mom left after ‘knew’. It was a loaded K-N-E-W,” he joked.
After his mom’s remark McConaughey stated he started to do the “math”.
“We went on to unpack what this ‘knew’ meant, and did some math and found out that [Harrelson’s] dad was on furlough at the same time my mum and dad were in their second divorce,” he added.
The Oscar winner stated there may additionally be doable receipts and locations the place there “might have been a gathering or a meeting or a ‘knew’ moment.”
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The DNA check
When requested if the actor has taken a DNA check to verify if Harrelson was actually his half-brother, McConaughey responded: “It’s a little easier for Woods to say ‘Come on let’s do it!’ [DNA test] What’s the skin in it for him?
“It’s a bit of more durable for me as a result of he’s asking me to take the prospect to go ‘Wait a minute, you’re attempting to inform me my dad will not be my dad after 53 years of believing that?’ I received extra pores and skin within the sport.”
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The pair are set to star in a comedy collection referred to as Brother From Another Mother on Apple TV+.
The collection is “based on truth,” McConaughey stated and explores the bond between the 2 actors and their households.
The comedy created by Emmy Award winner David West Read is a “heartfelt odd couple love story” based mostly across the “strange and beautiful bond” between McConaughey and Harrelson, the Apple TV+ press launch stated.
“Matthew and Woody’s friendship is tested when their combined families attempt to live together on Matthew’s ranch in Texas,” it added.
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