Cringe-worthy moment Matthew McConaughey calls out an Aussie journalist over glaring mistake during live interview
The awkward moment Matthew McConaughey called out an Australian reporter for a glaring mistake during an interview has gone viral.
The resurfaced video was shared by Pedestrian.TV editor Matt Galea, who spoke with the Hollywood star in 2021 ahead of the release of his movie Sing 2.
Galea began the interview by introducing himself to McConaughey.
‘Hi Matt, I’m Matt Galea from Pedestrian.TV in Australia. Thanks for chatting with me,’ he said.
But McConaughey immediately put his finger up in the air and told Galea not to use the abbreviated form of his name.
‘Matthew, please,’ the actor responded.
The awkward moment Matthew McConaughey (pictured) called out an Australian reporter for a glaring mistake during an interview has gone viral
In 2017, McConaughey revealed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! why he never goes by the name Matt.
‘I was in kindergarten… My buddy Josh Griffin says, “Hey Matt, you want to go play on the monkey bars?” And I ran out and said, “Yeah!”‘ he saud
‘And halfway to the monkey bars, I feel this hand on my shoulder (which) slammed me to the ground.
‘I look up, and it’s my mother in my face, and she’s like, “What are you doing?”
‘I said, “I’m going to play the monkey bars with Josh”.
‘She says, “Who is?”
I said, “I am.”
‘She said, “What’s your name?”
I said, “Matthew”.
She says, “Don’t you ever answer to Matt again. I named you Matthew from the Bible”.
‘I was like, “Yes, ma’am!”‘
The reminder of McConaughey’s strict name standards came as fans drooled over a resurfaced photo of the famous actor at age 20.
Last week, the actor’s 1989 fraternity photo was posted on X and proved that he’s always had Hollywood looks, even when he was a humble student at the University of Texas in Austin.
In the snap, the Dallas Buyers Club actor had blond coiffed hair and was dressed in a crisp white shirt, navy blazer and patterned tie.
The resurfaced video was shared by Pedestrian.TV editor Matt Galea (pictured), who interviewed the Hollywood star in 2021 ahead of the release of his movie Sing 2
Galea started the interview by introducing himself to McConaughey. But the actor immediately put his finger up in the air and corrected him on his name
It comes after Matthew fans were left drooling over a throwback photo of the famous actor which recently resurfaced on the internet
‘This man never had an awkward phase did he?’ one commenter wrote.
A second person said: ‘Damn. Most of us looked like acne-ridden needs and this guy looks like this? Unfair!’
A third commented, ‘This man been fine his whole life. God bless him.’
Another joked: ‘Dude was really just walking around high school looking like a f**king masterpiece. Like, damn!’
One commenter went so far as to call him the ‘most attractive man of all time’.
