Matthew McConaughey’s wife, Camila Alves, debunks the notion that the actor is all about “getting high” and being “laid back.”
The model revealed that when she first met McConaughey, she assumed he would be a lot like his public persona.
“When we first started dating, it was this picture of Matthew being high, chilled, shirtless or whatever,” she said during an appearance on Southern Living “Cookies and Jam” Podcast released on Tuesday. “What I say: ‘The guy doesn’t even smoke.’ Where does this vision come from?’”
“He’s actually the opposite and he’s like his mother,” explained Alves. “She is very organized, very minimalist, very punctual and very prepared. And he has a lot of those qualities of hers.”
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The Greenlights author himself has spoken about the difference between his public and private image. tells the New York Times in 2020: “I’ve always known that I don’t have a laissez-faire attitude.”
“It’s a state I work towards continuously, daily, and I sweat to achieve,” he admitted.
McConaughey’s friend, director Richard Linklater, went a step further in the same Times profile.
“People underestimate the full intent of what Matthew did,” Linklater said. “He’s really good at getting from A to B and C. He has a plan and is just brave and bold enough to implement it.”
Listen to more of Alves’ interview with Southern Living below:
