Interstellar Star Matthew McConaughey Might Run For Office
In recent years, actor Matthew McConaughey has been more active in politics and activism and may possibly run for office.
Matthew McConaughey, an Oscar-winning actor, recently spoke on a panel about restoring civility in US politics alongside Republican and Democratic leaders.
The event took place at the National Governors Association 2024 in Salt Lake City, Utah, and McConaughey was asked if he ever planned to use his political enthusiasm to run for office.
He replied: “Yes. I have thought about running for office, getting into this category,” to the New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy.
According to Politico, he said, “I’m on a learning tour and have been for probably the last six years of understanding what this category means,”
He went on to claim that he has been considering his suitability for a role as a political leader: “Do I have the instincts and intellect that it would be a good fit for me and I would be a good fit for it. You know, would I be useful?”
Murphy had previously spoken during the panel about sampling McConaughey’s Pantalone’s tequila, prompting the actor to continue: “I’m still on that learning tour, and, you know, days like this. I’m learning a lot.”
He then jokingly concluded, “Last night, I learned a lot. I learned a lot from you last night. Through those tequila, through that tequila, sir,’ he concluded, jokingly.”
The Dallas Buyers Club actor went on to talk about Hollywood’s role in shaping political debate, admitting that people of the industry frequently invalidate and dismiss more conservative perspectives before hearing them out.
“My industry has to watch its tongue out of the gate because it’s coming from the left,” He explained.
He continued: “We have to open that conversation with our opening statements and not invalidate a moderate or conservative at the gate, which we’re guilty of, to an extent.”
Hawaii Governor Josh Green, a Democrat who was also on the panel, responded enthusiastically to McConaughey’s potential candidacy. He advised the actor to avoid being overtly politicized and instead be his ‘warm and likable’ personality, saying, “Be you, because that might be something special for all of us.”
The Failure To Launch actor previously teased a run for the Governorship of his home state, Texas, back in 2020 after calling American politics a ‘broken business’ and saying: “I have some things to teach and share.”
according to The Hill, McConaughey reflected on the increasing polarization in American politics, saying: “We seem to be in a bad situation right now.”
He continued: “The extreme seem to be going further left and further right. Decency doesn’t seem to be on the table. Rules of engagement seem like they need to be renegotiated, reestablished.”
Matthew McConaughey criticized the chaos of Trump-era politics, saying that the government shouldn’t “look like an episode of Real Housewives.”
He continued: “I understand it’s hard to market and sell success in how people negotiate, because it’s not as fun, it’s not as sexy, it’s not as exciting as the car wreck. We’re a nation of rubberneckers.”
He also added, “I think right now we’re all caught up in short-term, short-money wins. And so we come to the table, we argue, we call each other names, and America sees a lot of us when we do that – This is entertainment. I’m in the entertainment business. Our leadership and our leaders don’t need to be in the entertainment business.”
While the actor has yet to openly establish whether he would run for politics and, if so, for what post, his indications of a future run and continuing engagement make his political candidacy an ever-growing likelihood.
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