Matthew McConaughey told Jimmy Fallon that he thinks taking a political position is an honorable thing to do.
McConaughey’s statement came 10 days after the 51-year-old actor confirmed to The Balanced Voice Podcast that he was considering running for governor of Texas.
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“Well, it’s been coming up a lot lately. And I’m going to tell you now the same thing I’ve been saying, which is true. It’s not elusive. Friday on The Tonight Show. “What an honorable thing to consider. But it is no more than that now, sir.”
In addition to discussing a possible run for governor, McConaughey shared he and his family faced their own set of difficulties during the February snowstorms in Texas.
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“Look, we’re doing fine. We had, you know, some broken pipes. We had to pull some plaster walls from the house. Lost energy. I just left having to boil water four days ago,” said the Dallas Buyers Club star. “But the problem in Texas is that there are tens of thousands of people who are not in as good shape as we are now. A lot of people are out and about.”
McConaughey and his wife Camila Alves are hosting a virtual charity concert “Somos Texas” on Sunday night to help raise money for the Just Keep Livin Texas Relief Fund, which is hosting several philanthropic celebrities.
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Country music and pop stars are set to perform, including Miranda Lambert, Willie Nelson, Kelly Clarkson and more. Meanwhile, A-listers who are native to Texas will make special appearances, including Chip and Joanna Gaines of HGTV, Dr. Phil McGraw, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Megan thee Stallion, Michael Strahan, Selena Gomez and Stone Cold Steve Austin.
In promoting the benefit show on “CBS This Morning” last week, McConaughey expressed his shock that Texas Governor Greg Abbott would suspend the COVID-19 facial mask mandate across the state while saying that companies can operate the 100% of capacity.
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“My reaction to that is that I was a little amazed at the decision,” McConaughey told CBS presenters Gayle King, Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil. “I understand ‘going back to work’. What I didn’t understand was the ‘mask-pulling mandate’. “