Matthew McConaughey says Woody Harrelson could be his real life brother.
The actor, 53, revealed his suspicions that his mother Mary had an affair with Woody’s hitman father Charles, who died in prison in 2007.
Her hunch was piqued when she made a cryptic statement about knowing the late convict during a joint family holiday with her former True Detective co-star, 61, and fellow Texas-native.
The comment prompted her to investigate her family history, however the couple – who happen to be reuniting for Apple TV+ comedy Brother From Another Mother – are yet to take a DNA test.
Matthew said to Let’s Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa podcast: ‘You know, where I start and where he ends, and where he starts and I end, is always like a dark line. And that’s part of our bromance, right?
‘My children call him Uncle Woody. His children call me Uncle Matthew. And you see pictures of us and my family thinks a lot of him is me. His family thinks a lot of my pictures are of him.’
‘In Greece a few years ago, we were sitting around talking about how close we and our families are. And my mom is there, and she says, “Woody, I know your dad.” Everyone knows the ellipses my mom left after “finding out”. This is a load of KNOWING.
‘We proceeded to unpack what this “know” meant, and did some math and found that [Woody’s] Dad was on furlough at the same time mom and dad got their second divorce.
‘Then there are possible receipts and places in West Texas where there may have been a gathering, or a meeting, or a “knowing” moment.’
While Woody’s father Charles died 16 years ago in his cell from a heart attack, the woman believed to be his mother, Diane Lou Oswald, is still alive.
Matthew, who lost his father James in 1992, wrote in his memoir Greenlights, ‘He had a heart attack when he climaxed. [during intercourse].’
The Interstellar star added on the podcast: ‘Look, it’s easier for Woody to say, “Come on, let’s do it [DNA tests],” for what skin is it to him?’
‘It was a bit difficult for me because he was asking me to take the opportunity to go, “Wait, you’re trying to tell me that my dad might not be my dad after 53 years of believing that?” I have a little skin in the game.’