Matthew McConaughey On Pal Lance Armstrong's Doping Scandal: “He Told A Lie, He's Not A Liar"
Posted on Thu Mar 21st, 2013 2:15pm PDT By X17 Staff
Matthew McConaughey covers the April 2013 issue of Details magazine, and the 43-year-old Magic Mike star opens up about close pal Lance Armstrong and his doping scandal.
“He told a lie, he’s not a liar," Matthew says, defending the disgraced Tour de France champ. "When it came out, I took it personally, but then I realized it ain’t personal to him. I was going, ‘That son of a bitch!’ but then I thought, ‘Well, what was he supposed to do? Call me to the side and go, ‘Hey, I did this?’ But I’m happy for him now, because despite all this outside conflict, he doesn’t have this inner conflict anymore.â€
On a lighter note, Matty also chats about his family life, and how wife Camila Alves follows him everywhere he goes. “I’ve got a wife who challenges me," he says. "There were two movies I wanted to do last year, but they were back-to-back with no separation. She was like, ‘You want to do it—buck up, grab your nuts, and make it happen. We’ll be there with you.’â€
"I'm just as thankful now as I ever was," McConaughey says when asked how he's changed over the past five years. "But I'm choosing to be more selfish. I remember feeling not sure about what I wanted to do and feeling—I'm not sure despondent is the right word, but a feeling like things are plateauing. I wanted more evolution. I want to feel ascension in the grade. Because I was feeling a lot of ascension in my personal life, qualitative evolution. I wanted to close the gap between who I am and the life I'm living and my work life. So I think I got really selfish. You start a family and you get selfish."
“He told a lie, he’s not a liar," Matthew says, defending the disgraced Tour de France champ. "When it came out, I took it personally, but then I realized it ain’t personal to him. I was going, ‘That son of a bitch!’ but then I thought, ‘Well, what was he supposed to do? Call me to the side and go, ‘Hey, I did this?’ But I’m happy for him now, because despite all this outside conflict, he doesn’t have this inner conflict anymore.â€
On a lighter note, Matty also chats about his family life, and how wife Camila Alves follows him everywhere he goes. “I’ve got a wife who challenges me," he says. "There were two movies I wanted to do last year, but they were back-to-back with no separation. She was like, ‘You want to do it—buck up, grab your nuts, and make it happen. We’ll be there with you.’â€
"I'm just as thankful now as I ever was," McConaughey says when asked how he's changed over the past five years. "But I'm choosing to be more selfish. I remember feeling not sure about what I wanted to do and feeling—I'm not sure despondent is the right word, but a feeling like things are plateauing. I wanted more evolution. I want to feel ascension in the grade. Because I was feeling a lot of ascension in my personal life, qualitative evolution. I wanted to close the gap between who I am and the life I'm living and my work life. So I think I got really selfish. You start a family and you get selfish."