
Matthew McConaughey’s snub for his work in Magic Mike was the biggest Oscar snub of the century, if not all time, but here on FilmDrunk, you can rest easy knowing that tales of Matthew McConaughey’s awesomeness will never go untold. Yesterday, Reddit hosted a wildly entertaining thread where redditors submitted their celebrity encounters for “whose [sic] the biggest asshole celebrity you’ve ever met?” Of course, not every story was about a celebrity being an asshole, because there are only so many Dustin Diamonds in the world. In fact, some are ridiculously nice, like Hugh Jackman. And then there’s Matthew McConaughey, cruising around a Whole Foods in Austin with no shirt on, alright alright alright.
Was in Whole Foods in Austin and Matthew McConaughey was there. We had talked for a minute when somebody from the store came up and said he had to put a shirt on or leave. I was wearing a hoodie over my tee, so I gave that to him. He thanked me and checked out just ahead of me. He then left with with my hoodie.
About 16 months later, I’m at a party in Malibu and McConaughey is also there. I eventually end up talking to him and tell him (half-jokingly) I want my damned hoodie back. He just laughs and I can’t tell if he remembers or not. He leaves the party but is back in 5 minutes with my sweatshirt. It was in his truck. [source - thanks, Mark]
I like how the story starts with the submitter having a pleasant chat with McConaughey, and only later does it reveal that McConaughey has been shirtless the entire time. Because Matthew McConaughey being shirtless in a grocery store is just something you assume. It is, actually, that’s solid writing.
“Hey, man, here’s yer sweater back. And sorry about the smell, pardner, ol’ Shep’s been usin’ it as a blanket since we drove back from Maverick’s. I think he likes you, man, ha ha. Hey, you want a beer?” (*pulls out can of Miller High Life*)
“Dude, was that in your pocket?”



I’m not saying that celebrities should always get special treatment, but he should be able to go anywhere shirtless.
As long as you agree that Kate Upton can do the same, I’m willing to partner with you on that petition.
He requires no shirt in my America as long as he stays waxed. Chest hairs look like pubes and even MM quasi-pubes have no place in the produce section.
Instead of one of those little jockeys holding a lantern right at my front door, I want a little shirtless McConaughey brandishing a t-bone on a barbeque fork, and a doorbell that says, “Beef; It’s What For Dinner.”
“You got my hoodie, Matt? It’d be a lot cooler if you did.”
I really like that the hoodie was in his truck at the time. Either he was wearing it pretty much exclusively for a year and a half, or his truck is just disgusting and hoarding all sorts of shit.
Like I said, I like to think it was just sitting in the bed and his dog was sleeping on it.
A little further down that thread someone talks about seeing Jake Gylenhaal show up to a bar in Austin in an expensive car with tons of girls and all that jazz. Then, a minute later, MM pulls up in a pedicab — not as a passenger, he was driving/pedaling the thing, with the driver in the back. Alright alright.
This guy was in Austin and just happens to run into McConaughey doing one of the most McConaughey things imaginable (being shirtless in a grocery store for no reason), then so happens to be in Malibu at a party attended by McConaughey later on? And McConaughey drove his truck all the way from Austin to Malibu instead of just flying here like a normal person, where he most assuredly has more vehicles (since he is wealthy)? Sorry to ruin the party, but I call shenanigans.
A more alarming headline: McConaughy seen wearing shirt in market!
Notice there are not photos of that. It’s like bigfoot sightings.
McConaughey lives by the phrase, “Shirt, shoes, no bongos–no service.”