Matthew McConaughey discusses politics in Hollywood and his own future: ‘I learned a lot’

Actor and author Matthew McConaughey met with Democratic and Republican governors from around the country as he continues weighing whether to pursue a future in politics.

McConaughey spent part of Friday with a roomful of governors at the National Governors Association meeting in Salt Lake City.

“I’m on a learning tour and have been for probably the last six years,” McConaughey told one governor in attendance, according to the Associated Press. “Do I have the instincts and intellect that it would be a good fit for me and I would be a good for it. You know, would I be useful?”

McConaughey was rumored to be considering a bid for governor of Texas in 2022, but it never moved forward.

He told one governor Friday that he had “learned a lot and admitted that he had shared some of his own tequila with one governor in a private meeting the previous night.

McConaughey is from Uvalde, Texas, and became more involved in politics after the May 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, where 19 children and two teachers were killed by an 18-year-old gunman.

The actor joined a couple of governors in a panel at the meeting to discuss civility in politics.

“My industry has to watch its tongue out of the gate because it’s coming from the left,” McConaughey said. “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.”

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER

Gov. Josh Green (D-HI) pushed McConaughey to run for office one day.

“Don’t fall into the trap to think you should be just one thing,” Green said. “A lot of Republicans will want you to be Republican and a lot of Democrats will want you to be a Democrat, just be you because that might be something special for all of us.”