MATTHEW McConaughey admitted to CBS This Morning that he’d be “a fool” not to consider running for Texas governor.
The Academy Award-winning actor – who revealed in a podcast last month he was considering running for the governor of Texas– made the statement on the morning TV news show on Wednesday.
Speaking on “CBS This Morning,” the 51-year-old actor talked about how him and his wife Camila Alves are hosting a virtual benefit concert to help Texas after a brutal winter storm.
The event – titled “We’re Texas” and to be hosted by McConaughey – will be held on Sunday, March 21.
After talking about how him and his wife “came up with the idea of the benefit,” the Hollywood heartthrob and producer suggested a future in politics was not out of the question.
McConaughey– who last year revealed he was molested as a teenager and “blackmailed” into losing his virginity aged 15 – said: “I’m giving it consideration. I would be a fool not to.
“It’s a very honorable thing to consider, you know, what that position would mean.
“What would it be for me, what would it mean for the people of Texas.
“As I’ve said before and I’ll say again now, I have to decide for me what is my category where I can be most useful in life from here?”
Despite commenting on a possible Governor run, McConaughey didn’t mention anything on a run for Senate.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz made headlines in February 2021 after he was seen boarding a flight to Cancun, Mexico, as millions were left without power and water during the state’s worst snow storm in history.
Ted Cruz was reelected in 2018 and will remain in office until the next election which will be held on November 5, 2024.
Earlier this month, McConaughey was asked whether he saw himself running to take the place of Republican Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas since 2015, McConaughey said: “It’s a true consideration.”
The 2022 Texas gubernatorial election will be held on November 8, 2022.
He explained on the March 10 podcast: “I’m looking into now, again, what is my leadership role?
“I do think I have some things to teach and share, and what is my role?
“What is my category in the next chapter of my life?”
In November 2020, the actor was asked about running for office during The Hugh Hewitt Show.
He said: “I don’t know. I mean, that wouldn’t be up to me. It would be up to the people more than it would me.”
The Dallas Buyers Club star said on the show: “Politics seems to be a broken business to me right now.
“And when politics redefines its purpose, I could be a hell of a lot more interested.”
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However, it’s unknown which political party McConaughey is registered to.
Although there has been speculation in the media that McConaughey is republican, he has never openly spoken about his political affiliations.
Some have assumed McConaughey is republican largely because he is from Texas, which is a conservative, red state.