For all the intellectual acuity Matthew McConaughey seems to possess, one wouldn’t put it past the actor to toy with the idea of stepping into politics. Sure enough, McConaughey has gone public with his intentions of considering a run for the Governor of Texas more than once. In 2020, he appeared on “The Hugh Hewitt Show,” where the host asked whether he would throw his hat into the ring for Governor. “Look, 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,” McConaughey replied (via Southern Living). More recently, in what ignited massive discussions online, McConaughey in 2021 said (via The Guardian), “I’m looking into now again, what is my leadership role? Because I do think I have some things to teach and share, and what is my role?”
Months after the proposition, the actor said that though politics was “a humbling and inspiring path to ponder,” he would not be taking it right now (via Twitter). In a rare public reflection of his political stance, McConaughey described himself as “aggressively centrist.” Nevertheless, in the aftermath of a fatal shooting in his hometown of Uvalde in 2022, the actor met with 30 political heads across Democratic and Republican sides, even visiting the White House and Capitol Hill to push for gun reform.