Oscar winning actor Matthew McConaughey said he’s still “measuring” a political career because he thinks “politics needs redefinition.”
The hosts of “Set it Straight: Myths and Legends” encouraged McCohnaughey to run for Governor Greg Abbott’s seat after a recent poll showed that he was beating the Republican lawmaker by 44% to 35%.
“Look, it’s going to be in some capacity. … I just — I’m more of a folksy and philosopher-poet statesman than I am a, per se, definitive politician,” McConaughey remarked. “So I go, well, that’s a reason not to, but then I go, no, that’s exactly why you should, because politics needs redefinition, but I’m measuring, you know, what is my category? What’s my embassy?”
Despite the host’s urgings, the actor wants to remain true to his creative nature.
“I have to remain an artist,” he said. “I’ve earned my right to enjoy that Saturday night part of life, that music part of life. It has to have music to it. You know what I mean. I’m very good at being diligent, Monday morning, practical, structure, I’m all of that. But I gotta’ continue to be an artist in what I do.”
“Now if that’s the category to be able to do that in, which would be different than, I think, some people have done it up to now, maybe it’s for me. But maybe it’s also in a whole new category that I just create, and we’ll see,” he continued.
The actor has stoked rumors of his run since last year when he told comedian Russell Brand that the political left has driven people on the right away.
“Look, on the other side, on the far Left … there is a lot on that illiberal Left that absolutely condescend, patronize, or are arrogant towards that other 50%. Many people who are in – I’m sure you saw it – in our industry when Trump was voted in four years ago, they were in denial that it was real, and some of them were in absolute denial,” he quipped.
Early this year, Republican Texas Senator Ted Cruz worried about how strong of a contender the actor could be to the current governor. “I think he would undoubtedly be formidable,” he remarked.
As RINO or Leftist for WH??