Overview

• In a Guardian interview tied to his collection Poems & Prayers, McConaughey revisits the abduction and sexual assault he says he suffered at 18.
• He says he woke up "right before it could have been worse," escaped, and considers himself "relatively unscathed."
• He describes the experience as leaving him feeling helpless and vulnerable and says it remains defining in ways he cannot fully explain.
• He first disclosed the account in his 2020 memoir Greenlights and did not offer new details about how he got away.
• He voices concern about President Donald Trump’s approach to truth and says he has considered a political role but is delaying any run to focus on his children.