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Matthew McConaughey Recounts Teenage Abduction in New Interview, Says He Felt "Helpless"

His remarks during promotion for Poems & Prayers underscore how the ordeal still shapes his worldview.

Overview

  • The actor, 55, reiterated that he was knocked unconscious, abducted and sexually assaulted at age 18, a story first disclosed in his 2020 memoir Greenlights.
  • He told The Guardian he had never felt so vulnerable and said he woke up and escaped, without sharing details of how he got away.
  • McConaughey said the experience crushed some of his innocence but that he considers himself fortunate to have gotten out relatively unscathed.
  • In the interview, he used the phrase "divine intervention" to describe waking up in time to avoid what he believed could have been worse.
  • Discussing his new book, he criticized distortions of truth in politics, referenced President Donald Trump, and said he has considered public office but is focused on raising his three children.