{"id":2054877,"date":"2025-09-27T23:04:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T23:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2054877"},"modified":"2025-09-27T23:04:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T23:04:01","slug":"matthew-mcconaughey-and-mom-kay-on-their-8-year-hiatus-and-how-their-relationship-is-much-more-fun-now-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/matthew-mcconaughey-and-mom-kay-on-their-8-year-hiatus-and-how-their-relationship-is-much-more-fun-now-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew McConaughey and Mom Kay on Their \u20188-Year Hiatus\u2019 \u2014 and How Their Relationship Is \u2018Much More Fun Now\u2019 (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Matthew McConaughey and his mom, Kay, spoke exclusively to PEOPLE about their relationship during their recent cover shoot<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Oscar winner, 55, is joined by his mom and his son Levi in the new survival thriller <em>The Lost Bus<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>The Lost Bus<\/em> will debut globally on Apple TV+ on Oct. 3<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/matthew-mcconaughey\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Matthew McConaughey;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Matthew McConaughey<\/a> is extremely close to his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/matthew-mcconaughey-reveals-what-mom-kay-says-after-every-one-of-his-films-exclusive-11815607\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:mom Kay;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">mom Kay<\/a>, but it hasn\u2019t always been that way.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I\u2019d say we\u2019re closer now,\u201d the Oscar winner, 55, says as he turns to Kay, 93, while holding her hand during their recent PEOPLE cover shoot. With their new film <em>The Lost Bus <\/em>about to hit AppleTV+, the pair are looking back at a photo of themselves at the premiere of <em>A Time to Kill,<\/em> which shot Matthew to fame in 1996.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe had about an eight-year period where I had to have short conversations with her on our Sunday phone calls because she was sharing a lot of that information,\u201d says Matthew. \u201cI\u2019d tell her something on Sunday between son and mom, and Tuesday I\u2019d read about it in the news or see it in the local paper. She couldn\u2019t help herself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We were on a hiatus,&#8221; adds Kay. Matthew grins: \u201cWe had some boring conversations on Sunday. I wouldn&#8217;t tell you s-.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ariandlouise\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ari &amp; Louise;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Ari &amp; Louise<\/a><\/p>\n<p> Kay McConaughey, Matthew McConaughey and Levi McConaughey cover PEOPLE&#8217;s Generations issue<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The pause came after Kay, known to her family as \u2018MaMac,\u2019 took a press on a tour of Matthew\u2019s childhood home, which Matthew saw on TV days later. The mother-son duo chuckles as they tell the story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I took people through the house and said, &#8216;Well, this is where Matthew slept,&#8217; &#8221; recalls Kay. &#8220;Someone called him and said, &#8216;Are you watching what your mama\u2019s doing?&#8217; But I was so proud that I was just telling the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Matthew adds, \u201cI call her, she answers the phone. I go, \u2018Mom, what&#8217;d you do?\u2019 She says, \u2018What?\u2019 I said, \u2018Don&#8217;t tell me, \u2018What?\u2019 I could hear the same show I was watching that she&#8217;s taking the camera through the house in the background. She goes, \u2018Oh, <em>that<\/em>. I didn&#8217;t think you&#8217;d find out.\u2019 \u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The two burst into laughter. \u201cOh, boy! Yes,\u201d says Kay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But about eight years later, &#8220;I got stable enough with my own position and fame that I was like, you know what? My mom can say whatever the hell she wants,&#8221; says Matthew. &#8220;Let&#8217;s take the lasso off and just go for it, Mom.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"George Pimentel\/Shutterstock\u00a0 Matthew, Camila, Kay and Levi McConaughey at the TIFF world premiere of \" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/VEs7ygvQLhn.EI6olORsug--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/796b70e28a514548961ab00a66529291\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>George Pimentel\/Shutterstock <\/p>\n<p> Matthew, Camila, Kay and Levi McConaughey at the TIFF world premiere of &#8220;The Lost Bus&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;And we go to red carpets and she said, &#8216;Any rules?&#8217; I was like &#8216;No rules at all. Tell all the raunchiest things you want.&#8217; And she did and it was fine. It&#8217;s much more fun now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Matthew and Kay are currently starring in the survival thriller <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/us\/movie\/the-lost-bus\/umc.cmc.4p7gv4trt1rt0kuiwzmitibiv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Lost Bus;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Lost Bus<\/a> <\/em>alongside Levi, 17 \u2014 the eldest son of Matthew and his wife, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/camila-alves\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Camila Alves McConaughey;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Camila Alves McConaughey<\/a> who also share Vida, 15 and Livingston, 12. The film is set against the 2018 Camp Fire, which burned more than 150,000 acres and killed 85 people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Directed by Paul Greengrass, the movie brings Kay back to the big screen following her cameo in 2011&#8217;s <em>Bernie<\/em>, and marks Levi\u2019s acting debut.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In <em>The Lost Bus<\/em>, Matthew plays Kevin McKay, a wayward bus driver who rescues 22 schoolchildren. Kay plays Matthew&#8217;s onscreen mother, and Levi plays his son.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Courtesy of Apple Kay and Matthew McConaughey in \" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/22Yzul2o7ajJB.2y0smukQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/b89b7d3cecefd06e056fafbeef326b70\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Courtesy of Apple<\/p>\n<p> Kay and Matthew McConaughey in &#8220;The Lost Bus.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kay \u2014 who &#8220;wanted to be in acting as long as I can remember,&#8221; she tells PEOPLE \u2014 lives with Matthew and the family in Austin, Texas. Along with her star presence, the matriarch has instilled the importance of positive thinking in her children and grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIf there&#8217;s one thing that I hopefully I passed on to the kids, it&#8217;s &#8216;You are what you think,\u2019 \u201d says Kay. \u201cIf you think you&#8217;re dumb, you&#8217;re dumb. If you think you&#8217;re smart, you&#8217;re smart. If you think you&#8217;re handsome, you&#8217;re handsome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>The Lost Bus<\/em> streams on Apple TV+ on Oct. 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/matthew-mcconaughey-mom-kay-relationship-more-fun-now-exclusive-11820005\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source nz.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Matthew McConaughey and his mom, Kay, spoke exclusively to PEOPLE about their relationship during their recent cover shoot The Oscar winner, 55, is joined by his mom and his son Levi in the new survival thriller The Lost Bus The Lost Bus will debut globally on Apple TV+ on Oct. 3 Matthew [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2054878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[382167,364492,382166,27639],"class_list":["post-2054877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-kay","tag-kay-mcconaughey","tag-levi-mcconaughey","tag-matthew-mcconaughey"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Matthew-McConaughey-and-Mom-Kay-on-Their-\u20188-Year-Hiatus-\u2014.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2054877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2054878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2054877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2054877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2054877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}