Matthew McConaughey Recalls How His Mother Slammed Him For Abbreviated Name
Matthew McConaughey shares about how he once got slammed by his mother when he was at kindergarten.
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oi-Monojit
By Monojit
The
renowned
Oscar-winning
star
Matthew
McConaughey,
revealed
that
he
used
to
get
a
lot
of
beating
from
his
mother
when
he
was
at
kindergarten
McConaughey
recalling
old
memories
said
that
he
and
his
brother
grew
up
under
strict
supervision
of
his
mother
Mary.
Mary
was
an
author
as
well
as
a
kindergarten
teacher.
McConaughey
said
that
he
even
today
feels
uneasy
to
answer
to
the
calls
if
some
one
makes
abbreviations
of
the
Christian
name,
and
calls
him
by
Matt
or
Matty.
As
he
recalled
during
his
kindergarten
days
he
had
got
admonished
by
his
mother
who
was
also
his
teacher.
"I
answered
to
Matt
one
time
when
I
was
in
kindergarten,
when
my
mum
was
my
teacher.
My
buddy
goes,
'Hey
Matt!
Wanna
play
on
the
monkey
bars?'
and
I
said,
'Yeah,'
and
ran
to
the
monkey
bars..." Said
McConaughey.
He
continued,
"and
next
thing
I
know
I
feel
a
hand
on
my
shoulder
pull
me
back
and
body-slam
me
to
the
ground
--
and
it
was
my
mother."
"She
says
to
me,
'What's
your
name?' and
I
said,
'Matthew...'
and
she
goes,
'Why
did
you
answer
to
Matt?'
And
I
said,
'I
don't
know,
I
knew
he
was
talking
to
me!'
Then
she
said
'Don't
you
ever
answer
to
that
again
--
I
named
you
Matthew
on
purpose.'"
the
actor
added.
"So
if
anyone
calls
me
'Matt',
I
know
they
either
don't
know
me
well
or
they're
jacking
with
me," he
added
further.