Matthew McConaughey recalled that his mother, Kay McConaughey, did not tolerate ingratitude, especially at the breakfast table.
Appearing on the Your Mama’s Kitchen podcast with wife Camila Alves, the 54-year-old actor talked about how Kay taught him and his siblings good manners from an early age.
“My mother wasn’t a great cook, but she always made us hot meals,” the Academy Award winner said.
Matthew McConaughey told how his mother Kay taught him manners. (Michael Buckner/Getty Images, SXSW)
“I remember coming in there and maybe I was in a bad mood that night, or I didn’t sleep well, or maybe I was worried about doing something at school that day,” he continued. “And if I didn’t have a good attitude. If I didn’t say, ‘Wow, look at this! Mom, thank you for breakfast,’ she would jump right in and say, ‘Go back to your room.’ .”
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“‘Please don’t come into this kitchen to eat the breakfast I made until you’re ready to go back to bed and look at the roses in the vase instead of the dust on the table,'” McConaughey recalled.
The Texas native said it was a “big line” for his mother that “reached beyond the kitchen to perspective and gratitude.”
The actor said that Kay did not tolerate ingratitude. (Greg DeGuire/WireImage)
Kaye shared actors and older brothers Michael “Rooster” McConaughey and Pat McConaughey with her late father James McConaughey.
McConaughey said Kaye would follow her rules and follow them and her brothers “all the way” to their bedroom and stay there until they were gratefully seated at the table.
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“She says, ‘Go back to bed.’ You grab your clothes, your school bag, etc., go back to bed, get under the covers, and she says, ‘Let’s go back to the kitchen. Please come.” “Wow, did you have scrambled eggs? Did you have toast again?” McConaughey recalled.
actor If he returned to the table with a more positive attitude, his mother said he would be more welcoming.
McConaughey’s wife, Camila Alves, said she grew up with similar rules. (Gary Miller/FilmMagic)
“She said, ‘Good morning, sunshine. Look, I wasn’t guaranteed another great day.’ It should always start with gratitude for the day. “I had to do it,” he recalled.
“‘Put a rose in a vase for the dust on the table,'” McConaughey said, repeating his mother’s mantra.
During his podcast appearance, Alves said he was raised with similar rules. When it comes to table manners.
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“It’s the same in Brazil,” the model said. “It’s like you need to know whose food you’re eating. If that person has a bad heart, don’t eat it. Just don’t eat that person’s food.”
Alves explained to podcast host Michele Norris that he was referring to a common Portuguese proverb, saying, “Basically, you need to know who you’re eating from. If it’s malicious, then you need to be too,” he added. Never eat that food. ”
McConaughey and Alves have three children. (Gary Miller/Getty Images)
“If the person is mad at you, you never eat that food. If you have an argument, you never eat that food,” she continued.
“The funny thing is, I’m still with my mom, but if for some reason something goes wrong, I don’t eat her food that day,” Alves said.
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“No, it’s not,” McConaughey agreed.
“I’ll skip it!” Alves said with a laugh.
McConaughey and Alves The couple, who married in 2021, have sons Levi (15) and Livingston (11) and daughter Vida (14).
