Kate Hudson 47-year-old actress, who worked with McConaughey at her young age is in shock after hearing that Matthew McConaughey was considering a run for governor of Texas. She appeared on the latest episode of Rob Lowe’s podcast Literally!, which ended on Wednesday.
Lowe was asked if she was going to help McConaughey “with his campaign for governor of Texas if he so decides to run?” Hudson was speechless.
“That was a long pause,” Lowe, 57, remarked. “Can I just say for the record, that was a very long pause?”
“Sorry, hold on. Let me just take a sip of my [drink],” she replied, before collecting her thoughts. “I have not heard this. This is the first I’m hearing of McConaughey getting into politics.”
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“He’s a really interesting guy,” Hudson continued. “I, honestly, if he does want to get into politics, I believe that Matthew, you probably wouldn’t get a politician who would care as much as he does, you know? I think he’s very authentic in how much heart, um, but the governor of Texas is a big job. I mean, is that what we’re talking about? The governor of Texas? … Oh, wow.”
Joked Lowe, “If he doesn’t use ‘Alright, alright, alright as a bumper sticker, then everybody on that staff needs to be fired!”
Hudson laughed and said, “I think he’d encourage that. But I feel like he’d have a real chance.”
In March, McConaughey revealed about joining politics on the podcast The Balanced Voice, saying his interest in running for governor is “a true consideration.”
“I’m looking into now again, ‘what is my leadership role?'” He said at the time. “Because I do think I have some things to teach and share. What is my role, what is my category in my next chapter of life that I’m going into now?”
As per Dallas Morning News, he’s since picked up steam, Lowe telling Hudson that McConaughey had polled higher than the incumbent recently, earning a 45% poll as opposed to Gov. Greg Abbott’s 33%.
Even knowing this, Hudson couldn’t cover her shock at the news, telling Lowe — “Wait, Rob, sorry, this is shocking to me. This is how out of it I am.”
The actress blamed her befuddlement on the fact that she’d chosen to put her phone down recently. “I’m one of those people who, I don’t look at things,” she said. “I turn my news ticker off. So, I’ve missed this.”
As for what she thinks of McConaughey potentially running for governor, Hudson replied, “I think it’s interesting. I don’t know enough about it and I don’t know enough about the platform he’d be running on.”
She added, “He is who he is, through and through.”