'I’m not going to be afraid of relationships because my first experience was blackmail.' Matthew McConaughey has bravely spoken out about being blackmailed into having sex when he was 15, and refusing to let his experience beat him.
Matthew McConaughey has bravely spoken out about being blackmailed into having sex when he was 15, and refusing to let his experience beat him.
Appearing on a new episode of Amanda de Cadenet’s The Conversation: About the Men podcast, the 52-year-old reflected on his past, as well as the discussions he previously had with his dad on the topic of sexual intimacy and consent. ‘He said, “Son, as a male in the situation,” – speaking to me about a heterosexual relationship – “if you ever feel the girl, the female, hesitate, stop. You may even feel them hesitate, and then after you stop, they may go, “oh, no, come on”. Don’t. Wait till next time,”‘ Matthew said.Matthew vowed not to let his experiences beat him
Without going into detail about the incident, he continued: ‘But I was very clear, again, that was not right, that was not cool, that was not the way it is.