"She was really testing me,” Alves said of McConaughey's mom, who he was once estranged from.

All right, all right, all right — there goes that public persona.

The rom-com star considered a run for governor of Texas in 2021 but ultimately decided against it.

"She threw it away in plain sight, going to show once again that she does not give a damn.”

"I’ll just say there is some veracity to that thought," said the actor, who will appear alongside McConaughey in the series "Brother from Another Mother."

The two stars were vacationing together when McConaughey’s mom said, “Woody, I knew your dad.’” The actor told Kelly Ripa, “It was a loaded K-N-E-W.”