Matthew McConaughey Talks Sexual Abuse & Being Blackmailed Into Sex At 15
Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey is opening up about his history of sexual abuse, including how he was blackmailed into having sex at 15 and how he doesn’t view himself as a victim.
In his newly-released autobiography, ‘Greenlights,’ McConaughey vaguely talks about a few incidents of abuse, detailing, “I was blackmailed into having sex for the first time when I was 15. I was certain I was going to hell for the premarital sex. Today, I am merely certain that I hope that’s not the case.”
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Additionally, the 51-year-old actor reveals, “I was molested by a man when I was eighteen while knocked unconscious in the back of a van.” Speaking with Tamron Hall recently, McConaughey also explains why he chose not to share details of his abuse as a teen. “Ultimately, there’s nothing that I feel is constructive about the details. I feel like those details, unless I had a really good constructive way that I saw it that could be relatable to other people, I felt like those details could have just been grabbed and reported for voyeurism. They could’ve been the thing that every single show was going to go ‘Read about the details of when Matthew was molested,’ or ‘Read about when he got blackmailed,’ and that’s the wrong headline.”
The father of three continues to explain why he doesn’t see himself as a victim. “Those two events happened to me at 15 and 18. If they would’ve happened to me younger … maybe I would’ve been more confused. But when they happened to me, it was very clear to me, that they were wrong, that they were not ideal, that they were not how it’s supposed to be. So I think having that clarity means that it’s probably why it didn’t stick with me and confuse me later on or left me having a non-realistic view of the way the world is supposed to work.”
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