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The Megyn Kelly Show

Matthew McConaughey and Dave Portnoy - Megyn Kelly's "Double Feature" of Fascinating Interviews

The Megyn Kelly Show

SiriusXM

News, Society & Culture, News Commentary

4.438.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2026

⏱️ 161 minutes

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Summary

Megyn Kelly brings you two of the most fascinating interviews from the Megyn Kelly Show archives in this Sunday "Double Feature" episode - with actor and author Matthew McConaughey, and Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show, live on Sirius XM Channel 111 every weekday at New East.

0:12.2

Hey, everyone, I'm Megan Kelly.

0:13.8

Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show in today's double feature mega episode.

0:18.0

All right, Matthew McConaughey is one of the biggest stars in America, but he doesn't

0:23.9

live in Hollywood. He lives in Texas where he was raised, and there's a really good reason for that.

0:30.5

It turns out some of the things that make us gravitate toward Matthew come from his downhome nature

0:37.4

and his refusal to succumb to the glitz

0:40.1

and glam of the Hollywood weirdos.

0:43.4

And in this interview, I think you'll come to like him even more than you probably already do.

0:48.4

And then there's the bar stool sports founder, Dave Portnoy, who's got some very sharp elbows and some very sharp takes and

0:56.6

is always entertaining to listen to. So we have a fun pairing for you. I spoke with Dave in

1:02.7

person together at SiriusXM. It was a great conversation. Enjoy both. And I'll see you Monday.

1:10.8

I'd never been on stage. I'd never done acting before.

1:14.0

Any of that.

1:16.0

Today on the Megan Kelly Show, from small town Texas to the bright lights of Hollywood,

1:21.7

Matthew McConaughey burst onto the scene with a line that became legend.

1:26.6

All right, all right, all right. From Breakout Star to King of the Romantic comedies. You ever think about that night in the park? They're nice guy rolls, and nothing wrong with that. I was so successful at him that any dramas I wanted to do, Hollywood was not offering me. Even if I took a huge pay cut. They're like, no, no, no, McConaughey, stay in your lane. At the height of all that fame, he walked away. I was ready to do more dramas in life. I was ready to stand up for things that I believed, didn't stand against things I didn't. There's no parachute to pull here. You might just written yourself a ticket out of Hollywood. Only to return to greater glory. And the Oscar goes to Matthew McConaughey.

2:03.0

That's when I started becoming more of a good man.

2:06.6

Redefining himself as one of the most compelling voices in film.

2:10.6

We all got good wolves and bad wolves in us.

2:12.8

It's our choice to which wolf we want to feed.

2:14.9

I'm trying to do my best to be the good wolf,

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