Matthew McConaughey revealed in a new interview that he and his mother, Mary Kathleen “Kay” McConaughey, once drifted apart for nearly a whole decade over issues surrounding his fame.

“We had about an eight-year period where I had to have short conversations with her on our Sunday phone calls because she was sharing a lot of that information,” the “Dallas Buyers Club” star, 55, explained to People in a piece published earlier this week.

“I’d tell her something on Sunday between son and mom, and Tuesday I’d read about it in the news or see it in the local paper. She couldn’t help herself.”

Kay, 93, said of that time period, “We were on a hiatus.”

Matthew shared, though, that after an eight-year break he and his mother became “closer” again because his understanding about the entertain

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