Matthew McConaughey barely spoke to his mother for eight years after she spilled the details of their weekly phone chats.

The 55-year-old Oscar-winning actor has revealed he used to have regular catch-up calls with his mom Kay, 93, but their relationship became strained after she shared details of their private conversations and he worried anything he told her would end up in the newspapers.

He told PEOPLE: "I’d say we’re closer now ... 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.

"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 added: "We were on a hiatus."

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