Matthew McConaughey Answers Reader's Questions
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His fans asked, and Matthew McConaughey happily obliged. The leading man in the new romantic comedy Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, costarring Jennifer Garner, answered readers’ questions about life as a new daddy (yes, Levi has relieved himself on his father!), growing up in Texas and his love of music.
• Do you help change nappies? And has Levi peed on you yet?
CAROLYN WALTON, London
Matthew McConaughey: Yes! And yes! More than a few times to both. And he gets the joke when he pees on me. He laughs. He laughs his butt off! I think I am [good at changing diapers]. I could have a race-off with some other dads out there.
• How has Levi changed you? And what is the best thing about being a parent?
STACEY BELL, Bothell, Wash.
MM: The coolest thing I’ve learned from Levi is kids really remind you of [your] sense of humor. Like I was just saying, they pee on you and they’re just laughing and all of sudden you’re reminded of having a sense of humor about everything.
You can watch Levi, and everything he sees is for the first time, so you see the wonder in something we see every day. You see the wonder of picking up a coffee cup and hitting on the plate and it makes a sound and all of sudden for 15 minutes the kid is just entertained with this little thing. So it’s reminded me to see things for the first time, not in a naïve way, but in an innocent way. It’s a ball!
• What are some of the things you want to share with Levi that your parents and grandparents instilled in you?
SARAH LAYNE, Mechanicsville, Va.
MM: First of all, work ethic … Then respect of elders, particularly respect of women, which I was very much instilled [with]. We believe in “yes, sirs, no sirs” and “yes, ma’ams,” and “no ma’ams.”
Source: PEOPLE — click here for more of Matthew’s answers!
— By Brenda Rodriguez