Kay McConaughey and Camila Alves McConaughey attend Vice Studios And Neon Present “The Beach Bum” SXSW World Premiere After Party on March 09, 2019 in Austin, Texas.Photo:Robin Marchant/Getty
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Camila Alves McConaugheyis recalling how she won over her mother-in-lawKay McConaughey.
As the entrepreneur, 41, appeared onSouthern Living’sBiscuits & Jampodcast, she said husbandMatthew McConaughey’s mother, whom the family calls “Ma Mac,” took to messing with her when she first began dating theInterstellaractor.
Camila, who founded the lifestyle destinationWomen of Today, then recalled bringing Kay with her on a trip to Istanbul, Turkey, for a fashion show during which she and her mother-in-law shared a bonding moment that changed their relationship for the better.
“I was taking her to her room and she got into this whole other thing that is not my place to share, and she starts crying. I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh, Ma Mac,’ feeling so sorry, and as I put her to bed, I look at her and I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh, she’s full of s—,' " Camila said on the podcast.
Livingston Alves McConaughey, Camila Alves, Levi Alves McConaughey, honoree Matthew McConaughey, Vida Alves McConaughey, and Kay McConaughey.Rick Kern/WireImage
“At the end she just looks at me and she was like, ‘Okay, now you’re in.’ All she wanted was for me to fight back, and from that day on, that night on, we have the most amazing relationship,” she said. “I have so much respect for her, she has so much respect for me. It can get tricky sometimes, but we always end with a good laugh.”
Camila, whoshares three childrenwith Matthew, said her husband is to his mother, whom she identified as “very organized, very minimalistic, very on time, very prepared.”
Actor Matthew McConaughey (C), his wife Camila Alves (L) and his mother Mary Kathlene McCabe (R) attend the premiere of “The Beach Bum” during the 2019 SXSW conference and Festivals at the Paramount Theatre on March 9, 2019 in Austin, Texas.SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images
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“They’re very similar in a lot of ways: she’s very organized,” she shared. “A lot of people have this — well, I don’t think people actually have this image of Matthew anymore because, just the kind of work and things he’s been doing — but when we first start dating, it was this image of Matthew of getting high, laid back, no shirt, whatever. Which I’m like, ‘The guy doesn’t even smoke. What is this vision coming from?’ "
source: people.com
