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Matthew McConaughey Says Woody Harrelson Could Be His ACTUAL Brother
The crippled of EDtv has come existent successful truthful galore ways, but this really was the past happening we were expecting.
Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson played brothers successful the 1999 drama astir a video store clerk who agrees to fto his full beingness go a world show. And portion countless mean radical person followed suit since by letting cameras travel them astir to entertain the masses, the anticipation has present been floated that the member portion of their cinematic scenario mightiness beryllium the realest portion of all.
"In Greece a fewer years ago, we're sitting astir talking astir however adjacent we are and our families," McConaughey said connected the April 11 occurrence of Kelly Ripa's Let's Talk Off Camera podcast while reflecting connected his and Harrelson's 25-year friendship. "And my ma is there, and she says, 'Woody, I knew your dad.' Everyone was alert of the ellipses that my ma near aft 'knew.' It was a loaded K-N-E-W."
So, the actors "did immoderate math" and it turned retired that Harrelson's dada was connected furlough from situation during a clip that coincided with McConaughey's parents' 2nd divorce. (They aboriginal remarried and remained so until Jim McConaughey died successful 1992. Charles Harrison died successful a national supermax installation successful Colorado, wherever helium was serving 2 beingness sentences for murder, successful 2007.)
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Of his present 91-year-old ma Kay's imaginable brushwood with Charles, McConaughey, 53, said there could be "receipts and places retired successful West Texas wherever determination mightiness person been a gathering, oregon a meeting, oregon a 'knew' moment."
Yet he and Harrelson, 61, person ne'er taken DNA tests to corroborate 1 mode oregon another, the Oscar victor noting that, astatine this point, "I got a small much tegument successful the game."
But portion that enigma percolates, determination are tons of celebrities who are definitely related, truthful scroll connected to spot the results of each of our existent detective work:
Robyn & Blake Lively
The Teen Witch prima and the Gossip Girl alum are half-sisters who stock the aforesaid mom, endowment manager Elaine Lively.
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Elle King & Rob Schneider
The "Ex's & Oh's" vocalist is the SNL vet's daughter, calved from his narration with erstwhile exemplary London King.
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Ludacris & Monica
The rapper and Fast & Furious franchise prima is cousins with the R&B vocalist acknowledgment to her stepfather, Reverend Edward Best, who happens to beryllium Luda's uncle.
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Conan O'Brien & Denis Leary
The late-night big and the Rescue Me creator are 3rd cousins.
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Steven Spielberg & Jessica Capshaw
The onetime Grey's Anatomy doc has called the legendary manager stepdad ever since helium joined her ma Kate Capshaw successful 1991.
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Yara Shahidi & Nas
The Grown-ish prima calls the rapper her 2nd cousin. She was adjacent the angiosperm miss successful his 2005 wedding with present ex-wife Kelis!
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Lea Thompson & Zoey Deutch
The prima of The Politician is besides the girl of the Back to the Future icon.
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Kiefer Sutherland & Sarah Sutherland
Not lone did the Veep vet marque a sanction for herself playing a celebrated girl connected the HBO comedy, but she's besides a celebrated girl successful existent life. The erstwhile Jack Bauer star is her father.
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Phil & Lily Collins
Some Emily successful Paris viewers were très shocked to observe Lily is the girl of the English Grammy winner.
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Amy Schumer & Chuck Schumer
The comedian and the New York Senator are really related, arsenic he's the archetypal relative of her father.
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Kate Middleton & Dakota and Elle Fanning
According to a 2014 People interview, a household historiographer from Ancestry.com claimed that the Fannings and the Duchess of Cambridge are each descendants of King Edward III, who ruled England from 1327 to 1377, making them precise distant relatives—21st cousins, to beryllium exact.
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Jonah Hill & Beanie Feldstein
The actors are really member and sister!
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Jason Sudeikis & George Wendt
The SNL alum calls the Cheers icon Uncle George whenever helium seems him. At least, we presume helium does.
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Stephen & Frank Dillane
Yep, Game of Thrones' Stannis Baratheon is the real-life dada of Fear the Walking Dead's Nick Clark.
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Lily Allen & Sam Smith
The brunette quality and the soulful "Stay With Me" crooner are 3rd cousins. During a vigor interview, Smith admitted that the brace person ne'er met due to the fact that their household is "huge."
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Liev & Pablo Schreiber
The Salt histrion and the memorable Law & Order: SVU impermanent prima are half-brothers.
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Melissa & Jenny McCarthy
You whitethorn not person guessed but the Bridesmaids comedian and The View co-host are cousins.
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Daisy Lowe & Gavin Rossdale
The gorgeous British exemplary is the eldest kid of the Bush pb singer. The begetter and daugher archetypal met erstwhile Lowe was 14 aft she requested a paternity test.
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Julia & Emma Roberts
The We're the Millers histrion has the cleanable mentor successful the Pretty Woman star, who happens to beryllium her auntie.
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Lacey & David Schwimmer
Who knew the stunning Dancing With the Stars pro is 2nd cousins with the Friends star?
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Alexander & Stellan Skarsgård
The sexy True Blood vampire caught the acting bug from his beloved aged dada who stars successful both The Avengers and Thor franchises.
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Sofia Coppola, Jason Schwartzman, Nicolas Cage & Francis Ford Coppola
The Ghost Rider histrion comes from an highly talented family. One of his cousins directed The Bling Ring, the different starred in Saving Mr. Banks and his uncle directed The Godfather.
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Lily & Alfie Allen
The outspoken British vocalist is the older sister of the Game of Thrones star. She adjacent wrote a opus astir him titled "Alfie."
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Brooke Shields & Glenn Close
The Damages prima and the Lipstick Jungle histrion are 2nd cousins.
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Shirley MacLaine & Warren Beatty
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty histrion primitively inspired her babe member to get into amusement business.
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Rashida & Quincy Jones
The gorgeous Parks and Recreation histrion is the girl of the legendary euphony producer.
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Tom Cruise & William Mapother
The Lost histrion has a precise celebrated relative successful the Mission: Impossible enactment star.
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Brandy & Snoop Dogg
The "Drop It Like It's Hot" rapper is archetypal cousins with The Game actress and her brother, Ray J.
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Charlie Sheen & Emilio Estevez
The Anger Management prima is the youngest member of The Breakfast Club actor.
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Bryce Dallas Howard & Ron Howard
The Twilight actress astir apt gets large vocation proposal from her pop, who directed Rush and A Beautiful Mind.
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