Reword and rewrite the following article in HTML, use a hip journalistic writing style and make the heading statements in H3 or bold font where necessary: No, this isn’t a stoner comedy scene from a Woody Harrelson or Matthew McConaughey movie (or better yet, starring McConaughey’s mom). It’s not a dream, and it’s definitely not an AI-generated clip making the rounds online.
It’s a real story, straight from the mouths of the actors themselves, shared on Where Everybody Knows Your Name, the podcast hosted by Harrelson alongside Ted Danson. The show is basically an excuse for longtime friends and Hollywood insiders to sit down, loosen up, and swap stories about their careers, their lives, and the kind of behind-the-scenes moments that don’t usually make it into press junkets. And this one is as vivid as it gets.
Picture it: Woody Harrelson—chaotic by nature, even stone-cold sober—and Matthew McConaughey’s mother, both very high, setting off smoke detectors in a bar and having to make a run for it while staff chased them down the hallway. Twice.
Harrelson and McConaughey have one of those friendships that goes way beyond co-stars, usually seen (and felt by themselves) as siblings. A full-on bromance. In fact, they’ve leaned into that dynamic so much that they’re starring together in an upcoming comedy series, Brother From Another Mother. There, they play exaggerated versions of themselves, going through life, friendship, and family chaos under the same Texas ranch roof.
So no, it’s not shocking that weed has been part of the picture at some point. What is a little more unhinged is the fact that McConaughey’s mother was right there with Harrelson, sharing the puff-and-pass.
Things take an even better turn when Ted Danson, between laughs, whiskey, and compliments, brings up McConaughey’s dimples. Harrelson immediately runs with it.
Is Woody Harrelson In Love With Matthew McConaughey’s Mom?
“I love her,” Harrelson says as McConaughey watches him.
The episode stars laughter, whiskey, and compliments. Then, at some point, Ted Danson brings up McConaughey’s dimples, and Harrelson immediately jumps on the comment. “The dimples… where the f*** did you get those dimples?” McConaughey laughs, perhaps sensing there might be more behind the question, given the long and slightly mysterious history shared by both families (more on that later) and shrugs it off with a casual, “Come on.” Then he adds, “They’re from mom.”
Here, the conversation takes a sharp turn. “Him and my mom have a major crush on each other”, McConaughey says. Harrelson doesn’t deny it for a second. “I do love her,” he says. “I love her.” And that’s when things get interesting.
McConaughey explains that his mother and Woody were kicked out of two bars for smoking weed. “Setting a fire alarm was one, and the other one was just like: ‘That’s illegal. What the hell y’all doing? Get out of here.’ And they ran.”
Harrelson confirms every detail. “We ran. But we ran the first time too, when that fire alarm went on. Both times we got out of trouble”. Just the two of them:
