Woody Harrelson Confirms Matthew McConaughey’s Revelation They Might Be Biological Brothers, Calls for DNA Test: ‘I Mean, This Is Crazy’

Woody Harrelson is currently making the press rounds in support of his new HBO limited series White House Plumbers, which means it was only inevitable hed be asked about Matthew McConaugheys recent revelation that the two actors might actually be biological brothers. Harrelson confirmed the news during an interview on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.

Well, Ill just say there is some veracity to that thought because we talked to Ma Mac, Matthews legitimate mother, and she let us know one timeI mean, this is crazy, Harrelson said. We were in Greece watching the U.S. team win the World Cup and I dont know, I mentioned something about regrets. And I said, You know, its odd that my father has no regrets. And I have known Ma Mac a long time, and she goes, I knew your father. And it was the ellipses I found a little troubling, or interesting. Iknewyour father.'

Similar to McConaugheys version of the story, Harrelson realized immediately that Ma Macs revelation was filled with innuendo.

The year of [Matthews] birth, nine months before, she was on a sabbatical from her relationship with his supposed father, Jim, Harrelson added.

As McConaughey said in his version of the story, [Woodys] dad was on furlough at the same time that my mom and dad were in their second divorce. Then theres possible receipts and places out in West Texas where there might have been a gathering, or a meeting, or a knew moment.

Harrelson said that hes been pushing to get a DNA test to find out once and for all if him and McConaughey are related. The two actors are longtime friends and co-starred together in EDtv and True Detective. Their currently planning an onscreen reunion with the Apple TV+ comedy series Brother From Another Mother, in which theyll star as fictionalized versions of themselves as they move their families together under one room on a Texas ranch.

We want to go for a [DNA] test, but for him, its a much more big deal, Harrelson said. I mean he feels like he is losing a father. But Im like, no, youre gaining a different father and a brother.

Look, its a little easier for Woody to say, Come on, lets do [DNA tests], because whats the skin in it for him? McConaughey said earlier in the month. Its a little harder for me because hes asking me to take a chance to go, Wait a minute, youre trying to tell me my dad may not be my dad after 53 years of believing that? I got a little more skin in the game.

In the logline for Brother From Another Mother, Apple TV+ calls the show a heartfelt odd couple love story revolving around the strange and beautiful bond between Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.