Well alright, alright, alright.
In a wide-ranging recent interview with Brett Martin of GQ Magazine, actor Matthew McConaughey (finally) offered his thoughts on the name change debate swirling around the Washington Redskins.
"What interests me is how quickly it got pushed into the social consciousness," McConaughey said in the interview of the movement to alter the Redskins nickname. "We were all fine with it since the 1930s, and all of a sudden we go, 'No, gotta change it'? It seems like when the first levee breaks, everybody gets on board. I know a lot of Native Americans don't have a problem with it, but they're not going to say, 'No, we really want the name.' That's not how they're going to use their pulpit."
For McConaughey - who has been a Redskins fan since childhood and even took in a training camp practice in June with Washington owner Dan Snyder, according to USA Today Sports - this issue hits close to home.
McConaughey likened his thoughts on the matter to his own feelings on gun control - an idea he understands even if he doesn't totally agree with it.
"It's like my feeling about gun control: 'I get it. You have the right to have guns. But look, let's forget that right. Let's forget the pleasure you get safely on your range, because it's in the wrong hands in other places.'"
McConaughy went on to say that, though the team and the name are near and dear to his heart and he wishes it wouldn't change, it won't really affect him or his fandom if and when it does.
"It's not going to hurt me. It's just ... I love the emblem," McConaughey told GQ. "I dig it. It gives me a little fire and some oomph. But now that it's in the court of public opinion, it's going to change. I wish it wouldn't, but it will."
