The Texas actor opened up about his upbringing on the video podcast Good Trouble with pro tennis player Nick Kyrgios. McConaughey famously grew up in the small town of Uvalde, Texas, but his father decided to move the family to Longview in hopes of benefiting from the oil boom.

Matthew McConaughney detailed his childhood struggles while in a conversation with Nick Kyrgios on his podcast. The actor recalled living in a small town and his father almost going bankrupt. The Oscar-winning actor revealed that he and his family had to move out of Uvalde,