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  • 2017-05-10 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Matthew McConaughey 'Come Out of the Closet'? (en)
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  • In May 2017, the web site Conservative Post published an article about actor Matthew McConaughey that was misleadingly titled: MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY Just ‘CAME OUT OF THE CLOSET’, But Will It HURT His Career? Although the article's title used the phrase came out of the closet, which is commonly used to refer to individuals deciding not to conceal the fact that they are gay and subsequently informing their friends, family, and potentially the public about their sexual preference, no such personal admission was included in the text. The Conservative Post was evidently using a more generic interpretation of the term out of the closet in its headline, in this case referring to somebody who has revealed a personal secret. What was his secret? The web site heavily implied that McConaughey's big reveal is that he identifies as a Christian: However, even this interpretation is misleading at best. In order for McConaughey to come out of the closet about his religion, it would have required the actor to have been keeping his religion a secret. This recent interview with GQ was far from the first time McConaughey has talked about his faith. In 2001, he told interviewers that he was raised Methodist, not southern Baptist, in 2008, the actor told People Magazine that he named his son Levi after a Biblical character, and when the actor won the Best Actor award at the 2014 Academy Awards he thanked God: In fact, this recent interview to which the Conservative Post refers was actually published in 2014. (en)
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