Matthew McConaughey is getting candid about his past.
. While he wouldn't go into too much detail about either incident, he said he knew that something was wrong -- in both situations -- based on the guidance he received from his parents.
He continued,"And so he goes, and he's talking to me, he says, 'Son, as a male in the situation,' speaking to me about a heterosexual relationship, 'If you ever feel the girl, the female, hesitate, stop.' He even said this, he goes, 'You may even feel them hesitate, and then after you stop, they may go, oh, no, no, come on. Don't. Wait till next time.' And he was right, I got in certain senses where it was like, 'No, no, no. Ok, I'm out.
"I've had very good friends. I've had good mentors. I've had elder men, elder women, married couples, that pulled it off -- from celebrating 50-year anniversaries, that have taken the time to sit with me. My father and mother, you know, where the messenger and the message did not meet, is revealed a lot of times when we lose a father," he said, before sharing that sometimes he found his parents' advice and way of doing things to be hypocritical.