Matthew McConaughey Slams Hollywood Elites For Expecting Trump Supporters To Accept Election Results Immediately

Matthew McConaughey opened up about the election since he felt that some Hollywood elite were being hypocritical for believing that President Donald Trump's supporters would easily accept the 2020 election results.

McConaughey, 51, appeared in Russell Brand's "Under the Skin" podcast. During his guesting, he slammed the celebrities who "condescend" and "patronize" conservatives when asked if he noticed a "condemnation and criticism of ordinary working people" in the entertainment industry when it comes to politics.

"[There is] a kind of offhandedness, like, ‘Oh, they’re dumb, they’re voting for Brexit, they’re voting for Trump.’ I don’t like it, and I don’t like to hear it," he was quoted by Page Six, as saying.

"There are a lot [of people] on that illiberal left that absolutely condescend, patronize, and are arrogant towards the other 50 percent."

The "Beach Bum" star noted how liberals mock some conservatives who refuse to accept Joe Biden's 2020 election win stressing that back in 2016, many were also in denial when Trump was elected as president.

"I’m sure you saw it in our industry when Trump was voted in four years ago, they were in denial that was real. Some of them were in absolute denial," he continued.

McConaughey added that it would also be hypocritical for them to believe that Trump supporters would easily accept the election results and give up on challenging Biden's win.

"[Now] it looks like Biden’s our guy. Now you’ve got the right that’s in denial, cause their side has fake news. And I understand, they’ve been fed fake news. No one knows what the hell to believe, right? So they’re putting down their last bastion of defense," he added.

McConaughey also appeared on TIME 100 Talks and spoke with Edward Felsenthal, editor-in-chief and CEO of TIME. They discussed America's fractured politics and the "True Detective" actor acknowledged the divide in the country brought about by the election.

"I think what this year’s election did is expose what we all kind of didn’t want to say out loud: that there is a great divide and there has been a great divide," he said.

"My hunch is that moving forward in this time where people have run to the extremes is that there’s a common denominator of values that we can all agree on that are bipartisan and nondenominational.”

McConaughey seemingly hinted that he will be running for governor of Texas in November when asked if he would be interested. The "Dallas Buyers Club" star said the decision would depend on the people.

“I don’t know. I mean, that wouldn’t be up to me. It would be up to the people more than it would me. Look, politics seems to be a broken business to me right now. And when politics redefine its purpose, I could be a hell of a lot more interested,” McConaughey said.