Though Guy Fieri and Matthew McConaughey may seem like an odd pair, their friendship was built on shared values and shared meals. McConaughey discovered Fieri through his show “Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.” At the time, he was traveling cross-country in his airstream, and the series became a fast favorite of the actor, according to HuffPost.
In a speech at Fieri’s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony, McConaughey recounted his first interaction with the chef. Having become a huge fan, McConaughey mustered up the courage to call Fieri to ask for food recommendations. The first time went so well that McConaughey started sharing his road map with him. Eventually, McConaughey found himself back in Los Angeles, so he invited Fieri over. The “Dallas Buyer’s Club” star explained that, instead of meeting Fieri’s onscreen persona, he found himself with a “conscientious” man “who cared about family” and “cared about faith.” McConaughey elaborated that Fieri “could out-hustle a lot of people with equal talent; out-work them.”
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Citing Fieri’s “authenticity,” McConaughey summarized his friend in this way: “in a business where you can be anyone you want to be, you’ve been you the whole time, and that ain’t easy.”
