{"id":2145,"date":"2025-05-07T14:29:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T14:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=2145"},"modified":"2025-05-07T14:29:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T14:29:00","slug":"matthew-mcconaugheys-wild-cowboy-boot-confession-stole-the-2009-acms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=2145","title":{"rendered":"Matthew McConaughey\u2019s Wild Cowboy Boot Confession Stole the 2009 ACMs"},"content":{"rendered":"

There were guitars. There were rhinestones. There were standing ovations. But no one \u2014 absolutely no one \u2014 expected the wildest, weirdest, and most wonderfully Texan moment of the 2009 ACM Awards to come from a guy who wasn\u2019t even holding a mic to sing. Enter Matthew McConaughey. The Oscar winner and proud Lone Star native walked out to present an award\u2026 and completely hijacked the moment with a cowboy boot confession so outrageous, so hilarious, and so perfectly timed that it overshadowed actual performances that night. And at the center of it? A pair of boots, a teenage bluff\u2026 and George Strait\u2019s name used in ways King George probably didn\u2019t authorize.<\/span><\/p>\n

With the 60th Annual ACM Awards<\/strong> just a few days away, it\u2019s always fun to take a walk down memory lane and look back at some of the most memorable moments from years past. To be honest, there\u2019s really not all that many of them\u2026<\/p>\n

We recently took a look back at Miranda Lambert\u2019s 2019 Oklahoma<\/strong> shade towards Blake Shelton during a performance of \u201cLittle Red Wagon,\u201d Alan Jackson\u2019s legendary drumstick<\/strong> protest, Rascal Flatts lip synching and many, many more.<\/p>\n

And today, we\u2019re taking it back to good ol\u2019 2009 and a longtime friend to the country music world. One of Texas\u2019 finest\u2026 Mr. Matthew McConaughey. But first, let\u2019s set the stage a little bit. If you remember that ol\u2019 Kenny Chesney song \u201cOut Last Night,\u201d there\u2019s a line in there that goes a little something like this:<\/p>\n

\u201cI was a doctor, a lawyer, a senator\u2019s son, Brad Pitt\u2019s brother, and a man on the run, anything I thought would get the job done.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The truth is, we\u2019ve probably have all been guilty of stretching the truth a time or two\u2026 hundred. I mean let\u2019s be honest, saying \u201cI\u2019m an associate at a real estate firm\u201d or \u201cI sell insurance\u201d isn\u2019t exactly going to have the ladies lining up outside your bedroom door, but most of us live relatively boring, average lives. And thanks to the plots in movies or songs, we get a little\u2026 insecure at times, and aren\u2019t exactly confident in just being ourselves. Sometimes you want to impress them, and sometimes\u2026 you\u2019re just bored.<\/p>\n

Guys do it, girls do it, we\u2019ve all done it\u2026 even the great Matthew McConaughey did it way back in 1987.<\/p>\n

At the 2009 ACM Awards, McConaughey told the story about how he and his brother met a couple ladies at a Dwight Yoakam concert in 1987. And when they asked the McConaughey brothers what they do for a living, they said without hesitation:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have an exclusive contract with George Strait, we custom make his boots. As a matter of fact, out in the parking lot in the trunk of our white Corvette, we have next year\u2019s new edition, white Ostrich quill, George Strait signed series that he\u2019s gonna wear on tour.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Naturally, the ladies wanted to see those boots, and needless to say\u2026 they, as McConaughey put it, obliged.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe got lucky that night, thank you George.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

To be fair, pulling a stunt like that was a lot easier in 1987, before the internet was readily available right there in your pocket, and the truth of any wild claims could be revealed with the quick press of a button. Hell, a lot of things were a lot easier in 1987\u2026 before the social media age. But even a stud like Matthew McConaughey proved that sometimes you just gotta embellish a little bit to close the deal.<\/p>\n

It was a rather hilarious moment, especially with King George sitting right there in the crowd. Even Carrie Underwood, who took home the ACM Entertainer of the Year award later that night, wanted to see those boots\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know what to say\u2026 I wanna see those boots Matthew.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

And even though Carrie said she was kidding\u2026 the crowd ROARED.<\/p>\n