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Actor Matthew McConaughey showed his lifelong fan base of the Washington Redskins on Sunday as a team that is now known. The commandersWas ready to play in the NFC championship.
McConaughey posted a photo of a tiny Letterman jacket with the Redskins logo on the left.
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Matthew McConaughey took part in the game between the Washington Redskins and the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Fedex Field in Landover, Maryland, on September 12, 2016. (Brad Mills-USA Today Sports)
“Since 1974,” he titled the contribution to X.
While the fans of the “Interstellar” star apparently surprised that he would be a fan of Washington, McConaughey spoke about his support for the NFL team in 2014.
He told GQ magazine He became a fan through old western films. He said he was “enthusiastic about the Indians” and because he likes Hamburger, he likes the Redskins because of her linebacker Chris Hanburger.
At that time too pressed out his support For maintaining the Redskins nickname. The then team owner Daniel Snyder had sworn not to change the name, but did this in 2020, in the middle of a summer full of racist tensions in the USA
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Matthew McConaughey smiles before the Washington Redskins play against the Pittsburgh Steelers on September 12, 2016 in the Fedex Field. (Brad Mills-USA Today Sports)
“What interests me is how quickly it got into social awareness,” he told the magazine at the time. “We have all agreed since the 1930s, and suddenly we thought: ‘No, do I have to change that?’ When the first dike breaks, everyone seems to participate. I know that many American people have no problem with it, but they won’t say: “No, we really want the name.” So they won’t use their pulpit.
“It is like my feeling about gun control: ‘I understand. You have the right to have weapons. But let’s see, we forget this right. Let’s forget the joy that you have on your shooting range because it is in the wrong hands in other places. ‘ . ‘”
The name Redskins is still a hot topic for fans of the franchise. It seemed to be the old logo somehow honored Since the franchise wants to build a new stadium on the old RFK site.
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As a commander, McConaughey is still supporting the team and will see exactly how Washington wants to reach the Super Bowl for the first time since the 1991 season.
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