Without saying who he really is "Matthew McConaughey making calls as he weighs running for Texas governor - "

"Everybody loves you until you take a position. Right now you have a blank slate. You could go to a campaign event with him and get to meet a movie star but it's a little different when he says he's pro-life or pro-choice and there's 50 other issues you could pick on that would have the same effect," said a senior Texas Republican operative. "There's a difference between asking if it's a good idea or really running."

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/16/matthew-mcconaughey-texas-governor-run-488536