This was the day Matthew McConaughey saved his baby's life
Matthew McConaughey.
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While the career of Matthew McConaughey is full of successes and achievements, not everything in her life has been honey on flakes, she has made it known himself through his book “Greenlights”, and several interviews where has opened up about the obstacles he has had to overcome in his personal life.
One of them is the one in which he was about to lose his son, but by fate, he managed to prevent this tragedy, a story he shared during one of his visits on the program “Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show.”
According to McConaughey, everything happened during the trip that he undertook with his family to the Grand Canyon, located in Arizona. However, what began as an adventure, almost ended in tragedy due to the unexpected fall that was to one of his sons about to suffer.
“I was approached by a mountain ram on the edge of the Grand Canyon and I had to pitch my 6 month old son Levi (now he has 10 years) into the air, towards my wife, to save him “, the actor told the cameras of the program during the section True confessions .
The winner of the Oscar Award for best actor explained that he was enjoying a picnic with his wife, Camila Alves, and their little baby, when a ram appeared wild to break into your lunch . The unexpected visit caused the barking of the family dog and this only complicated the situation, as the wild animal pounced on them.
Matthew McConaughey’s instinct made him seek to protect his wife and son, so he decided the baby in the air towards Camila who had managed to avoid the animal and was already down the mountain: “We were between him and all his females, he did not want any other male scent on his mountain. My attitude was: ‘It’s your mountain, sir,’ “said the famous.
Fortunately, the experience did not end in tragedy, but remains present in his memory as one of the most terrifying moments, because not only his life , but that of his loved ones was in danger.
