As I was putting her to sleep, I looked at her and thought, "Oh my god!" Mary Kathlene, her mother-in law, was "full of s---t", she said. "So, I just flipped it on her, and brought my spicy Brazilian and Latin side and let her have it."

Camila Alvarez looks back on the difficulties she faced when she began dating her husband, Matthew McConaughey.

The model, who appeared on the Monday episode of Southern Living’s Biscuits & Jam Podcast, recalled that she had been "tested" by Matthew McCabe's mother, Mary Kathlene McCabe, AKA Kay, AKA Ma Mac, at the start of their relationship. She also revealed how she managed to win her mother-in law's approval.

She did all of these things as soon as I entered the picture. She was testing me. "I mean, was really testing me," Camilla said. "She called me all the names of Matthew's former girlfriends. She would speak Spanish to me in an extremely broken way. It was a little demeaning. "I mean, I'm talking about all sorts of stuff."

Ma Mac was invited to accompany her to Istanbul for a modeling gig. The trip included first-class air travel. The trip did not go as planned.

Camilla remembered: "She told me stories the entire way, on the plane to Istanbul. She put all of these things into my head." "Enough so that when we landed I was like 'OK alright. Let me buckle up. "Let me prepare for this situation.

"And then, about day three, as I was taking her into her room, she got into something else that wasn't my business to share and she started crying. I thought, Oh my god! You know, "Ma Mac!" "I'm sorry," she said. As I was putting her to sleep, I looked at her and thought, "Oh my god." She's a s---t."

Camilla continued, "So, I turned it around on her, and brought her my spicy Brazilian and Latin side. I let her have that." "So, I went at her again, and we had a back-and-forth, back-and forth. Then, at the end, I just saw her look at me and say, "OK." "Now you're in."

She acknowledged that it was a test and noted that "all Ma Mac wanted for me was to fight back."

Camilla said, "From that night forward we [have] had the most amazing relationship." "I have such respect for her." She has such a great deal of respect for me.

She said, many years later that although things "can get tricky at times," she and mother-in law "always finish with a good joke and a laugh."

Camila and Matthew met in 2006. They married in 2012. The couple has three children, Levi, Vida, and Livingston.

Camila stated that her husband and mother in law are "very alike in many ways."

When we started dating, there was an image of Matthew that was laid-back, high and without a shirt. The guy doesn't smoke, I thought. "Where is this vision from?" She explained. "He is actually the opposite and is like his mother. She is very organized, minimalistic, on time and prepared. He gets many of these traits from her.

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Title: Camila Alves Recalls Being Tested By Matthew McConaughey's Mom When They Started Dating
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Published Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2023 15:49:30 +0000

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