Matthew McConaughey says he stopped smoking weed because of a Janet Jackson song

Matthew McConaughey has revealed a famous song by Janet Jackson is the reason he stopped smoking weed.

The Oscar winner spoke to Rolling Stone for their feature My Life In 10 Songs, with the 1993 single being included in the list. “What a cool, groovy little tune.

It’s also the reason I quit smoking weed,” the actor said, followed by a high-pitched laugh. He explained that he heard the song “right around the time weed started turning hydroponic,” providing a more hallucinatory experience.

He concluded: “I sat in the frickin’ car listening to ‘That’s the Way Love Goes’ 24 times because I thought, at the time, that that was more important than going to my own birthday party.

Love the song, didn’t love the weed. Still like the tune, though.”.

Recently, McConaughey recalled how name-dropping his former co-star, Jennifer Lopez, got him out of trouble with border police in Mexico.

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