“We talked to Ma Mac, Matthew’s legitimate mother, and she let us know one time…

I mean, this is crazy.

And I said, ‘You know, it’s odd that my father has no regrets.'”

Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey

Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey.David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images

In response, Harrelson said that McConaughey’s mother told him, “I knew… your father.”

He added, “It was the ellipses I found a little troubling.

‘I knew… your father.'”

I mean, he feels like he is losing a father.

But I’m like, no, you’re gaining a different father and a brother."

McConaughey shared his side of the story while onKelly Ripa’sLet’s Talk Off Camerapodcast last week.

“It was a loaded ‘k-n-e-w,'” he said on the podcast.

“This is what we’re on the precipice of now.

he said at the time.

I’ve got a little more skin in the game!”

Watch Harrelson discuss his connection to McConaughey in the clip above.