Matthew McConaughey says writing his new memoir was a “wonderful mental and spiritual exercise”

Speaking during an appearance on ‘Loose Women’s special ‘Loose Men’ episode - which was held to honour International Men’s Day on Thursday (19.11.20) - he said: “It was a wonderful mental and spiritual exercise to go back and look at my life over the years. To go back and look at who you’ve been and how you got here … I would recommend that to anybody.

“I thought I was going to be embarrassed and ashamed, and I was in many places. But I also noticed I laughed at myself a whole lot more than I thought I would. Places I thought I was going to be embarrassed, looking back I ended up laughing my a** off. The places I thought I was going to be ashamed, I ended up saying ‘I forgive you for that’.

Matthew was then asked by the ‘Loose Men’ panel - Marvin Humes, Ronan Keating, Iain Stirling, and Roman Kemp - about his advice for dealing with mental health.

And the ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ star insisted the “best tool” he’s ever had is knowing “when to take a little time” for himself.

He explained: “Overall what I think anybody can do … talking about International Men’s Day and mental health … the best tool that I’ve had is being able to know when to take a little time for me. Step away, go to a little solitude.

“Whether that’s an hour a day for exercise, whether that’s meditating, whether that’s a prayer in church on Sunday, whether that’s putting on a backpack and going to a foreign land where you don’t speak the language and they don’t know your name. Just a little quiet time when we are stuck with ourselves - even though we may not like the company at that time - is really valuable time.”