{"id":741239,"date":"2026-07-03T17:03:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T17:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/741239\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T17:03:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T17:03:11","slug":"matthew-mcconaughey-fires-up-americans-with-patriotic-speech-for-independence-day-250th-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/741239\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew McConaughey fires up Americans with patriotic speech for Independence Day 250th celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Freedom 250 is for everybody: Vanilla Ice<\/a> <\/p>\n

Rapper Vanilla Ice joins ‘The Story’ to discuss his commitment to performing at the America 250 Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C., despite other artists dropping out. He expresses strong patriotism, urging Americans to unite for the nation’s 250th birthday celebration. Ice contrasts his positive outlook with actor Robert De Niro’s recent critical remarks about the country’s leadership.<\/p>\n

Matthew McConaughey<\/a> is amping people up ahead of the 4th of July<\/a>.<\/p>\n

America’s 250th birthday<\/a> is on Saturday, and I can guarantee you the celebrations will be fun, wild and full of patriotism.<\/p>\n

I hope you already got your grill supplies and beer on ice. Failure to prepare is preparing to fail, and that’s not acceptable for Independence Day.<\/p>\n

CARRIE UNDERWOOD, GARY SINISE LEAD STARS WHO’VE SHARED WHY THEY’RE PROUD TO BE AMERICANS<\/a><\/p>\n

McConaughey certainly appears ready.<\/p>\n

\"Fireworks <\/p>\n

vibrant new years banner with fireworks and cheering crowd (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Matthew McConaughey<\/a> releases pro-America 4th of July message.<\/p>\n

The popular actor hopped on X early Friday morning to hype up Americans ahead of the celebrations starting tonight and rolling into the weekend.<\/p>\n

Say no more. Sold.<\/p>\n

BILL MAHER TELLS LIBERALS TO STOP ‘PARTISAN SULKING’ AND JOIN AMERICA 250 PARTY<\/a><\/p>\n

\"AUSTIN, <\/p>\n

AUSTIN, TEXAS – NOVEMBER 17: Matthew McConaughey speaks during the 2024 Texas Book Festival at the First Baptist Church on November 17, 2024 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Gary Miller\/Getty Images) ((Photo by Gary Miller\/Getty Images))<\/p>\n

The “True Detective” star said the following, in part, in the video:<\/p>\n

So, here we are today lighting the fire, breaking the bread, raising a glass to our family and friends, and maybe even the neighbor we don’t agree with. Today, we’re going to let the kids run barefoot after dark, baby. That’s the celebration. Not that we’ve arrived anywhere, but to the fact we’re still on our way. Take inventory, with the one in the mirror and together. Here’s to more dancing in the home of the brave. Happy 250th, America. Just keep living.<\/p>\n

LEE GREENWOOD SAYS HE’S ‘VERY PROUD’ TO STAND NEXT TO TRUMP DURING AMERICA’S 250TH CELEBRATION<\/a><\/p>\n

You can watch his full comments in the video below, and let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.<\/p>\n

Are you ready to run through a brick wall? I certainly am. Nothing like a little McConaughey hype speech to get the juices flowing for the 4th of July<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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He’s also 100% correct that it’s supposed to be a celebration<\/a> about the best of America. It’s about bringing people together.<\/p>\n

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It’s about reminding ourselves that we live in the greatest country on the planet<\/a>, and there is no close second.<\/p>\n

\"Matthew <\/p>\n

Matthew McConaughey poses in the Getty Images Portrait Studio Presented by IMDb and IMDbPro at SXSW 2025 on March 10, 2025 in Austin, Texas. ((Photo by Robby Klein\/Getty Images for IMDb))<\/p>\n

Do you have any exciting plans to celebrate America’s birthday<\/a>? Let me know at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.<\/p>\n

David Hookstead is a reporter for OutKick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Freedom 250 is for everybody: Vanilla Ice Rapper Vanilla Ice joins ‘The Story’ to discuss his commitment to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":741240,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[57362,236,88,10633,259935,146885],"class_list":["post-741239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-america-250","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-matthew-mcconaughey","tag-outkick-culture","tag-patriotism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=741239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/741240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=741239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=741239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=741239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}