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Matthew McConaughey hails fellow Texan Nick Foles with a full page ad

An Academy Award winner congratulates a Super Bowl winning quarterback.

Matthew McConaughey (left) congratulated Eagles quarterback and Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles with full-page ad in Texas newspaper on Sunday.
Matthew McConaughey (left) congratulated Eagles quarterback and Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles with full-page ad in Texas newspaper on Sunday.Read moreAP File Photos

Actor Matthew McConaughey is known for his support of all things Texan and on Sunday he took out a full page ad in the Austin Statesman to celebrate the success of another Lone Stater: Eagles Super Bowl winning quarterback Nick Foles.

"From one local to another, Congratulations Nick Foles. just keep livin, Matthew McConaughey," the ad, featuriing a map of Texas, said.

Foles was born and raised in Austin, where his parents, Larry and Melissa Foles, operate a string of restaurants called Eddie V's. Foles graduated in 2007 from Westlake High School, before going to the University of Arizona.

No word yet on what the ad cost.

McConaughey, by the way, is said to be a huge fan of the Washington Redskins.