Matthew McConaughey 'pi**ed off' with pal Lance Armstrong

Lance Armstrong and Matthew McConaughey

Actor Matthew McConaughey is reportedly "pi**ed off" with his longtime pal and disgraced cycler Lance Armstrong in the wake of the athlete's admission of doping while competing.

Despite being angry with Armstrong, McConaughey is also reportedly feels sorry for him and relieved that he never confided in him.

McConaughey told MTV News at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah: "My first reaction was I was p***ed off. I was mad. I then got kind of sad for him. First off, I had a part of me that took it kind of personally, which I think a lot of people have."

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"For him, it was impersonal because he was living a lie. It was a whole unanimous facade he had to carry around."

"What I realised is that those of us that took that personally, like, 'Oh, he lied to me,' it's not true. What I mean by this is, what was he supposed to do? Call me to the side and go, 'Hey man, I did it but don't tell anybody.' Then I would have really had a reason to be p***ed off at him, going, 'You want me to walk around holding this?'"

The father-of-three - who is married to model Camila Alves - has been good friends with Lance for years and they have often been spotted working out together near their nearby homes in Austin, Texas.

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It was previously reported that Matthew - who is still in the process of regaining weight after dropping to 135 pounds for his role as a HIV patient in the upcoming movie 'The Dallas Buyers Club' - was among those being considered to play the cyclist in a movie about his life.

However Matt Damon is now reportedly first in line to star in the biopic, which will be made by J.J Abrams' production company, Bad Robot, along with Paramount Pictures, who just closed a deal to acquire the rights to the forthcoming book 'Cycle Of Lies: The Fall Of Lance Armstrong' by Juliet Macur.

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Shane MacGowan was so drunk while filming the video for 'Fairytale of New York' that Matt Dillon had to hold him up

Shane MacGowan

The Irish hellraiser enlisted the Hollywood actor to star as a policeman in the video accompanying his festive song but Matt, 48, revealed Shane was so intoxicated as they filmed it in a New York police station, he had to hold him up.

Matt said: "There was a pile of drinking going on. That's The Pogues - drinking.

"Even if I'd wanted to catch up, I couldn't because they were so out there.

"Shane was pretty liquored-up, so when I was holding his arm, he could have gone down the stairs."
Shane - who turned 55 Christmas Day, admitted the policemen were not impressed at his drunkenness while filming the video in their station in 1987.

He said: "We nearly all got arrested because we did the jail scenes in the nick and we were all really p****d."

The festive classic also features the late singer Kirsty MacColl and was the most played Christmas song on UK radio in 2012.

Ben Affleck finds working with his old friend and “Good Will Hunting” partner Matt Damon easy

Ben Affleck & Matt Damon

The 40-year-old actor and director - who is tipped to win an Oscar next year for his latest movie 'Argo' - said that working with his 42-year-old best friend takes the pressure off because they know each other so well and always tell each other the truth.

He told E! News at the Artios Awards in Beverly Hills last night (29.10.12): "The nice thing about working with Matt, somebody that you've known a long time, is you don't have to worry about how you're going to get along or what the process is going to be like.

"We've developed a pretty good story over the years and we don't lie to each other. If it's not good, we say it's not good. And it makes the whole process a lot easier."

The close friends and former college roommates - who previously teamed up for their film 'Good Will Hunting' which scored two Oscars including Best Original Screenplay at the prestigious awards ceremony in 1998 - are reuniting for an upcoming film about mobster James 'Whitey' Bulger.

The father-of-three - who has been married to 'Butter' actress Jennifer Garner for more than seven years - will direct the flick and Matt will play the lead character James Bulger, the notorious Massachusetts fugitive who disappeared for 16 years before being caught in Santa Monica in 2011.

Ben's younger brother Casey Affleck will also co-star in the film as James Bulger's politician brother Billy.

Matt Damon says his happiest moments were in bed making his children

Matt Damon

The 'Contagion' actor has three daughters, Isabella, five, Gia, three and Stella, 14 months with his wife Luciana Barroso and is also stepfather to her daughter Alexia, 12, from a previous relationship and the Hollywood hunk says his family are the most important part of his life.

Asked by Vanity Fair for their Proust questionnaire, when and where he was happiest, Matt answered: "In our bed, making our children, and in the hospital watching them being born."

Matt also revealed his personal motto is "Don't be a d-bag."
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Matt has previously revealed he loves being surrounded by females even though his daughters find it easy to manipulate him.

He said: "When Isabella was 18 months, she was trying to get a treat out of me. I said no and she asked me again so I caved in.

"Then my wife came into the room. Isabella looked up at her mother, shyly smiled and put her head down. I knew that at 18 months old, this creature had control over me.

"Men don't have a chance. I feel we're such different species."

Matt Damon slams Barack Obama for not having enough 'balls'

Matt Damon & Barack Obama ((Courtesy of NY DailyNews/Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images; Bloomberg)

The 'We Bought The 'We Bought The 'We Bought A Zoo' actor was a huge supporter of Obama in the run-up to him winning the US presidency election in November 2008 but says he's been disappointed in how he has run the country.

He told America's ELLE magazine: "I've talked to a lot of people who worked for Obama at the grassroots level. One of them said to me, 'Never again. I will never be fooled again by a politician.' You know, a one-term president with some balls who actually got stuff done would have been, in the long run of the country, much better."

However, Matt says he does have some sympathy with Obama because he has a lot to deal with, including ongoing negotiations over the country's debt ceiling.

He said. "I don't know what you do in the face of that kind of intransigence. So, my heart does go out to the president. He is dealing with a lot."

This is not the first time Matt has criticised Obama and the decisions he has made over the past three years.

He recently said: "I really think he misinterpreted his mandate. A friend of mine said to me the other day, I thought it was a great line, 'I no longer hope for audacity.' He's doubled down on a lot of things, going back to education ... the idea that we're testing kids and we're tying teachers' salaries to how kids are performing on tests, that kind of mechanized thinking has nothing to do with higher order. We're training them, not teaching them."

Matt Damon wanted Ben Affleck to "fire" himself from his new film, 'Argo'

Matt and Ben

The 'Contagion' actor wants to work with his 'Good Will Hunting' writing partner again and is jealous of the role Ben has cast himself in for his next directorial endeavor.

He said: "Ben's making a great movie now called 'Argo'. It's really, really good.

"I can't get him to put me in it because he took the best role. He took the lead. I called him and was like, 'Dude, why don't you fire yourself and put me in it man? I'd be great in this.' "

Despite the disappointment, Matt is still looking forward to working with Ben again in the future.

He added: "We really want to work together again. We have a couple of things we're developing, so we're hoping we can work together."

Ben's career stalled a decade ago with a string of flop movies and Matt feels "vindicated" that his friend has now got his professional life back on track.

He said: "That was really hard for me to watch as his friend, because I didn't think it was fair to him.

"It's more of a relief to me, to be honest. As his writing partner, I know how great he is. I always knew that better than anybody, so now I just feel vindicated. Everything is right with the Force again."