Matthew McConaughey Flogs His Car For Flood Fund

Hey you! Do you straddle the line separating 'conscientious charity-giver' and 'materialistic gatherer of celebrity tat'? You do? Then have we ever got an offer for you! Matthew McConaughey is selling his car for charity.

Which charity is Matthew McConaughey selling his car for? His hair transplant top-up fund? A charity to find him films that aren't hopelessly contrived romantic comedies? No, and how dare you suggest that. In fact, Matthew McConaughey is auctioning off his 1971 Corvette Stingray on eBay to raise money for Oprah's Angels, a charity which will help raise money to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. 

Is there a more dreamy man alive than Matthew McConaughey? Officially the answer is no - he's already the sexiest man alive, his films are mostly sappily-plotted romantic comedies for girls and, since Penelope Cruz dumped him, he's probably single, too. What more could you ask for in a man? Someone who's found by policemen dancing round his living room stoned and naked and playing the bongos? Matthew McConaughey's already there, sister. Someone who donates a load of his stuff to charity? He's got you there, too.

Matthew McConaughey is auctioning off his 1971 Corvette Stingray to help Oprah Winfrey's entirely heterosexual Oprah's Angels charity raise money for victims of Hurricane Katrina. Hopefully, judging by what Matthew McConaughey has written about the car, he'll be able to keep some money back to buy a new 'G' key on his keyboard, too:

"I’ve gone to Mexico & back in it, driven across Texas in it…lotta late night drives…take off at midnight and get on the open highway with the top down…top was very seldom up in my drives. Enough room in the trunk for one persons back pack, or two for real light travel. I admire and enjoy this car, but it’s a luxury that I’m willin to relinquish at this point because I am fortunate enough to have everythin I need, and the sale of it will help so many with the necessities in life…part of stayin connected with an on-goin cause to help those in need for the long term…besides, I can’t pull my Airstream with it!"

Anyone interested in buying Matthew McConaughey's car had better have a few quid - the current bid is for $44,100.50, and there's still six days left to the price to rocket in. But what price can you really put on a blue car that the bloke out of Reign Of Fire has sat in a few times?

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Matthew McConaughey's Corvette eBay Store - eBay

[story by Stuart Heritage]