Watch Kate Hudson Do the Best Matthew McConaughey Impression You've Ever Seen

Meriah Doty
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There are some pretty great Matthew McConaughey impersonations out there, but Kate Hudson has just taken it to a whole new level.

Hudson and McConaughey go back a long way, having starred together in two rom-coms and also doing some friendly vacationing. Her familiarity with the 44-year-old Oscar winner showed when she took the stage on Tuesday night at his American Cinematheque honors in Beverly Hills.

Hudson happily shared some epic McConaughey memories, recalling a time — way before the so-called McConaissance — when they got scuba-certified for 2008’s Fools Gold off the coast of Australia: “We’re way out in the Great Barrier Reef and I had just found out that my divorce had been finalized. I was terrified of swimming with sharks and I was just… staring at the water, like, ‘What’s happened in my life?’” Hudson recalled saying. “Out of the water pops Matthew — no shirt, full gear, spits out the regulator…” Then she launched into arguably the most dead-on impression of the Dallas Buyers Club actor ever performed: “He’s like [laughing], ‘Come onnn, Hudson. Let’s go, baby. Uh-huh… It’s like 1969 down there, baby. It’s Woodstock, man.”

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That set off the audience, including McConaughey leading ladies Reese Witherspoon, Anne Hathaway, Jennifer Garner, and Jessica Chastain, roaring with laughter, marking the biggest highlight during a highlight-packed night.

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During that same speech, Hudson — who also starred with McConaughey in 2003’s How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days — also revealed that she has seen the actor naked. One night, while they were on a vacation with friends in a remote cottage, Hudson lost track of her bongo-loving buddy. She went outside to look for McConaughey and found him yelling, “Whoo! Whoooo!” while standing on a rock… with no clothes on. “He’s definitely one with nature!” she said.