Just weeks after celebrating 100 weeks of his book Greenlights on the New York Times bestseller list, Matthew McConaughey celebrated another literary milestone.
The 53-year-old Texas native released his book Greenlights in October 2020, which reached No. 1 on the charts, a feat he has now achieved twice, with his children’s book Just Because taking No. 1 this weekend .
The actor and writer celebrated the milestone with his sons Levi, 15, Livingston, 10, and wife Camila Alves, who threw him a surprise party.
McConaughey shared a video on Instagram on Friday of the surprise party for his book, which was published on September 12.
Levi was heard saying, “Congratulations!” while Livingston added, “I love you” as the actor clapped along, wearing a lavender sweatshirt and tan sweater.
Celebrating: Just weeks after celebrating 100 weeks of his book Greenlights on the New York Times bestseller list, Matthew McConaughey celebrated another literary milestone
Number one: The 53-year-old Texas native released his book Greenlights in October 2020, which reached the No. 1 position on the charts, a feat he has now achieved twice, with his children’s book Just Because reaching the No. 1 position rose in the charts. weekend
The video continued with McConaughey giving both of his sons a hug as he thanked them for the celebration.
‘Thanks everyone! You were all a huge inspiration for this book,” McConaughey said, while Livingston said, “I feel like you were completely aware that this was happening.”
“I didn’t know,” McConaughey insisted, as the video shows their dinner spread out with balloons that read “Just Because.”
Livingston then announced, “Guys, he’s being enthroned, he’s being enthroned,” before putting a green beaded necklace around his neck.
The video also shows a hand-drawn card with McConaughey holding up a #1 as Levi congratulates him again.
“Thank you guys, thank you very much. It’s really cool. I got two books and they were both #1 New York Times bestsellers,” McConaughey said.
Levi added: “It’s pretty amazing,” while Matthew added: “I was hoping for it, but I didn’t know, I certainly didn’t know about the first one,” he said of his book Greenlights.
The video ended with McConaughey looking into the camera and saying “Thank you” again with a smile.
Inspiration: ‘Thank you everyone! You were all a huge inspiration for this book,” McConaughey said, while Livingston said, “I feel like you guys totally knew this was happening.”
Card: The video also shows a hand-drawn card with McConaughey holding up a #1 as Levi congratulates him again
Really cool: ‘Thanks guys, thank you very much. It’s really cool. I got two books and they were both #1 New York Times bestsellers,” McConaughey said
Didn’t know: Levi added, “It’s pretty awesome,” while Matthew added, “I was hoping for it, but I didn’t know, I certainly didn’t know about the first one,” he said of his book Greenlights
Earlier this month, Levi celebrated his father with an Instagram post featuring a photo of him reading Just Because.
“It’s been so cool watching my dad these past few years. Working on new projects and seeing them succeed,” he said.
“He has written and created and it was great to see his first book #GreenlightsBook!” Levi added.
“Now he’s working on his second book, #JustBecauseBook, and I’m really excited about it. I can’t wait to see what he does next…” Levi concluded.