In a new interview with GQ , where McConaughey appears on the cover, he discusses the name change.

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But even better, we finally get to the bottom of how McConaughey, from Texas, was a Redskins fan and didn’t follow the Cowboys.

GQ: But as a fan, it would hurt you a little to see the logo gone? MM: It’s not going to hurt me. It’s just… I love the emblem. I dig it. It gives me a little fire and some oomph. But now that it’s in the court of public opinion, it’s going to change. I wish it wouldn’t, but it will.

A tale as old as time, hamburgers and indians.

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