{"id":354915,"date":"2026-08-13T20:14:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T01:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/matthew-mcconaughey-dropped-jennifer-lopezs-name-to-end-mexico-traffic-stop"},"modified":"2026-08-13T20:14:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T01:14:19","slug":"matthew-mcconaughey-dropped-jennifer-lopezs-name-to-end-mexico-traffic-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/matthew-mcconaughey-dropped-jennifer-lopezs-name-to-end-mexico-traffic-stop","title":{"rendered":"Matthew McConaughey Dropped Jennifer Lopez&#8217;s Identify to Finish Mexico Site visitors Cease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Matthew McConaughey<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">JLo Got Me Out of a Major Mess in Mexico!!!<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-08-13T17:45:55-07:00\"><br \/>\n               August 13, 2026<br \/>\n              5:45 PM PDT<\/time>\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-0c1e4b03f53f8092f928aec6ffab0be3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-2ee10b16-61f4-4114-b229-7398a9686e0f-1593539429-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-2ee10b16-61f4-4114-b229-7398a9686e0f-1593539429-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"actor\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/a7\/16by9\/2026\/08\/13\/a734b40b8ab542cdb2ba19e7afafee2c_md.jpg\" alt=\"matthew-mcconaghey-kal-08-13-2026\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0c1e4b03f53f8092f928aec6ffab0be3--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d7ca269c0ffddfbc00ee074d208c01ee\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/matthew-mcconaughey\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Matthew McConaughey<\/strong><\/a> learned fame has its perks &#8230; but apparently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/jennifer-lopez\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Jennifer Lopez<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s fame has even better ones.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d7ca269c0ffddfbc00ee074d208c01ee--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-09fffdffa2e3d4928e1d2f85662326a9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The actor revealed on Thursday&#8217;s episode of <strong>Josh Horowitz<\/strong>&#8216;s &#8220;Happy Sad Confused&#8221; podcast that name-dropping JLo once got him out of a &#8220;major, major mess&#8221; during a late-night police stop in Mexico.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-09fffdffa2e3d4928e1d2f85662326a9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f08d8e055c295aefdfa1f731287d8a08\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260814_29ab14abde4a4bf0982bfc523d5d31ed\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:51f49204-e40a-4a74-8343-eb205815bdb7\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/29\/4by3\/2026\/08\/14\/29ab14abde4a4bf0982bfc523d5d31ed_md.jpg\" alt=\"Matthew McConaughey jlo getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f08d8e055c295aefdfa1f731287d8a08--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-94611099543b514443ba9053d480b7ff\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Matthew says he was driving a nice truck way down south when officers pulled him over &#8230; and he quickly realized the &#8220;gringo&#8221; behind the wheel had caught their attention.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-94611099543b514443ba9053d480b7ff--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-7f559079e5e8689c98470048dcffc4c8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>He started reaching for his wallet as the situation heated up &#8230; but then tried a different form of identification &#8212; his JLo connection!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7f559079e5e8689c98470048dcffc4c8--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-47457d0045da635ddf0ae2f700d78f16\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-47457d0045da635ddf0ae2f700d78f16--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-68137c4d3e0153e1f67227f338e6f56c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Matthew asked the officers if they knew Jennifer and had seen their 2001 rom-com, &#8220;The Wedding Planner&#8221; 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