Matthew McConaughey is backing his pal Lance Armstrong to win the next Tour de France cycle race.

The cyclist – who has dated a string of celebrities including Kate Hudson – recently announced his return to the sport after a three-year break.

And McConaughey, who is a close friend of the sportsman, insists that Armstrong can go on to win his 8th title at the legendary event in 2009.

He tells Access Hollywood, “Whenever we get together I like to hop into his training regime. He doesn’t need much of my help training, I promise you that. I’m happy he is going back to do it. And he is going back to win it. He’s got the strongest mind of a guy I’ve ever met. Whatever he sets his mind to do it, I’m gonna bet on it.”

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New dad Matthew McConaughey brought the ‘Surf’ to the sand in his hometown of Austin, Tx., Wednesday night at the premiere of his new comedy, ‘Surfer, Dude’ — and ET was there!

Straight from the red carpet, ET talked to Matthew about his adorable son Levi and the joys of making his new film with his hometown friends. Co-star Woody Harrelson hailed Matthew as being one of the “coolest, greatest guys.” And Matthew’s mother Kay McConaughey told ET that her son is “a good father, trust me.”

Opening exclusively in Austin theaters on September 5, ‘Surfer, Dude’ casts Matt as a dedicated soul-surfer who returns to Malibu to find his hometown vibe corrupted by new, high-tech sponsorship demands. Unwilling to take part in Virtual-Reality Video Games and Reality TV, he soon finds himself out of money, without sponsors — and facing a flat surf in a biblical twist of fate.

With the help of his manager (Woody Harrelson), his mentor (Scott Glenn), his guardian angel (Willie Nelson) and his summer lover, (Alexie Gilmore), can Matt keep his cool? Or will he sell out?

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The surfers who thought they were lending Matthew McConaughey a hand have been slapped on the wrist.

Two men who allegedly roughed up a photographer who was angling for shots of the actor hanging ten on a Malibu beach were charged Tuesday with misdemeanor battery and are due to be arraigned in October.

One of the handful of shutterbugs at the scene told police after the June 21 confrontation that the territorial surfers shoved him and threw his camera in the ocean.

But while video of the incident (posted online, of course) showed at least a dozen wave enthusiasts closing in on the paparazzi, only 24-year-old Skylar Peak and 30-year-old Philip Hildebrand are facing charges.

“I’ll give you a thousand bucks if you leave right now,” one of the surfers can be heard saying to the paps. “Hey, you guys, they don’t want you here, and nobody that lives here wants you here,” said another.

The ever-peaceful McConaughey, who leaves the beatings for his bongos, was not involved in the fracas.

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They may not be married, but Matthew McConaughey calls the mother of his child, Camila Alves, “the love of my life.”

“I always wanted to be a father and thought it would be great, but it just took the right woman and the right time to make it all happen,” he told People as he unwound after running Sunday’s Nike & Human Race in Austin, Texas.

(The 10-kilometer run took place on the same day in 25 cities around the globe, raising money for the Lance Armstrong Foundation, the World Wildlife Fund and NineMillion.org.)

“[Camila] is the love of my life,” he said after crossing the finish line in under 44 minutes (beating his goal of 45). “Everything is right. It’s all good.”

Post run, he and Alves – a model and handbag designer who gave birth to their son in early July – brought baby Levi to check out the Ben Harper concert. (Little McConaughey was wearing tiny jeans and – yes – a white tee shirt.)

“We’re a family now,” said the Surfer, Dude star. “I see the future and it’s clearer to me now. Walking around with this cool responsibility all the time, it’s a wonderful thing.”

(He’s not even two months old, but concerts are already becoming old hat to Levi. His dad took had already taken him to see a John Mellencamp show.)

“We have a little bit more prep-time put into going places and doing things, getting him ready and everything,” he said while relaxing in the VIP area. “But it’s amazing.”

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If you think Matthew McConaughey is a character, wait until you meet his mom.

In her new book, I Amaze Myself! (iamazemyself.com), Kay McConaughey dishes on everything from her son Matthew’s conception to how her husband died in a compromising position with her!

“On Monday mornings, he and I often said goodbye by making love,” Kay says exclusively in the latest issue of Us Weekly. “But one day, all of a sudden, it just happened.

“I knew that something was wrong, because I didn’t hear anything from him. Just nothing,” she says. “But it was just the best way to go!”

And when her man couldn’t be revived, she made sure he was taken from the house in the buff.

“I was just so proud to show off my big old Jim McConaughey — and his gift,” she says.

The mother — who tells Us, “I would love to be on Oprah!” — also says that her most famous son, 38, was a happy accident.

It was just after she’d married Matthew’s dad for the third time.

“I was deciding, ‘Do I want to have another baby? Do I want to have an affair? Or go back to school?’” she says. “That’s when Matthew was conceived. We had tried for 16 years and no baby. So Matthew was a big surprise!”

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Matthew McConaughey has defended controversial new movie Tropic Thunder against disability advocate groups, who claim the comedy is irresponsible.

The actor, who has a cameo in the Ben Stiller film, was stunned to find protestors at the movie’s Los Angeles premiere last week.

They were there protesting the use of the word ‘retard’ in the film and one scene, in which Stiller and co-star Robert Downey Jr.s’ characters poke fun at the mentally disabled.

But McConaughey insists those who fear the film sends the wrong message should at least see the movie, which debuted at number one on Sunday.

Writing on his MySpace.com blog, the Sahara star says: “If you see it, I think you’ll agree that all the touchy humor is in context, and in no way mean spirited or irresponsible.”

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