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Matthew McConaughey is officially the father to a legal adult.The 56-year-old Oscar winner - who recently enjoyed a rare red carpet with his entire family - shared a sweet 18th birthday tribute to his eldest son Levi on Tuesday. In the caption, he shared blunt life advice to his son as he wrote: '18. That’s a # buddy. Enjoy and handle your new freedoms. @levimcconaughey.'In the cute photo the father and son could be seen matching in light blue dress shirts along with jeans as they had one arm around each other as they did the 'rock on' hand gesture with their other hand.Levi is an aspiring actor as he made his acting debut alongside his father in The Lost Bus released last year and can soon be seen in drama Way of the Warrior Kid.Matthew shares Levi with wife of 14 years Camila Alves, 43, as they welcomed him in 2008. Matthew McConaughey shared a sweet 18th birthday tribute to his eldest son Levi on Tuesday In the caption, the 56-year-old Oscar winner shared blunt life advice to his son as he wrote: '18. That’s a # buddy. Enjoy and handle your new freedoms. @levimcconaughey'The power couple also have two other children: 16-year-old daughter Vida and 13-year-old son Livingston. Levi made his Instagram debut three years ago as a gift from his parents on his 15th birthday in July of 2023, but mother Camila did admit she felt 'nervous' about the social media account.Before the big reveal, Matthew and Camila took to the same social media to talk about their present while also being open about their concerns.Matthew said: 'Happy birthday Levi Alves McConaughey. Can you believe it? Fifteen years young.''Hey, buddy, your mom is a little nervous today. One of the gifts we’re giving you, yes, we are allowing you today to join the social media universe.'The married couple admitted that they were discussing for quite a while when they would allow their eldest child to get an account since he was 12-years-old.Camila said: 'All his friends have had it for a long time. We've been holding up.'Matthew added: 'He knows who he is, and he knows where he’s going. I think he can handle it. He’s got a great story to tell and share.' Levi is an aspiring actor as he made his acting debut alongside his father in The Lost Bus released last year and can soon be seen in drama Way of the Warrior Kid (seen in October together) Seen left to right: Livingston, Levi, Camila Alves, Vida, and Matthew Levi made his Instagram debut as a gift from his parents on his 15th birthday in 2023The Oscar winner then had a personal message for anyone interested in following his teenage son.The actor sweetly said: 'I want y'all to know, you’re getting a very cool and respectful young man in Levi McConaughey, and I hope y’all can do your best to treat him the same way.'Levi, enjoy the adventure, enjoying telling your story, expressing yourself and what you put out there and the exchange you get with people out there.'The couple finished off the video with applause as they both said in unison: 'Happy birthday, go check him out.'Levi did not waste any time as an hour later he responded to his parents' social media post with the comment: 'Mamma and Papai thank you!'He also went on his feed to share a video montage of him enjoying his many interests which include surfing, cliff diving, skiing, doing volunteer work, and spending time with his friends and family. He captioned it 'happy to be here.'
