LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Matthew McConaughey and girlfriend Camila Alves welcomed a son into the world at 6:22pm on Monday evening, a publicist for the actor confirmed to X17online. This is the first child for the couple, who have been dating for about a year and a half.

Last January, McConaughey wrote on his official website: "My girlfriend Camila and I made a baby together. We are stoked and wowed by this miracle of creation and this gift from God, and so excited for the adventure that will come in raising this child, being a mother and a father, and sheparding him or her through this life."

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