By
Jade Watkins
Last updated at 4:32 PM on 26th December 2011
Matthew McConaughey is engaged to his long-term love and mother of his two children, Camila Alves.
The 42-year-old proposed to the Brazilian model and television performer on Christmas Day yesterday.
The actor shared the happy news with his fans on Twitter.
Engaged: Matthew McConaughey posted a picture of himself and new fiance Camila Alves kissing on his WhoSay account after he proposed to her on Christmas Day
He wrote: ‘just asked camila to marry me, merry Christmas.’
The Lincoln Lawyer star also posted a picture of the happy couple sharing a romantic kiss in front of their Christmas tree on his WhoSay account.
The Texas born-screen star met Alves, in 2006.
Happy family: The couple have two children together, son Levi Alves
McConaughey and daughter Vida Alves McConaughey
The couple have two children, son Levi Alves McConaughey – who was born in 2008 – and daughter Vida Alves McConaughey – who was born in 2010 – together.
The pair live between Austin in Matthew’s home state and Malibu, though McConaughey lived for years in an RV nearby – professing a love for the simple life.
The proposal may have come as a surprise to Camila, who recently revealed that she and her Matthew were in no rush walk down the aisle in the near future.
‘We’ve got no plans right now,’ she told OK magazine.
‘We’re good as we are right now. We’re happy and good as we are. So far, so good!’
In love: The Texas born-screen star met Alves in 2006
Matthew McConaughey recently starred in Killer Joe with Emile Hirsch.
The movie also stars Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church, Gina Gershon, and is directed by Exorcist maestro William Friedkin.
It tells the story of 22-year-old drug dealer Chris (Hirsch) who has to come up with six thousand dollars quick or he’s dead after his mother steals his stash.
Desperate, he turns to Killer Joe, played by McConaughey, when he finds out that his mother’s life insurance policy is worth $50,000.
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Matthew McConaughey proposes to long-term love Camila Alves on Christmas Day