Matthew McConaughey Laughs About Trace Adkins' Ex-Wife Shooting Him (VIDEO)

It all started with Craig Ferguson's snake mug. Matthew McConaughey couldn't stop staring at it on 'The Late Late Show' (weeknights, 12:37AM ET on CBS), due to its missing fang.

The host claimed that Trace Adkins had punched it. This segued into a story familiar to them both: Adkins' second wife shot him (through his heart and both lungs) in 1994. McConaughey couldn't help laughing at the very idea.

"I've made some women mad in my life, but none of them shot me yet," said Ferguson. McConaughey said that he has "a great woman who doesn't bring too much [beep] high-maintenance into my life."

As is his way, Ferguson chided the actor for cussing -- by using a string of profanities.