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| | Mark Wahlberg feels pressure 'whether it's putting on weight, losing weight, whatever' | | Added 446 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Yahoo has a body image series pun-tastically named It Figures, where they talk to different celebrities and experts about body confidence and self-esteem. Their latest conversation was with Mark Wahlberg. I actually think this makes sense, cause Wahlberg?s fitness regimen is arguably the biggest asset he brings to his projects. During his talk, Wahlberg touched on his productive hours between waking up (insanely) early and getting his kids up for school, and also the pressure he feels to get in the precise shape required for a role. The struggle is real, nevertheless he persists:
Mark Wahlberg works hard ? just look at his alarm clock for proof. The actor, who previously woke up at 2:30 a.m. and more recently has added an hour of snoozing to arise at around 3:30 a.m., says this routine allows him to prioritize fitness and then leave the rest of the day to deal with the ?too many other things? he has going on.
The actor acknowledges that his early rising time isn?t for everyone but doesn?t understand people?s reactions to his personal choice.
?When I kind of talked about my schedule at that point in time, it got a little blown out of proportion and people didn?t know how to interpret it. ? People thought I was taking an hour and a half long shower,? he says, referring to the daily schedule he shared on Instagram in 2018. ?But it?s just getting up early, having my prayer time, meditation, doing my workout, and then reading and doing all the things that I need to do before I even get the kids up for school. It just worked for me.?
Bedtime is a priority for Wahlberg too. ?I want to get to bed as early as possible to get my eight hours of sleep.?
His routine aligns with ample research suggesting that the early morning might actually be the best time to exercise for various reasons. Wahlberg?s fitness goals, however, tend to be driven by his work.
?I always feel an immense amount of pressure when somebody takes a risk on me and says, ?OK, I want to have you starring in this film. And you know, you?re supposed to show up like this,?? he explains. ?Whether it?s putting on weight, losing weight, whatever it is, I have to deliver. I have to be prepared, I have to bring something to the table and I take that very, very seriously.?
[From Yahoo! Life]
?I always feel an immense amount of pressure when somebody takes a financial risk on my $30 million salary!? Yeah, the least he could do is get the physique right. Remember last year when we were laughing at the ?look at the weight I gained!? Oscar campaign he did for Father Stu? Well the joke?s on us, cause he did get a Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama nomination? at the Satellite Awards (and lost to Brendan Frasier). So there. Call me unforgiving, but all I ever think of when I see Mark Wahlberg is the $1.5 million he swindled out of a few week?s worth of reshoots for his supporting role in All The Money In The World (on top of being paid ten times the amount the actual star of the film made). And that?s really not fair of me, because it ignores the blithely callous statements he made about the Trump presidency.
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| | Mark Wahlberg watches his kids sports games from his car | | Added 3 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Mark Wahlberg has a new movie coming out call Joe Bell. It?s based on a true story about a dad, Wahlberg, who walks across America to raise awareness after his son took his life because he was bullied. While speaking to ET about the film, the subject turned to his kids playing sports and Wahlberg said he had to watch their games from his car. The reason, he said, was because he wants his kids to have as normal a life as possible. So, he keeps his famous face hidden and lets them have the spotlight, even though it?s hard for him not to be right there with them during their moment.
Mark Wahlberg is opening up about the reason he watches his kids games from the car.
While speaking to ET about his new movie, Joe Bell, the 50-year-old actor revealed that hes trying his best to give his children a normal life. Wahlberg shares four kids Ella, 17, Michael, 15, Brendan, 12, and Grace, 11 with wife Rhea Durham.
Me being in the public eye, there are pros to that, but theres a lot of cons, he explained. My kids wanna have their own identity, you know? Im not allowed to get out of the car at football practice or a game. I gotta sit in the car and watch.
At first I took it personally, because I wanna be there to support them, but supporting them is by making them feel comfortable in what theyre doing and them having their own identity too, he continued. Its very difficult.
[From ET]
It sounds to me like his kids kicked him off the field. Plus, some guy watching a bunch of kids playing on a field from his car is going to attract plenty of attention. Eventually someone will say, ?nah, that?s just Marky Mark being all incognito and such.? I mean, I get the sentiment he?s trying to convey here and maybe folks were spending too much time trying to get him to give their script to his agent during the game, but I doubt this is how he?s letting his kids have their normal life. Especially since, as Kaiser reminded me, just a few years ago Wahlberg was telling us he?s a monster on the sidelines and his own wife won?t sit with him. So yeah, I think sitting in the car was probably less of a fatherly overture and more of a unanimous team vote to get rid of him.
Back to this movie. Who thought it was a good idea to cast Wahlberg in this role? Wahlberg told ET in his film promotion, ?Theres nothing more heartbreaking than somebody whos being bullied or picked on, or not accepted for who they are.? Oh really? I imagine Thanh Lam, whose head Wahlberg split open in an Asian hate crime, agrees. I feel so bad for the family this film is based on. They deserved better.
Photo credit: Instagram and Avalon Red
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| | Mark Wahlberg made the DJ at his daughter's dance turn off explicit song | | Added 4 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Mark Wahlberg has a new project coming out next week called Spenser Confidential. By the trailer, it looks like a pretty typical Mark Wahlberg action movie: lots of violence, splashes of humor and a good-guy-been-wronged-redemption theme. Winston Duke and Alan Arkin look like they elevate this mess, but it still holds no interest for me. Anyway, Spencer Confidential is why Mark was on Ellen DeGeneres show the other day, talking about what a great dad he is. In this case, he went to a father-daughter dance at his daughter?s school and while there, he forced the DJ to change a song that had some potty-mouth lyrics. Oh noes!
Mark Wahlberg is always looking out for the children!
Earlier this month, the Hollywood actor was able to participate in the father-daughter dance at his childs school.
I didnt get one dance. And I told her we were going to do the whole big circle and I was going to go off, Mark recalled during todays all new Ellen DeGeneres Show. And she said, ?Dad, if you embarrass me, I will never talk to you again. But what she did do is she hung out with me.
The actor continued, She sat there on the edge of the stage, by the DJ. And then Im sitting there with one other dad and Im like, ?This is not an edited version of this song. There are explicit lyrics being played at a school dance for girls and Im like no good.
So whats a proud papa to do? Hes going to speak up, of course!
I told the DJ and hes like, ?Oh, I thought it was. I said, ?What are you doing? Im hearing F-bombs and this and that. Not okay.
[From E! Online]
I realize that Mark would really appreciate it if we forgot all about who he was and possibly still is. So he pushes this proud papa narrative out front so we can swoon at his parental involvement. Unfortunately, for me, that simply reminds me that he?s just your good-ol boy misogynist who sees his daughters as his property and thinks peddling the idea that they should be locked up until their 30s makes him charming. I don?t doubt he loves his kids, but most of the time, I just want to mute him when he talks about them.
However, I don?t have a real problem with this story. For the most part, we don?t censor music or books in our family. If the subject (or the artist) is problematic, there?s a discussion and we?ll point out bad messaging or wording, but I don?t care about cussing in a song. Like, I?ll voice an objection over a lyric that calls aa woman a ?ho? but not one that says ?sh-t.? Still, I remind my kids that some people do object to that language and therefore they shouldn?t subject others to their music without approval. Marks daughter in question was Grace, who is 10, so yeah, a bunch of sixth graders and their parents shouldn?t have to listen to an unedited song if they don?t want to. And honestly, the DJ should have known better at a school dance.
Just a postscript but many schools in LA no longer have Father-Daughter dances because they tend to discriminate against the many, many families who fall outside the heteronormative definition. So most of the father-daughter (and they spell out *only* fathers and daughters are allowed) dances that still happen in Los Angeles are about one fox trot away from a purity ball.
Photo credit: WENN/Avalon Photos
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| | Mark Wahlberg on parenting a teenage girl: There's 'a lot of attitude, aggression' | | Added 6 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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| | Mark Wahlberg on Deflategate: 'They don't like winners, Tom Brady is the best ever' | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Mark Wahlberg, a born-and-bred Bostonian, loves everything about the New England Patriots, especially QB Tom Brady. Brady and Wahlberg have been buds for years, and Mark even asked Brady to do a cameo in Ted 2. I won?t get into specifics, but the scene involves Mark?s character and Ted (the anthropomorphized teddy bear) breaking into Tom Brady?s home while he?s asleep ? you can see the SuperBowl commercial for the film here.
Anyway, they?re buds. So it?s no surprise that Mark is defending his bud. Mark has been doing some promotional work for Entourage: The Movie (Mark executive produced the HBO series and now the film), and Us Weekly chatted with him about all things Brady, Deflategate and more.
Mark?s reaction to Deflategate: ?I don’t know. Listen, obviously I’m a die-hard Patriots fan, I just feel like they’re just trying to keep us down. They’re trying to keep us down. They don’t like winners. Tom is the best ever. Arguably the best ever. He’s probably going to get two more victories when it’s all done. Then he’s going to come help run the team.”
Mark texted Brady when the scandal broke: “I sent him a message — saying from a guy who’s been there, [not to] worry about it. Keep your head up. It will all blow over.’ He just sent me a very funny response. So I knew he was handling it well. They’re comparing him to Alex Rodriguez, I mean, what are you talking about? I’ll always be there to support him. He’s a good friend and the greatest thing to happen to the Patriots.”
[From Us Weekly]
I kind of love all the whining from Bostonians, like the world is against them and their team. I mean, if you love the Patriots, more power to you and God bless. Go ahead and love the Patriots and support them. But don?t act like the world is conspiring against your team when really the NFL is just trying to enforce some rather mundane rules about ball inflation and punish some people who actively obstructed their investigation.
This also bothers me: ??saying from a guy who’s been there, [not to] worry about it.? Tom Brady?s deflated balls = Mark Wahlberg violently assaulting two Vietnamese men in a racially charged hate crime?
Photos courtesy of Getty, WENN.
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| | Mark Wahlberg will make a Boston marathon bombing movie: too soon? | | Added 9 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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When I saw this story yesterday, I thought it could be an April Fool’s joke because it sounded like a Mark Wahlberg clich. The very idea of Mark Wahlberg producing a movie (starring Mark Wahlberg) about the 2013 Boston marathon movie seemed like a completely obnoxious thing that Mark Wahlberg would do. But this story is legit.
Mark will make a movie about the bombing and the aftermath. He will indeed produce and probably star as Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis. Never mind that the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is still ongoing. Does that matter? Mark is from Boston, so I guess he feels like he’s the right dude to make this movie. I think the movie shouldn’t be made at all, at least not so soon.
Mark is notorious for his delusions of grandeur. Remember how he said he would have defeated the 9/11 terrorists? His ego has taken over another tragedy:
The story is envisioned as an intense thriller, spanning the five-day search up to the infamous siege where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was pulled from a boat in Watertown. Three lost their lives at the Marathon blast site, 264 were injured, and a police officer was killed and several injured in the shootout that ended in the death of Tsarnaev?s older brother, Tamerlan. The younger mass murderer is currently on trial. Victims were eulogized in a touching ceremony at Fenway Park, something that most certainly will be part of each of those feature films, including an unforgettable exhortation of defiance by Red Sox slugger David Ortiz.
“There is nothing more compelling than a real story populated by real heroes,” said CBS Films President Terry Press. “The team that we have assembled for this project is determined to give audiences a very personal look at what occurred during the days when the eyes of the world were on the city of Boston and how a group of contemporary patriots faced this crisis.”
[From Deadline]
Deadline says that footage from this year’s Boston marathon (later this month) will be used in the film. This is a bad idea, and it feels like Mark is capitalizing on this tragedy and using it for his own ends. He probably thinks he’s doing something noble, sort of like when he thought a pardon for his crimes would inspire street youth. This movie will be another notch in his self-serving maneuver belt. Classic Marky Mark.
Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News & WENN
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| | Mark Wahlberg wants to be a role model & his assault victim speaks | | Added 10 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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These are photos of Mark Wahlberg and Rhea Durham The Gambler, which is a remake of the classic 1974 movie starring James Caan. Nobody’s talking about the movie. It’s all about Mark Wahlberg and his desired pardon. Was that intentional? I kept wondering about that last week. Mark should have known that his petition would leak around the same time he needed to promote this film. Critics are underwhelmed by it. That’s the worst kind of movie. You can’t love it or hate it, and Variety reveals that it’s simply a pointless remake: “stylish but disappointingly glib.” So I can buy that Wahlberg is coordinating his crusade for rich man justice to give this film a boost.
Mark’s victim has spoken, by the way. I’ll get to that in a moment. When news of Mark’s petition surfaced, I assumed this was another one of his bucket list items. Simply a feather in the Wahlberg cap after earning many millions of dollars for Entourage and flashy action movies. There was a followup story about how Mark wanted the pardon so he could join the LAPD as a reservist. Without a pardon, he can’t legally operate a gun. Anyway. Mark has done a crap ton of red carpet interviews about why he badly wants that pardon:
To the NY Daily News: “I’ve worked extremely hard for the last 27 years since I woke up sober and realized the horrible mistakes I had made and the horrible pain I had caused so many people Every single day I try to better myself as a person. This is not something I just decided to do overnight, two years later, well I’m a big celebrity so I should feel like I can do whatever I want. No, I’ve worked really hard to be a better person and to be a good influence on kids growing up in situations like mine.
Why he wants a pardon now: “Everyone has an opinion and has a reason why they think I’m doing it. I’ve been working very hard to correct a lot of mistakes that I made since the day that I woke up and realized, ‘You know what? I need to be a leader instead of a follower.”
He’s not asking for special treatment:“In no way shape or form was I trying to use my celebrity or success to say, ‘Well, I feel entitled to get this because of the fame and fortune.’ Every day I wake up trying to be the best person I can be. I’ve worked really hard to be a positive influence for kids growing up in communities like mine who don’t really have a chance, and try to provide an opportunity for them to be more successful and that’s why I’m doing it.”
If the pardon isn’t granted: “Whether it happens or not, it won’t change how hard I’ve worked at becoming a better person. I will continue to do that whether the pardon is granted or not.”
[From NY Daily News, Boston Herald & USA Today]
The role model thing is kind of hilarious. I am pretty sure that troubled youth aren’t watching the internet with baited breath, waiting to see if Mark Wahlberg received his silly pardon.
There is a wrinkle to this story. There’s no question that Mark’s assault was racially motivated. The Smoking Gun has always had Marky Mark’s rap sheet available. During this particular crime, Mark smashed a large wooden stick over Thanh Lam’s head after calling him “Vietnam f***ing sh*t.” This is all widely available common knowledge. But. Nowhere in that report did police indicate that Lam was blinded. That detail somehow seeped into the public consciousness.
The Mail has spoken with Thanh Lam in an exclusive interview. Lam says Mark did not blind him. He was already blinded in one eye during the Vietnam War. Lam believes Mark should be pardoned because “He was young and reckless. He should not have the crime hanging over him any longer.” Mark’s victim has already pardoned him in his mind. Maybe that’s what matters most, but I’m not saying Marky Mark deserves a pardon. Thoughts?
Photos courtesy of WENN
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| | Mark Wahlberg seeks a pardon for blinding a man when he was 16: fair? | | Added 10 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Mark Wahlberg is one of the most prolific actors working in Hollywood today. He’s not putting out high-brow work (although he considers Transformers to be the most iconic movie franchise ever), but he constantly works. Wahlberg is highly bankable and rewarded for his box-office draw. He works hard and has (personally) overcome his past as a juvenile offender.
Mark may be a devoted family man and super religious dude, but it wasn’t always that way. When Mark was 16 years old, he permanently blinded a man during an assault outside a convenience store. Mark was tried as an adult and served 45 days in prison. That’s a fairly light sentence for such a violent crime. Mark got off easy and got on with life. Two-and-a-half decades later, Mark seeks a pardon for his crime. NBC has Mark’s full pardon petition, in which Mark argues that he’s a changed man who goes to church every day. Mark believes a pardon would inspire other troubled youth to seek redemption through good works. This is very sneaky wording:
Mark Wahlberg is asking Massachusetts to wipe out his decades-out assault conviction, saying that ever since he served time for a 1988 attack that left another man blind in one eye, he has tried to become a “better person and citizen.”
The movie superstar, now 43, has filed an application with the Massachusetts Board of Pardons, hoping to get his criminal record erased. “I am deeply sorry for the actions that I took on the night of April 8, 1988, as well as for any lasting damage that I may have caused the victims,” Wahlberg wrote in his pardon application. “Since that time, I have dedicated myself to becoming a better person and citizen so that I can be a role model to my children and others.”
Wahlberg says in the application, filed Nov. 26, that on April 8, 1988, he tried to steal two cases of alcohol from a man outside a convenience store on Dorchester Avenue, hitting him over the head with a stick and then punching another man in the face as he fled from police.
Though only 16, he was tried as an adult in Dorchester District Court, in the neighborhood where he grew up the youngest of nine children. He was convicted of assault after being charged with attempted murder and other charges, and he served 45 days in prison.
In his pardon application, Wahlberg goes on to say that he has spoken “openly and publicly” about his actions on that night over the past 20-plus years. In his petition, he outlines the incidents that led to his arrest, saying that he attempted to steal two cases of alcohol from a man who was standing outside of a convenience store near his home around 9 p.m. He said he hit the man on the head with a wooden stick, and then ran down the block to evade police. While attempting to avoid police, he said he punched another man in the face.
“I was detained by police a few minutes after that,” Wahlberg wrote. “While I was detained, the police discovered that I had a small amount of marijuana in my back pocket. During the incident, I was under the influence of alcohol and narcotics.”
In making his case, Wahlberg cites his involvement with charities and good deeds he has done to rebuild his life, including the Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation, the Dorchester Boys and Girls Club, the renovation of the Boston-area Parish Gym and the fact that he attends church nearly every day.
“I have not engaged in philanthropic efforts in order to make people forget about my past,” added Wahlberg. “To the contrary, I want people to remember my past so that I can serve as an example of how lives can be turned around and how people can be redeemed.”
“The more complex answer is that receiving a pardon would be a formal recognition that I am not the same person that I was on the night of April 8, 1988,” Wahlberg concluded. “It would be formal recognition that someone like me can receive official public redemption if he devotes himself to personal improvement and a life of good works.”
[From NECN - New England Cable News]
Technically, it’s possible for Mark to receive a pardon from this crime. The Board of Pardons will consider Mark’s petition and (with or without a public hearing) will decide whether to pass it on to the governor. If the petition meets with the governor’s approval, Mark will still need the governor’s council’s approval. Will he get a pardon? My guess would be “yes.” He probably hired the best attorneys.
Should he get a pardon? Ehhhhh. Mark may have moved on from his past, but his victim doesn’t have a choice about remaining blind in one eye. He’s forever stuck with what Mark did to him. Plus, this pardon will in no way change Mark’s life. He probably wants it for self-validation. This feels like a bucket-list item, sort of how Mark went back to high school and graduated at age 42. That was admirable but also self-serving. Thoughts?
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet & WENN
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| | Mark Wahlberg: 'I haven't looked in a mirror in 10 years, I?ve got nothing to prove' | | Added 10 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Go ahead and call me an idiot, but I got super-confused with the way GQ UK released their July cover story with Mark Wahlberg. I think they released the cover image more than a month ago, but they only got around to releasing some quotes from the piece (they actually put the full article online two days ago) this week. It?s weird. But we?ve never covered this stuff, although some of the quotes about Mark?s daughters sound similar to his recent People Mag interview. You can read the full GQ UK piece here, and here are some highlights:
Playing a father of teenage daughter in Transformers: “If Hollywood had its way, normally [in a movie like this] Nicola would play my girlfriend. But I wanted to embrace the idea of playing older, of playing” – he hesitates a moment – “what will be my reality in the very near future.”
His first daughter: “When I first found out we were having a girl, it was a little kick in the stomach. My mother was like, ‘That’s what you get!’ But it’s really been the greatest thing ever, because I have a wonderful relationship with [my daughter], that’s helped me in my other relationships and in my relationships with women in general.”
He?s more protective of his daughters: “My wife is very particular about what the kids can watch. I have a bit of a double standard. My boys, they want to watch everything, but I’m very protective of my girls.”
Preparation for the role: “Everyone’s different. I know some actors have their whole routine where they don’t want anybody around them [on the set], or they need to play music or whatever, but the James Cagney philosophy always made more sense to me. Prepare for the part. Be the part. And with no great effort, play the part.?
Why he turned into a great producer: “I got tired of waiting for the right project to drop on to my desk. If I don’t do it, nobody else is going to do it, and if I don’t tell everybody how to do it, it’s not going to be done the right way. I’ve got people where positive encouragement is going to get the best results and other people where I have to threaten to crack their head open.”
Aging: “Look, I’m 42 years old, I haven’t looked in a mirror in ten years. I don’t give a f*** how I look. If I have to prepare for a part physically, I will, but I’ve got nothing to prove. I’m not trying to impress anybody.”
[From GQ UK]
I shuddered a little bit at ?where I have to threaten to crack their head open.? This is the same guy who beat a man so badly that the man went blind in one eye. I have no doubt that Mark still has that kind of violence inside of him, but I guess we should also give him credit for transforming his life into something other than violent thuggery. But still? there are reminders and it feels like Mark makes enough people enough money that no one wants to bring up his past.
I also have to give Mark some credit for not whining about his movie star lifestyle. He never complains. I appreciate that and it?s worth noting because most of them DO complain.
Photos courtesy of GQ UK.
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| | Mark Wahlberg on parenting: 'Always be involved in every aspect of their life' | | Added 10 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Mark Wahlberg covers the June/July issue of Esquire to promote Transformers: Age of Extinction. This will hopefully be the last movie in what Mark called, “the most iconic franchise in history.” Esquire’s interviews have steadily gone downhill over the past few years. They attempt to replicate a “day in the life” of a given celeb, but the gimmick has worn thin. Like … they’re visiting the doctor with Wahlberg in this interview. He had strep. The doctor prescribed a shot in the rear, and Mark dropped his Calvins. The journo commented on the paleness of Mark’s bum. So weird.
This interview is all about Mark’s experience as a father of four young children (all under age 11). Why not? Actresses ramble on parenting all the time, so it’s nice to see a dude do it. We know that Mark is pretty religious and tries to forget his law-breaking past. He went back and graduated from high school at age 42. He talks about setting a good example. The guy is completely pompous in most interviews, but he’s not so bad here. The part about punching Harry Styles? He’s joking. Maybe:
Why he went back & finished high school:
“I can’t tell my kids to go to school and get an education if I don’t have a diploma. They’d start thinking, Why do we need to go? You didn’t go and you turned out all right. But I’m proud to have it. If I want to go on and further my education and study film or whatever, I can do that.”
On parenting: “I think the most important thing is to always be involved in every aspect of their life. To give them enough trust that they can share things with you. I don?t want them to be terrified of me, you know?”
His two daughters crush on Harry Styles: “I’m like, ‘Well I?m gonna punch Harry in the nose when I see him.’”
He grew up in a crowded house, all the boys shared a room: “Which was great at times and pretty traumatic at times when you were really young. You had brothers that were teenagers and they were doing sh-t that teenagers do, and you don’t understand what it is or why they’re doing it.”
Why did he once say he “didn’t feel safe as a child”? “I don’t know why I said that or where it came from. It probably had to do with how I was feeling at the time or what I was talking about in particular. I think, for the most part, I had a pretty good childhood. It wasn’t until we got older that we realized we didn’t have what a lot of other people had.”
Did Wahlberg ever go hungry? “No, it worked out because my dad drove a truck delivering school lunches, so that meant we got a lot of school lunches. We ate a lot of bologna sandwiches, but they also had those little Oreo packs in there sometimes.”
His newfound dilemma: “The biggest thing for me is, you know, as quickly as I was able to turn it around, to get from there to here, from me having nothing as a kid to me here now, providing everything for my kids, it’s like, I worry that maybe they won?t appreciate things. I worry that maybe they’ll have a sense of entitlement. You don’t wanna give your kids everything without giving them the tools to be great people.”
A nurse gives Mark a shot in the rear: “Yoooowwwwwww.”
[From Esquire]
Mark is appealing to the parents who played with Transformers toys as a child. He wants them to get all riled up and take their whole families to see this movie. That’s the only reason I can see for him using an Esquire cover to talk about parenting. It will probably work. Mark’s parenting struggles are real and will ring true with most parents. Most of us do worry about staying close to our kids but maintaining the “parent-child” dichotomy instead of being best buds. We also want to give our children what we didn’t have as kids, but we want them to appreciate the difference too. It’s hard.
Mark also talked to the Mail about how he hopes Rhea will allow them to see daddy in his silly robot movie. But Mark adds, “I hope they never see Entourage.” Good luck, Marky Mark. Say hi to your mother for me!
Here’s a photo of Mark at the Sydney Transformers premiere.
Photos courtesy of Esquire & WENN
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