Mark Wahlberg, the man once best known for dropping trou, has evolved into a Hollywood force on and off screen.
In our February issue, on sale now: Erik Hedegaard profiles two-time Oscar nominee Mark Wahlberg, Paul Solotaroff revisits the golden era of Gold’s Gym, and Kevin Gray celebrates the fast life and fiery death of Dan Wheldon, racing’s brightest star.
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From Erik Hedegaard’s Mark Wahlberg Handles His Business:
On settling down
“Yeah, a lot of people I thought were my friends were disappointed that I decided to settle down and don’t take them on whirlwind tours of craziness anymore. When I was the life of the party, I definitely wanted to bring as many people along for the ride as possible. But sooner or later, you find out who your friends are. If they were my friends, they would have been happy for me changing my life and growing up. I mean, because of Entourage, people think that my life is just a big, wild party. And it is. But these days it’s a big, wild Halloween party or Easter egg party. I don’t go out at night anymore. I don’t hang around with the guys. I don’t really play golf. I stopped smoking cigarettes. I stopped smoking pot a lot of years ago, too. I’m focused on my family, my faith, and my work.”
On being ok with movies his wife chooses for date night
“As long as it isn’t a Sarah Jessica Parker movie.”
On crying during movies
“The last time I really cried a lot? During The Help. I cried about six or seven times. It was the wife’s choice, but it was a great movie.”
On being scheduled to be on one of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center
“If I was on that plane with my kids, it wouldn’t have went down like it did. There would have been a lot of blood in that first-class cabin and then me saying, ‘OK, we’re going to land somewhere safely, don’t worry.’”
On how he feels about his older daughter going on her first date
“I’m not going to think about that right now. When the time comes, I will, but it’s not a good thought for me to have. Thinking about it really stresses me out, so don’t stress me out right now, because that’s a stressful thought, OK?”
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January 18th, 2012 at 1:05 pm
Is this guy for real? Is he really saying that due to extensive movie training he could do what another 250 people could not? I guess everyone that put up a fight on flight 93 were just losers who couldn’t get the job done. Another example of an actor buying into his own hype. Go f%ck yourself Wahlberg and show some respect to the people that lost their lives.
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January 18th, 2012 at 2:01 pm
“There would have been a lot of blood in that first-class cabin and then me saying…”
Oh, Marky Mark – not without your Funky Bunch, you wouldn’t.
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RevBox Reply:
January 18th, 2012 at 2:35 pm
Action star – sure you are Wahlburg. You are also a pompous blow hard.
What a dick.
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Padraic Reply:
January 18th, 2012 at 4:00 pm
yes there would have been a lot of blood………… his…idiot
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January 18th, 2012 at 2:21 pm
Pretty easy for old Marky Mark to say when he is NOT in the plane or in the situation. This article is some serious garbage and this guy needs to get off his high horse.
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January 18th, 2012 at 2:30 pm
Marky Mark must have mistaken a team of trained, motivated terrorists for the middle-aged asian shopkeeper he assaulted and blinded in a hate crime.
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January 18th, 2012 at 2:31 pm
What a narcissist. Can’t wait for the publicist to retract his 9/11 comments. Typical self-important asshole. How fitting for the creator of Entourage.
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January 18th, 2012 at 2:53 pm
*ROFL* I think someone is believing his own press releases!
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January 18th, 2012 at 3:01 pm
Reminds me of Alec Baldwin in the Capital One commercial where he is screwing around in the co-pilot seat when the pilot intervenes and Baldwin states “not to worry, I’ve played a pilot before”. That of course was intended to be a joke…
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January 18th, 2012 at 3:18 pm
Really strange/ignorant thing to say. Previous to 9/11 there had been no other terrorist attacks where a plane full of hostages had been killed, hostages are usually used as bartering chips. At the time it was widely thought that the best thing you can do in any hostage situation is cooperate. Any act of heroism could endanger the whole plane (including your family).
Of course now after 9/11 we can say that that isn’t necessarily the case, but the people that died on those planes, were doing the right thing at the time. None of them had any idea what the terrorists had planned. It’s very disrespectful for Marky Mark to say that IMO.
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Spartacus Reply:
January 18th, 2012 at 5:20 pm
You make an excellent point.
The passengers of Flight 93 did not force their way into the cockpit and attack the hijackers until after some had received word about the attacks on the WTC. Clearly, at that crucial point, they realized this was not a “typical” hijacking and formulated their plan.
I am in awe of such bravery.
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January 18th, 2012 at 3:23 pm
Easy easy people. I have had many many dreams myself about this sort of thing – what I would have done, what I would try to do. Maybe he could have made a difference. So what if it seems a bit too self-assured? Stop being so precious. Have you never felt like you could have stopped it somehow in some way?
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Brian Werleb Reply:
January 18th, 2012 at 7:28 pm
Yes, I have daydreamed about kicking some Mo Atta a$$, but I’ve never been stupid enough to brag about such moronic, egomaniacal daydreams to Men’s Journal while disrespecting the UA93 victims–who actually did attack the highjackers and prevent the plane from hitting its target.
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January 18th, 2012 at 3:26 pm
Isn’t it embarrassing when celebs begin to believe their own imagined heroism. And by the way, hero, it’s “plane…have GONE down.” No such case as “have went”.
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January 18th, 2012 at 3:26 pm
WOW! Cant wait to see his daughter grow up. Imagine all those nasty, dirty and filthy things he did to all the girls in his time. Exactly why it stresses him out. Daddy’s little girl. Karma.
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January 18th, 2012 at 3:28 pm
Can someone please put this douche bag on a plane with a bunch of terrorists, just so he can have his chance? I’d love to see how that plays out.
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January 18th, 2012 at 3:35 pm
Where were you in October 2001, when men were jumping into Afghanistan to do something about 9/11? Even movie starts enlisted in 1941.
It’s OK to talk big a decade later, or to make money playing a soldier (Three Kings), but you’ll never know what it means to make a real sacrifice for your family.
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January 18th, 2012 at 3:39 pm
What an idiot…
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January 18th, 2012 at 3:42 pm
What is he suppossed to say when the reporter asked him?
He certainly would not say “No, I would have cried in the corner and not have helped the heros that fought back”
Since he was actually booked for that flight, I give him a break.
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Jaye Reply:
January 18th, 2012 at 8:08 pm
What should he have said?!? Well, how about something a little more humane for a start?
For example something like:
‘I think about how lucky I was not to be on that flight, so many people died and I feel badly for their families great personal loss.
I am just an actor and I live in an imagined world, but I can’t imagine the kind of terror they may have experienced before they died.
I am grateful, but humbled, that I was given a second chance at life.’
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Nate Reply:
January 23rd, 2012 at 11:50 am
What a smart, humble, forward-thinking person would’ve said is, “I don’t like that question. I find that to be insensitive and impertinent. I don’t know what I would’ve done, but I am very thankful I wasn’t there.” Simple as that.
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January 18th, 2012 at 3:44 pm
There’s a difference between anguish and bravado and Mark flies close to the latter on this issue. His phrasing is poor and insulting to those who were on the flights and who tried to overtake the hijackers – including people who I understand had their throats cut. Be quiet Mark, this isn’t a movie script where you can choose your own adventure ending and be the ultimate hero. In fact, you should be somewhat ashamed at your words.
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January 18th, 2012 at 3:50 pm
Great, now I’m going to have to get an issue of this just to see if he’s as big of an idiot as he looks from this snippet. Good job Men’s Journal marketing team….
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January 18th, 2012 at 3:53 pm
I don’t know what happened to Mark Wahlberg, but it is not becoming.. He used to be an alright guy, wth happened?
All of a sudden he decided to grow up ( not a bad thing ) but ditching his friends & his past, doesn’t make u a good person either. That claim about him saving the people is utterly insane, does he think he’s God? Just because ur an actor doesn’t necessarily mean u can fly a plane or beat up the enemy..I think he truly lost his mind, when he decided to turn into a Born again Christian..
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Bushido Reply:
January 18th, 2012 at 4:28 pm
He’s never been an “alright guy”. Throwing rocks at African American children, while calling them the worst names possible, and blinding and beating up Asian immigrants who fought alongside US Troops against the Viet Cong; regularly demeaning women, children and elderly people back in his home town of Dorchester, MA in the 80′s.
Wahlberg is a fucking prick, always has been, always will be nothing but a waster.
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January 18th, 2012 at 3:59 pm
Talk is Cheap Funky Mark or is that Wanky Mark. I suppose its ok that 80 years later you can now say ” man if i was in germany i would have popped a cap in Hitlers ass, Yeah Man thats how i roll. What a waste of space. perhaps his new job as an atmospheric molecular reconstructionst will be better. (basic life form turns air into carbon dioxide)aka “Oxygen thief”
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Texascola Reply:
January 19th, 2012 at 8:41 pm
Hilarious.
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January 18th, 2012 at 4:41 pm
As the mother of a hero, I have always said that IF those on the other planes had the time and knowledge that my daughter did, their passengers and crew would have reacted in the same way. HOW DARE HE put himself in the company of heroes… playing one does NOT make him one!
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Padraic Reply:
January 19th, 2012 at 8:43 pm
completely true. Actors who believe they are real. they need help
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Dave Reply:
January 22nd, 2012 at 2:23 pm
Marky mark also forgets that on United 93, there were at least three athletic guys, including a 9th dan judo champ who, while able to eventually overcome the terrorists, still couldn’t save the plane.
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January 18th, 2012 at 4:44 pm
sorry – as you can tell, I am EXTREMELY upset. My only daughter was on UNITED 93!!!!!
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Reinman Reply:
January 19th, 2012 at 4:27 am
You can be as upset as you like.It is your earned privilege as a mother of the fallen.I was a member of the teams for a long time, and even now tears well up in my eyes when I remember those people.Is there anything that reveals real America more,stripped of our often petty disagreements, then those people instantly,INSTANTLY,forming a plan, and rising up as one.No time,no experts,no training,just sheer WE WILL NOT SIMPLY JUST DIE WITHOUT THE MOST SAVAGE AND DESPERATE OF ATTEMPTS TO LIVE FIRST.The sheer force of will,in the face of such horrible knowledge of their situation.It’s stunning!It’s heroism at its finest.Only in America do we look at one another,say “I really don’t like you.But we’ll argue about that later.Right now lets go kill that SOB that thought that we could ever be divided enough to let this go unpunished.They’ll never know us.
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Padraic Reply:
January 19th, 2012 at 9:29 pm
Our condolences to you
your daughter is a hero. along with her companions on that flight.
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January 18th, 2012 at 4:46 pm
This little woman needs to live in reality again. Next thing he is going to tell us he used to be a super spy and actually killed Bin Laden.
Wahlberg is now a ~~~~> TOOL
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January 18th, 2012 at 4:59 pm
Like most of Hollywood’s delusional A-list, his sense of entitlement has him convinced that he’s an ubermensch. Someone should remind him that real heroes aren’t manufactured in movie scripts. In the real world where most of us live, had he been on that plane, he wouldn’t be interviewing with Mens Journal. He would be dead.
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January 18th, 2012 at 5:00 pm
Reality check, you are a run of the mill human being, sure you have made a buck or two more than the average human being but you are still a mortal. You are not god or a super hero. Truly insulting to the people who did try to fight the hijackers and lost their lives in the process. You talk about having nightmares and you weren’t even in the plane. Spare a thought or maybe two to the families who lost so much.
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January 18th, 2012 at 5:07 pm
Oooooh, big tough guy Mark. About the only thing this no-talent chump could have done was start singing “Good Vibrations” and make the terrorists jump out of the airplane to avoid the torture of listening.
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January 18th, 2012 at 5:11 pm
ok people apparently all the rumors are true. Most of us americans are a bunch of overweight punks. I say we need a hell of a lot more people like Mark. Heres to ya Mr. Wahlberg and your courage! Come on people they had box cutters for Christ sakes. It seems to me if any of
you or myself were on those planes we would have known either way we were in deep s^%t. So why not try to save ourselves instead of tucking our tails. God what has happened to our country. You give me a call Mark I got ya back!
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Cateydid Reply:
January 19th, 2012 at 4:54 pm
Are you serious? He didn’t say he would have fought back. He said he would have stopped it. He said that he would have been the hero of the day, and that there would have been a whole lot of blood on the floor, and then him saying “let’s land somewhere safe.” He’s saying that he could have done something that ALL THE PEOPLE WHO DIED ON THAT PLANE were unable to do.
He’s saying that his very presence would have changed history, and changed the fates of everyone else on that plane. For all intents and purposes, you’re saying the same thing – that YOU could have stopped it, if only you’d been there. Do you realize how ABSURD that sounds? Do you KNOW that they “tucked their tails?” Do you KNOW that if you’d been in the same situation, now ten years gone, that you wouldn’t have peed your ultra-manly pants when you realized that you were, in fact, in deep $@*t?
It’s easy to be a Monday morning armchair quarterback, isn’t it? But it makes you look like an @$$.
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January 18th, 2012 at 5:12 pm
Hey everyone, settle down.
What would you say in his shoes?
I think that I too, would be having dreams about it.
I was a night club bouncer when I was younger, now 45 overweight with diabetes.
I know that I would of tried too, like those brave and heroic people on flight 93.
For the grieving widow, let her express her loss, but you guys calling him a }#%><<* is a shame.
Would you "tough" guys just ponder for one moment and ask yourself, would I of tried to fight?
I think the editor should of put a little bit of a summary and ask the same question.
I say well done Mark to show that you are human, but most of all shared honestly how you felt and reacted, especially that you almost became a passenger on a 9/11 flight.
Lastly with a passing shot, grow up some of you. Try to respond instead of reacting.
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david (fishawk) Reply:
January 18th, 2012 at 9:42 pm
Fishawk,
Finally some people with a brain that works. I could not believe all the negative bull that has been written in the blobs above,then finally out of nowhere comes keith, and voice of reason,thank you powers that be. I am with you Mark. And for a lesson learned, if you hear about this subject being discussed you will know who to start elimanating as a friend.
WHAT IS A CHACHA PHRASE
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KJW Reply:
January 18th, 2012 at 10:24 pm
Sir, I don’t think people are upset that he is saying he would have fought back to protect his family. I think what stings is how he cavalierly says he would have STOPPED THEM (as if those other people on the flight just weren’t good or tough enough). There’s something really presumptuous-sounding and, more importantly, dangerously proud about that…I’ve read where military people say in a battle situation you can almost ALWAYS count on something going precisely the opposite of how you plan or expect, but tough guy Marky Mark thinks he would have had all the bases covered all by himself. Again, too bad he couldn’t go over there and show them his stuff…I wonder how the former underwear model would feel about coming back with an injured brain and two artificial legs, as one of my co-workers has (who is a REAL hero, by the way).
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Voice of Reason Reply:
January 19th, 2012 at 5:03 am
What a good clear response about the prideful remark that “He WOULD of succeeded”.
Yes your friend is a true hero.
I just hope and pray that people try to see the whole picture first.
I still say well done on expressing his humanity even if it was shamefully prideful.
Let’s start encouraging each other, instead of tearing down people.
There are Nations of people that are willing to scoff, belittle and even kill the people like Mr. Wahlberg.
But like you true heroic friend, their are many more of him that a putting their life for fellow man and fighting for those who cannot defend themselves.
May God still bless America and us ANZACs
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Dave Reply:
January 22nd, 2012 at 3:05 pm
V.O.R.
I hear you, I myself am a trained martial artist, former heavyweight wrestler and not afraid of confrontation. In the days prior to 911 I used to be able to carry my “leatherman” on flights, which contains two very sharp blades, about three inches long and a very sharp,saw. I often thought that maybe had I been on one of the flights I think I definitely would have fought back even if I wasn’t sure about the initial intentions of the hijackers. However, I’m pretty sure, given their training, the best I could have done was what the heros on United 93 did, which was essentially self sacrifice (even though I also know a lot about planes). I know that Wahlbergs heart is in the right place but like most in Hollywood, he believes his own press.
However, fantasizing about what you would have done is just that, a fantasy. I think it’s great that many Americans like to think of themselves as somehow heroic. Just remember that you are lucky to have never had that put to the test.
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January 18th, 2012 at 6:00 pm
THE BOURNE DELUSION!
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BTW Reply:
January 18th, 2012 at 9:25 pm
Thats Matt Damon, not Mark Wahlberg.
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January 18th, 2012 at 6:14 pm
He wasn’t disrespecting the other people he was feeling passionate on how he would try to protect his daughter…..people need to relax!!!!!!
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KJW Reply:
January 18th, 2012 at 10:10 pm
I respect that he’d have wanted to protect his family, but these comments sandwiched between his crying 7 times watching “The help” and not wanting to be asked about when his eldest daughter starts dating…
I agree with others who wish he’d have enlisted like a real hero (i.e. Pat Tillman) and then he’d have gotten to see what fighting the bad guys is TRULY like. (Hint…it’s not like in “Four brothers” where you kill a guy with your bare hands then tell people to dump him through a chainsaw-drilled hole in the ice…)
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January 18th, 2012 at 6:15 pm
Ghad, this guy’s a clod… So if he’d been on one of the hijacked planes on 9/11, “it wouldn’t have went down like it did” (grammar?) Riiiiiight……. Psh…these spoiled, pampered Hollywood pretty boy actors are all alike. They think because they play tough guys in the silly, make-believe world of movies, where (a) their stunts are all done for them or (b) are faked by CGI special-effects, that that makes them real-life tough guys? Gimme a break… If this bozo had really been on board one of the planes that day, he’d probably have been cowering in a corner, pissing in his pants, crying for his mommy. Either that or if he **had** (as he is deluded enough to believe) been brave enough (doubtful, but for the sake of argument) actually tangled with those terrorists, they’d have rubbed him out PDQ & left nothing left but a greasy spot (which–in his case, anyway–would’ve been an improvement.)
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January 18th, 2012 at 7:34 pm
He’s had 10+ years to enlist like a real hero, Pat Tillman. But he didn’t.
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Dave Reply:
January 22nd, 2012 at 2:41 pm
Great point!
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January 18th, 2012 at 7:52 pm
I had no idea Wahlberg was so ignorant: “would have went down….” and such
as that. Did he grow up in West Virginia or not attend high school? He looks
like a thug or low-class type, now I see he talks like one. I attended
“Contraband” and was extremely put off by it. A second rate movie, revoltingly
grungy and unpleasant to refined sensibilities, and thus, just Wahlberg’s
cup of tea, one presumes. And wouldn’t he have “found God?!!” Just so! Perfect!
Back to Noel Coward for me.
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Pat Reply:
January 23rd, 2012 at 2:23 pm
Okay, but do you have to put down a whole state (W.Va.) in order to respond poor grammar used by a public figure?
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January 18th, 2012 at 8:21 pm
What an idiot! This guy is so full of himself it borderlines mental illness. No one really knows what happended on those planes except for those that lost their lives to pure terrorists and therefore no one could or should comment on how they would have “acted”. Done with him and his movies. I was actually a fan of a few but comments like these make me sick.
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January 18th, 2012 at 9:54 pm
Unbelieveable comment. I have always been a fan of an actor who I thought was humble and had it all. What a thoughtless and disrespectful thing to say about people who did what they could in a terrible situation. For some reason you seem to think that you could have easily set that plane down; perhaps all of that fame and fortune has gone to your head – it certainly didn’t go to your heart. I am (for now) an ex-fan.
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January 18th, 2012 at 10:12 pm
I dont agree with that he said, but I think I can understand what he was trying to say.
I dont want to cause any disrespect for anyone! My heart goes out to anyone who was involved, or who may have lost someone that horrible day.
He probably should have said something along the lines of:
If I were on any of those planes, I would have done everything in my power to try and stop the hijackers.
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CaliGrl Reply:
January 19th, 2012 at 12:17 am
I hear you…and yes, he should have said something more appropriate as you suggested. I do give him points for publicly apologizing.
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January 18th, 2012 at 10:16 pm
Was this a formal part of the _Men’s Journal_ interview? Or was it part of a “chatty” or “jokey”, bravado-y, grab-’em-by-the-balls, fantasy-revisionist-version, talk-smack-f*&k-this-s&#tful-never-should-have-happened-Thing-that-happened and MW said this *Knowing* that what he was saying was ludicrous while also *Knowing* that if he had been on the plane with his wife and his children, he would have felt the incomprehensible horror that every soul on that flight must have felt…I don’t know Mark Wahlberg, but from interviews I can see he’s not so foolish to believe he could do these super-human things he said. He’s like the rest of us who survived. I was in Seattle when this happened. Watching the television, I saw the second plane crash into the WTC tower. I was not anywhere near being on one of those planes or having anyone I knew on the planes or in the buildings but I remember the heavy weight of disbelief and profound powerlessness that brought me down to my knees. Doesn’t anyone else think he feels the same? So in this interview, do we really know if this was like, his “final answer” or was it part of some shooting-the-sh*t swill-down-some-beer break with the interviewer who could have been saying similarly (and kept his comments out of the article), in a one-up-manship-commando-absurd-”humor”-jesting that some of us humans do to ease the pain of powerlessness…? ? ?
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January 19th, 2012 at 12:11 am
Mark Wahlberg has made a fortune prentending to do what I do for a living. I’m a full time police officer and an infantryman in the National Guard with two combat deployments under my belt. I’m not a bad ass tough guy or a hero, just a man who believes in service over self.
I don’t have a full time personal trainer or a dietitian. I can’t afford to hire a boxing coach and build a ring at my house. I don’t have time to devote to 3 and 4 hour workouts designed to scuplt Hollywood muscles.
I run, lift, and do what I can to stay fit and combat ready. I’m in good shape for my age, but I’ve got a lifetime of nagging injuries that cause me moderate pain every single day.
I don’t begrudge Mr. Wahlberg one bit of his fortune or sucess. I don’t know if he is a prima dona asshole or the salt of the earth. I don’t really care either way, to be really honest.
I’ll echo what many others here have said: Shame on Mr. Wahlberg for his idiotic remarks. Good for him for realizing he stepped on his dick and apologizing. I’m glad he wasn’t on a plane that horrible day.
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Linda Reply:
January 19th, 2012 at 6:03 pm
Hubby is also a cop. Unfortunately people actually believe what they see in the movies and on TV. That is why when things go wrong in real life, people can’t understand how it could have happened. Things are resolved so easily and in such a tidy way in the movies. Forensic evidence is immediate, the bad guys are always bumbling idiots, the police are always firearms experts who never miss their target. Perhaps it is a good thing that this is being exposed so spectacularly by Mark Wahlberg’s misguided comments.
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January 19th, 2012 at 7:11 am
I appreciate these views will be unpopular – but I think this needs to be said. 9/11 was not a terribly relevant event. The death of 4000 people makes it a bad day, but it is 1/10th of the number of Americans killed in road accidents (most of which were preventable) last year. The amount of money wasted on following anti-terrorist red tape, and the money wasted by the US government on the wars and intelligence services probably cost many more lives, especially since this profligate spending helped cause the global credit crunch. Please stop thinking about 9/11 and instead think how lucky you are to live in a free country with such a very high standard of living. And instead of worrying about Islamic terrorists, worry about how you treat your family. They have a lot more impact on your life.
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Jack Reply:
January 19th, 2012 at 8:08 am
Are you really comparing the calculated murder of over 3000 innocent people in a single day by a group of fanatics with the accidental deaths caused by car accidents in a year? Are you really that dense? Do you really not see how one thing does not even remotely compare with another?
Let me help you with a little thing called perspective: Imagine I burn down your house with your family inside it, who die in a most horrific fashion. Now imagine that a well meaning stranger tries to comfort you by reminding you that last year, over 4000 people died in house fires, so really, you just had a bad day and should be happy about your standard of living.
It really bothers me that your vote (presumably) counts as much as mine.
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Mark Reply:
January 27th, 2012 at 11:49 am
Well stated, Jack! Andy C is right about one thing. His views are indeed unpopular. What a moron…
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January 19th, 2012 at 7:17 am
Really? Okay ‘hero’, why didn’t you pick up a rifle after 9/11 and help defend our country? Blow hard jackass!
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January 19th, 2012 at 4:29 pm
Wow, amazing how “acting” can go to your head, remember….you’re an actor Mark, 9/11 wasn’t a movie.
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January 19th, 2012 at 4:53 pm
I understand the anger everyone has here, but I can’t help but be curious of the full context of this statement. What was the actual question asked? What was his full response? I’m not saying this statement is in anyway ok, but obviously the publisher is hoping to have a lot of people pick this magazine up to see the rest of the interview.
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January 19th, 2012 at 5:56 pm
What an utter, utter tool!
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January 19th, 2012 at 9:23 pm
We would all like to think that if we were in that situation we would all act bravely and try to put a stop to it. Fear and the human mind are extremely powerful and the fight or flight is an awful situation to be in. Nothing but honour and praise for the passengers who fought. I, like many of you hope we would do the same. Only in the real circumstance will we know. I hope i would fight but my body may well freeze up with fear. Or my fight brain might say go. I hope i never have to make that decision as those brave people did.
To say that you would do this or that is wrong as no one really knows. and from the comfort of an interview chair to say he would do it is insulting to those ordinary men and women who did.
He is an actor, a professional impersonator, a liar if you will, living in a constant world of make believe. why does anyone listen to actors who will convincingly say whatever they are paid to say, it is amazing. Self promoting for their own egos. not just this one all of them. the good ones know they are actors and shut up when off screen.
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January 20th, 2012 at 5:20 am
I’ve followed this actors career with a passing interest, having grown up in an adjoining area of Mark’s formative years. As a youth, he definitely was a violent and aggressive person. But by the time of the 9/11 incident, he had mellowed out considerably and I don’t know if he would have responded to the highjackers any differently than all the other passengers. Generally when highjackers used to take over a plane, most people would cooperate to not make the situation any worse. Now after 9/11, people are aware of suicide attacks and realize that they have to be extremely proactive.
Hindsight is 20/20…
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January 20th, 2012 at 12:12 pm
Hey, he’s a republican……..nuff said
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January 20th, 2012 at 12:44 pm
Jeez people. I don’t think he meant the comment to be offensive. It’s a “what if scenario?” I think many guys in a situation with their family on board a hijacked plane would want to do whatever it took to ensure the safety of their family, as well as other people on board that plane. If it was me in that situation with my kids, and there were other people on board who were willing to take down the terrorists, then oh-rah! Game on.
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January 20th, 2012 at 6:27 pm
Believe what you will,and not what you want!
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January 20th, 2012 at 9:49 pm
People like Wahlberg are just human and like all of us, also put their feet in their mouths at the wrong time. I’m sure that he met to say one thing, and it came out like something else. If you have never done that, then you are superhuman. But in his case, people jump all over him, put it on national television etc. There isn’t a one of us, who would have sat still had we known our fate that date. Even myself, handicapped, would have attempted to take down somone and fought for my life. The first 3 planes, the people had no idea of what was to take place, only the last plane did the men fight. Who knows if they were stabbed, shot or what in their attempts. But they went down with a huge fight. Any man, esp with their children on that plane, would have fought hard, just like these men did. I have followed this young man’s career, and when he was younger did not want my daughter watching him or listening to his music. However, he learned his lessons all the hard way, and grew up, and then thanked our Lord daily for his second chance. He is now a moral man who puts family above everything. I’m sure on that day had he known what was facing them, he would have fought along side of those brave men. He never said he was better then them, he simply said he would have gone down fighting. God bless those poor souls that went to their deaths that day and God bless their families for having to go on without them. Thank you Mark Wahlberg, for showing the world that with all your fame and money, that Jesus Christ is your leader and responsible for it all. You lead by example.
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January 27th, 2012 at 11:20 am
Are you bleepin’ kidding me? You don’t need to apologize for this guy. When you make a moronic statement like that, you can’t simply characterize it as “he met (sic) to say one thing and it came out as something else”. Even though Wahlberg is human and “put his foot in his mouth at the wrong time”, he is held to a higher standard due to his celebrity status and access to national media.
I like many of his movies and respect him for pulling his act together after growong up as a scumbag hood. Save your energy and effort for those that don’t have access to fame, fortune and PR spin doctors…
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January 21st, 2012 at 1:10 am
Enjoyable comments. Was Will Ferrell also booked on the flight?
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January 22nd, 2012 at 8:49 am
Effin dumbass that wasn’t a movie. I’m sure they did the best they could. How could those words even come out of your mouth???
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January 24th, 2012 at 9:20 pm
I can’t believe this guy. Actors that start to believe that they are really action hero’s because they play that roll in a movie seriously need help. These guys think that the terrorist’s were playing terrorist and they would eventually lose the fight just like in the movies. Did he think he could have landed the plane to without crashing. I lost any respect I had for Marky Mark, too bad I liked his movies.
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January 25th, 2012 at 12:41 pm
I am simply outraged by his comment, stating he would have subdued the terrorists and land the plane. What a lack of compassion and empathy towards the families of the people that died on that plane, what a lack of respect for the people that died. Just shows how disconnected with the real world this and other blown-up stars are… yes Mark, for sure you would also have captured Bin Laden, and you would have prevented the Concordia from sinking. Watch it Chuck Norris, there’s a NKOTB, and he’s tougher than you.
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January 27th, 2012 at 11:09 am
Of course the apology and retraction came. Too little, too late. Another celebrity who had come from humble roots ends up putting too much stock into his press releases. What a tool!
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