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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMark Wahlburg is a bit of a shit.
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Watching his 'show' (really?) on A&E (really?).
About possibly introducing a veggie burger into his chain of burger joints.
Oh dear.
We're about to be 'blessed' with a Whalburger's here in Foley, Alabama.
It will be here, in our brand new Indian paid for 'amusement' park.
http://visitowa.com/
CrispyQ
(36,509 posts)He's such a yawn.
Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)I only remember one song of his, and it was a cover.
Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)Before he started acting, Mark Wahlberg was best known as Marky Mark, the pants-dropping rapper who attained fame and notoriety with his group the Funky Bunch. In the tradition of Will Smith and Ice Cube, Wahlberg has made a successful transition from music to film, garnering particular early praise for his role in Boogie Nights.
Wahlberg wasnt nominated for an Oscar for his work in The Fighter but he helped lead his co-stars Christian Bale and Melissa Leo to gold with his heartfelt performance. The film earned an impressive $130 million at the box office. Wahlberg is also a busy TV producer with four shows in various stages of production at HBO.
Born June 5, 1971, in Dorchester, MA, Wahlberg had a troubled early life. One of nine children, he dropped out of school at 16 (he would later earn his GED) and committed a number of minor felonies. After working various odd jobs, Wahlberg briefly joined brother Donnie and his group New Kids on the Block before forming his own, Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch.
As of 2015, Mark Wahlbergs fortune is valued at $225 million.
http://www.therichest.com/celebnetworth/celeb/actors/mark-wahlberg-net-worth/
CrispyQ
(36,509 posts)Maybe that's why I never gave him much chance as an actor.
But I'll check out that movie. I love Melissa Leo. Bale, too.
Didn't he produce Entourage also?
He certainly made something of himself.
And who knew? That there is something called a "minor felony"? That one made me laugh. If someone punched me in the face I would not consider that "minor'.
I hope he has changed and is raising his kids to be better people.
FSogol
(45,526 posts)Provided he stayed out of trouble, it would drop off his record.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)I seem to be very slow on the uptake today. Sigh.
RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)After the hotels were built in Atmore, Wetumpka and Montgomery, how come the slots never loosened up?
This explains it!
MontanaMama
(23,337 posts)I'm clueless as to who Mark Whalburger is...
Orrex
(63,224 posts)Somehow you always make me laugh!
Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)Then got mad cause Obama would not pardon him.
grossproffit
(5,591 posts)ecstatic
(32,731 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)He has apologized many times for his racist, violent youth and has since devoted much of his life to many charitable causes specifically geared towards helping at-risk young people.
So he's a good guy, right?
oberliner
(58,724 posts)People are capable of change, in my view.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)I just have difficulty imagining someone physically attacking another human because of their race or nationality.
Or for that matter, physically attacking anyone.
hack89
(39,171 posts)the guy he beat has publicly said he had lost vision in one eye years previous to that.
runtel
(25 posts)There was a video floating for a while where he pulled up to a convenience store and parked across 2 handicap spots. When the person questioned him about it he just told them to watch his car for him.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)Does he recycle too?
Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)That's fair
HipChick
(25,485 posts)edhopper
(33,615 posts)The first incident occurred when Mark Wahlberg was 15 years old. He had already been hooked on cocaine and other drugs since the beginning of his teens. I imagine it is a time in a person's life when he is energetic and mischievous. Though, I have to wonder about the extremity of Mark's crimes at this age.
The assault occurred over a period of two days. Mark and his gang seemed a bit transfixed on attacking a group of black school children whom they stalked and attacked verbally and physically. On June 15, 1986 Mark and three other teenagers approached 12-year-old Jesse Coleman and his older brother and sister as they were walking home. The group chased the group of black school children on their bikes; one of the assailants told the children, "We don't like black ni--ers in the area so get the f--k away from the area!"
The group continued to chase the children on their mopeds, yelling, "Kill the ni--ers! Kill the ni--ers!" Each one of Mark's little gang threw rocks at their victims. By the time the children reached Burger King, Mark and the rest of the bullies turned and left; I'm assuming they didn't want their actions witnessed in a business area where they'd easily be spotted.
The next day, while Jesse Coleman was on a field trip to the beach with his class, Mark and his gang followed the group to the beach. As the group was returning from the field trip, Mark's group began yelling racial slurs at the children; Mark and his friends summoned more to join him and they threw rocks at the children, one hitting a black girl and another hitting a white girl. The teacher was able to get an ambulance there and the attackers ran away.
Nearly two years later, on April 8, 1988, Mark decided to turn his hatred towards Asians. Thanh Lam, while carrying two cases of beer from his car to his home, was struck by a large wooden stick wielded by Mark Wahlberg; Mark, at this time, called Thanh a "Vietnam fu--ing sh-t!" The blow knocked the man out.
Mark and two others left the scene. Mark then ran into another Vietnamese man named Hoa Trinh; at first asking the man for help in hiding from the police, when police came along, Wahlberg punched the man in the eye, knocking him to the ground; Trinh ended up losing that eye.
While in police custody, Mark continued to refer to "Slant-eyed g--ks" and other such slurs.
All of this is a matter of public record and Wahlberg admits to these incidents openly. For the last crime, Wahlberg was sentenced to two years in prison, but served 45 days and was released.
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)I was not aware of his history. I knew of only one attack.
Wow, what a great guy he is. But no doubt, he has "changed".
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)"Trinh said he did not have health insurance and did not seek hospital treatment. While his left eye was bruised from the assault he did not lose the sight having lost the use of his eye in 1975 five years before he came to the US. Trinh was with a South Vietnamese army unit fighting with US forces against the Communist North when a grenade blew him up."
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2868589/Mark-Wahlberg-s-blinding-race-attack-victim-Johnny-Trinh-backs-bid-pardon-saying-course-forgive-didn-t-blind-Communist-Vietnamese-did-that.html#ixzz4tJtoT6sF
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obnoxiousdrunk
(2,910 posts)perfect like us DU'ers.
Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)I give you total permission to consider me a pariah on society.
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)n/t.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)bleh
WhiteTara
(29,722 posts)leave out "a bit of" Then you will be completely accurate.
Wounded Bear
(58,706 posts)Who'd a thunk?