Mark Wahlburg is a bit of a shit.

[trof]

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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]

1. I can't believe he has a movie career.

He's such a yawn.

[Not Ruth]

2. After a very successful music career

[cwydro]

32. I thought it was an underwear career.

I only remember one song of his, and it was a cover.

[Not Ruth]

33. Underwear schmunderwear

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 wasn’t 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 Wahlberg’s fortune is valued at $225 million.

http://www.therichest.com/celebnetworth/celeb/actors/mark-wahlberg-net-worth/

[CrispyQ]

34. I remember Marky Mark.

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.

[cwydro]

35. Lol.

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]

36. That probably means a felony commited by a minor, not that the felony was minor in nature.

Provided he stayed out of trouble, it would drop off his record.

[cwydro]

37. Ok, got ya.

I seem to be very slow on the uptake today. Sigh.

[RhodeIslandOne]

6. What? No!

[Initech]

29. What? No! I think it's a Transformer!!!

[yallerdawg]

3. NOW I know what they're doing with my money!

After the hotels were built in Atmore, Wetumpka and Montgomery, how come the slots never loosened up?

This explains it!

[MontanaMama]

4. Is this Mark Wahlberg?

I'm clueless as to who Mark Whalburger is...

[Orrex]

5. I'll never forgive him for abandoning The Funky Bunch.

[ecstatic]

9. lol. nt

[cwydro]

21. Lol!

Somehow you always make me laugh!

[Orrex]

24. Aw!

[Drahthaardogs]

7. He beat a man blind for being an Asian immigrant

Then got mad cause Obama would not pardon him.

[grossproffit]

8. I can't look past that. Every time I think of watching his movies I think of that man. Nope!

[ecstatic]

10. wtf? i had not heard about that. wow. nt

[oberliner]

14. When he was a teenager

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.

[cwydro]

17. Aww.

So he's a good guy, right?

[oberliner]

18. Seems like a good guy to me

People are capable of change, in my view.

[cwydro]

19. I'll agree with that.

I just have difficulty imagining someone physically attacking another human because of their race or nationality.

Or for that matter, physically attacking anyone.

[hack89]

28. Not actually true

the guy he beat has publicly said he had lost vision in one eye years previous to that.

[runtel]

11. He hasn't changed

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]

12. So we're supposed to hate him because he's promoting a veggie burger?

Does he recycle too?

[Drahthaardogs]

13. Hate him for being an abusive racist

That's fair

[HipChick]

20. I can't get past that...

[edhopper]

22. No, for this

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]

23. Only 45 days in jail for blinding a person

[cwydro]

25. Thank you for posting this.

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]

26. Not to defend Wahlberg, but for accuracy....

"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."


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[obnoxiousdrunk]

31. Yes. He is not

perfect like us DU'ers.

[Drahthaardogs]

38. When I beat a man blind for the sole reason of race

I give you total permission to consider me a pariah on society.

[Ken Burch]

15. Could've been worse-he could have a chain of hot dog places called "Dirk Diggler's"

n/t.

[Warren DeMontague]

16. He's so good at music and acting- you mean he can cook, too?

bleh

[WhiteTara]

27. To make that statement accurate

leave out "a bit of" Then you will be completely accurate.

[Wounded Bear]

30. Somebody watched that?

Who'd a thunk?