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officers: "You don't have to let him identify me, I'll tell you now that's
the mother-fucker who's (sic) head I split open."[13] Investigators also
noted that Wahlberg "made numerous unsolicited racial statements about
'gooks' and 'slant-eyed gooks'." [12][13]
For these crimes, Wahlberg was charged with attempted murder, pleaded guilty
to assault and was sentenced to two years in Suffolk County Deer Island
House of Correction. He ultimately served only 45 days of his sentence.[12]
[15] In another incident, the 21-year-old Wahlberg fractured the jaw of a
neighbor in an unprovoked attack.[16] Commenting in 2006 on his past crimes,
Wahlberg has stated: "I did a lot of things that I regret, and I have
certainly paid for my mistakes." He said the right thing to do would be to
try to find the blinded man and make amends, and admitted he has not done
so, but added that he was no longer burdened by guilt: "You have to go and
ask for forgiveness and it wasn't until I really started doing good and
doing right by other people, as well as myself, that I really started to
feel that guilt go away. So I don't have a problem going to sleep at night.
I feel good when I wake up in the morning."[15]
After going to prison for assault, he decided to improve his behavior.
According to Wahlberg, "As soon as I began that life of crime, there was
always a voice in my head telling me I was going to end up in jail. Three of
my brothers had done time. My sister went to prison so many times I lost
count. Finally I was there, locked up with the kind of guys I'd always
wanted to be like. Now I'd earned my stripes and I was just like them, and I
realized it wasn't what I wanted at all. I'd ended up in the worst place I
could possibly imagine and I never wanted to go back. First of all, I had to
learn to stay on the straight and narrow." Wahlberg first relied on the
guidance of his parish priest to turn his back on crime. He told his street
gang that he was leaving them and had "some serious fights" with them over
it. The actor commented in 2009: "I've made a lot of mistakes in my life and
I've done bad things, but I never blamed my upbringing for that. I never
behaved like a victim so that I would have a convenient reason for
victimizing others. Everything I did wrong was my own fault. I was taught
the difference between right and wrong at an early age. I take full
responsibility."[17]
On 26 November 2014, Wahlberg filed an application in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts requesting a full and unconditional pardon [18] from his prior
convictions. [19] His pardon application has engendered some controversy.
[12] According to the BBC, the debate about his suitability for a pardon is
still ongoing with the arguments on both sides being far reaching and
complex.[20] There is also an ongoing petition to Massachusetts Governor
Deval Patrick to deny Wahlberg's pardon.[21] One of Wahlberg's victims,
Trinh, has pledged to make a written statement supporting a pardon.[14]
Career
Music
Wahlberg first came to fame as the younger brother of Donnie Wahlberg of the
successful boy band New Kids on the Block. Mark, at age thirteen, had been
one of the group's original members, along with Donnie, Danny Wood, Jordan
Knight, and Jonathan Knight. However, he soon quit. It was his departure
that eventually allowed Joe McIntyre to take his place as the fifth member
of the group.
Wahlberg began recording as Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, earning a hit
with "Good Vibrations" from the album Music for the People. The record,
produced by brother Donnie, hit No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100, later
becoming certified as a platinum single. The second single, "Wildside",
peaked at No. 5 on Billboards Hot Singles Sales chart and at No. 10 on the
Billboard Hot 100.[22] It was certified as a gold single. Marky Mark opened
for the New Kids on the Block during their last tour. Marky Mark and the
Funky Bunch also had their own video game, titled Marky Mark and the Funky
Bunch: Make My Video, which despite the band's success was a huge flop. The
second Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch LP, You Gotta Believe, was not as
successful as the prior, yielding only a minor hit single in the title
track.
Wahlberg later collaborated with the late reggae/ragga singer Prince Ital
Joe on the album Life in the Streets. The project combined rap and raggae
vocals with strong eurodance music (as in the singles Happy People, German
No. 1 hit United, Life in the Streets, and Babylon) courtesy of Frank
Peterson and Alex Christensen as producers.
He was also featured in the Black Label Society music video for "Counterfeit
God", as a stand-in for the band's bassist.[23]
Advertising
Wahlberg first displayed his physique in the Good Vibrations music video and
most prominently in a series of underwear ads for Calvin Klein (1992)[24]
shot by Herb Ritts, following it with Calvin Klein television
advertisements.[25] Magazine and television promotions would sometimes
feature Mark exclusively or accompanied by model Kate Moss. Annie Leibovitz
also shot a famous session of Mark Wahlberg in underwear for Vanity Fair's
annual Hall of Fame issue.[26] He also made a workout video titled The Marky
Mark Workout: Form... Focus... Fitness (ISBN 1-55510-910-1).
Foundation in May 2001 for the purpose of raising and distributing funds to
youth service and enrichment programs.[58] Wahlberg is active with The Good
Shepherd Center for Homeless Women and Children. In an interview, Mark said
that it's important to let the homeless know that people care about them and
are working to help the impoverished get back on their feet.[59] Wahlberg
served on the Honorary Board of Jerry Sandusky's The Second Mile children's
charity before Sandusky's 2011 arrest on child sex abuse charges.[60]
In 2012, Wahlberg was quoted in a magazine interview regarding what would
have happened if he had flown aboard American Airlines Flight 11 on 9-11-01.
He had been booked on Flight 11, but his plans changed the day before the
scheduled flight and he cancelled his reservation. Wahlberg received public
criticism for stating, "If I was on that plane with my kids, it wouldn't
have went down like it did," and, "There would have been a lot of blood in
that first-class cabin and then me saying, 'OK, were going to land
somewhere safely, dont worry,'" Wahlberg issued a public apology after
family members of those killed on the flight expressed outrage for his
statements.[61]
Tattoos
Wahlberg has 4 tattoos done by various artists, including Paul Timman.[62]
The tattoos include Sylvester the cat with Tweety in his mouth on his ankle,
a design of his initials on his upper right arm, and a Bob Marley tattoo
with "One Love" on his upper left arm.[63] The final tattoo, which Wahlberg
holds as his most meaningful, is the rosary tattooed around his neck, with a
crucifix and the words "In God I Trust" resting over his heart.[63] On
January 9, 2012, Wahlberg was a guest on the Late Show with David
Lettermanand stated he was in the process of having the tattoos removed.[64]