Vanity Fair invited Mark Wahlberg to do a lie detector test and he accepted. One of the questions they asked Marky Mark is if he reads the reviews about his movies. He said he reads the good ones, and every now again he peaks at the bad ones. He has his people only send him the good ones.
Let’s be honest, maybe if he read more of the bad ones he might be a much much much better actor. Criticism hurts, but it also helps to make you better. And we know he has room for improvement. He might have chart-topping movies, but he will never win an Oscar for his acting.
There was not much else that came out of this test. We did learn he is sometimes mistaken for Matt Damon and does not correct the person who got it wrong. He thinks Wahlburgers has the second best hamburgers out there. The first is his own. And he never remembers saying, “Say hello to your mother for me.” Finally, he still writes rap songs, but don’t expect him to release an album anytime soon.
For nearly a week, people have been upset that Mark Wahlberg made $1.5 million to reshoot scenes from All the Money in the World when disgraced star Kevin Spacey was abruptly fired and replaced by Christopher Plummer less than two months before the films release, while Michelle Williams made less than a $1,000 even though they have the same agency. They used excuses like it was in his contract and he doesn’t work for free.
Well after a week of rightfully being bashed, Marky Mark broke his silence today. He said, “Over the last few days my reshoot fee for ‘All the Money in the World’ has become an important topic of conversation. I 100% support the fight for fair pay and I’m donating the $1.5M to the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund in Michelle Williams’ name.” WME, their agency, donated a $500,000 along with his $1.5 million.
I called the donation on Monday, and I am glad I was right. He did the right thing.
As we know, Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Williams had to refilm scenes of All The Money in the World when disgraced Kevin Spacey was abruptly fired and replaced by Christopher Plummer about a month before the movie’s replace date.
Williams told previously told USA Today, “I said I’d be wherever they needed me, whenever they needed me. And they could have my salary, they could have my holiday, whatever they wanted. Because I appreciated so much that they were making this massive effort.” She meant it because according to the newspaper, she made $80 a day totaling less that $1,000. Noble, right?
Well, the same cannot be said about Mark Wahlberg, who the paper says was paid $1.5 million for the reshoots. Over 1,000 times more the actress who received a Golden Globe nomination for the role. How f*cked up is that? As a man who loves his mom, his wife and 2 daughters, he needs to donate that salary to #TimesUp. He needs to let women know it is ridiculous he got paid $1,499,000 more than his co-star for doing what he needed to do to save the movie.
What do you think?
BTW now we know why he is one of the highest paid actors and she is one of the most nominated actresses in her generation. It seems like one cares about the money and the other one the art.
Remember that awful movie The Perfect Storm when Mark Wahlberg was left bobbing up and down in the middle of the ocean and you were rooting for George Clooney and him to die already? Or was that just me shouting it out in the movie theater. Anyways, when I saw this photo of Marky Mark with his whole family floating around in the water, I had flashbacks to that 2000 film. At least this time, I am rooting for them all to live. Although, I am jealous of them for enjoying a beautiful place, while I suffer in 85 degree heat.
Mark Wahlberg talks about his 4 kids with Rhea Dunham all the time, and yet you rarely ever see them all together as a family. So how can you have a family Christmas Card, without the whole family in one shot. You cannot, so here is mama and papa Wahlberg with Ella Rae, 14, Michael, 11, Brendan, 9, and Grace, 7. Proving they are beautiful bunch when they are all in one photo together.
Only thing missing from the card is a line that, “Say hi to your mother for me!”
