Mark Wahlberg is under fire for comments he made to a magazine about the September 11th terrorist attacks. The Boston bred singer/model turned actor and director is a hot Internet Trend after Men's Journal released an article where the former Marky Mark rapper says things would have been different had he not changed his plans. Walhlberg was scheduled to be on Flight 93, one of the planes that crashed into the world trade center, but reportedly changed his plans.
Reuters reports. "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,'" the actor said in an interview with Men's Journal magazine that was released one day earlier.”
After the explosive 911 comments Wahlberg apologized, he tells TMZ, "To suggest I would have done anything differently than the passengers on that plane was irresponsible... I deeply apologize to the families of the victim's that my answer came off as insensitive, it was certainly not my intention."
TMZ reports the wife of one of the victims was deeply upset about Wahlberg's comments, later the actor issued s statement saying, "To speculate about such a situation is ridiculous to begin with, and to suggest I would have done anything differently than the passengers on that plane was irresponsible. I deeply apologize to the families of the victims that my answer came off as insensitive, it was certainly not my intention,"
Last week Walhberg made headlines after word got out that he is interested in developing a movie based on Boston's most notorious mobster James “Whitey” Bulger. Reports claim he is duking it out with two other Bay State actors, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon for the rights to Bulger's story. Wahlberg is currently promoting his new movie Contraband in theaters now.
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