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With all apologies to Ben Affleck, if the city of Boston had a mascot, it would undoubtedly be Mark Wahlberg. The Dorchester native is basically the embodiment of every single person who grew up in the city. If a Dunkin’ Donuts cup could be a person, it would be Mark Wahlberg.
During this year’s matchup between the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons LI, Wahlberg followed in the footsteps of Donald Trump when he and his family decided to leave with his beloved Patriots down by a score of 28-3 with a couple of minutes left in the third quarter. As you probably know, the Pats went on to stage one of the most improbable comebacks of all time that was sealed by a James White touchdown in overtime, sparking a deluge of memes and shade-throwing Super Bowl rings.
After being called out for his premature exits, Wahlberg hopped on Instagram and said his family left because his “youngest son wasn’t feeling well.” It wasn’t exactly the most convincing excuse in the world, but in a recent profile published by Men’s Health, he revealed that his post wasn’t a total lie— although it appears he took some liberties when it came to defining the word “sick”:
The Wahlberg family was watching the game in a luxury suite in Houston’s NRG Stadium while the Patriots were getting pounded. Wahlberg and Rhea Durham’s second son, 8-year-old Brendan, was not handling it well at all.
“He was spitting out F-bombs and going crazy. It was bad,” says Wahlberg, shuddering as if he’s reliving the moment. “He was lying down on the carpet. He was very upset.” Rhea wanted to stay, but Wahlberg wasn’t having it and left with his boy.
I don’t know if I’ve ever been least surprised by anything in my life than learning Marky Mark’s son drops f-bombs quicker than the Cleveland Browns drop quarterbacks. Like father like son indeed.