Mark Wahlberg is speaking candidly about his past criminal behavior as well as his difficult upbringing. The 48-year-old actor spoke with The Guardian, the British news outlet, to promote his new Netflix film “Spencer Confidential,” when he was asked about growing up in a difficult part of Boston and his past experiences engaging in criminal behavior.
The actor explained that growing up the youngest of nine children often made him the target of bullying within his own household.
In addition, he said he experienced violence outside the home as well, saying, “and when I walked out my door - violence is also all that was there.” After briefly joining his brother’s band “New Kids on the Block,” Wahlberg says he fell into a pattern of drug use.
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