Monday, April 02, 2007

Mark Wahlberg: “I’m No Sex Symbol!”

While many of his fans would argue otherwise, Mark Wahlberg does not see himself as a sex symbol. He was a member of Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, who used to strip to his underpants on stage, later going on to play a well endowed porn star in “Boogie Nights,” is always taken aback by the attention he receives from his female fans.

Mark told the Post Chronicle: “It’s ridiculous that people call me a sex symbol. I don’t feel like that at all. My daughter would get a kick out of it… she’d find it very funny.”

Even though he doesn’t feel it, that does not mean the ‘Invincible’ actor doesn’t appreciate the praise.

Wahlberg continued: “I’ll take it though. I’m very humble. But it’s certainly not the way I feel.”

The 35-year-old, who has a three-year-old daughter Ella and a 12-month-old son Michael with his steady Rhea Durham, also spoke on how fatherhood has made him a better person.

Wahlberg, in his less than ideal past, has been arrested more than “20 times” and has experimented with a variety of drugs. With this all behind him, he said: “Fatherhood has changed me in every way shape or form, and all for the best.”

Meanwhile, the star will just have to keep on living with the “Sex Symbol” tag… at least for a few more years.