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Mark Wahlberg, 52, jokingly admitted he doesn’t know why he wasn’t part of the now viral Dunkin’ business that premiered throughout the Super Bowl final week. The actor, who’s a fellow Boston native just like the advert’s stars, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, was requested why he was absent from the humorous function, which additionally options former longtime New England Patriots participant Tom Brady, throughout an interview on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on Wednesday, and he didn’t hesitate to make some cheeky feedback.
“I was thinking the same thing. I have no idea. I’m from the wrong side of the tracks, I think,” he lightheartedly advised host Stephen Colbert, referring to Ben and Matt being from Cambridge and him being from the South Boston neighborhood of Dorchester.
“I’m trying to work my way into [their] good graces, but very, very funny,” he added. “Hopefully they’ll give me the call one of these days. I’m still waiting patiently.”
In the Dunkin’ business, Ben, Matt, and Tom are in a hilarious Boston-bred boy band known as The DunKings as Ben’s real-life spouse Jennifer Lopez pretends to be aggravated behind a soundboard in a studio. The advert additionally had prolonged cuts and numerous variations that the corporate launched after the Super Bowl.
In addition to asking in regards to the Dunkin’ advert, Stephen requested Mark if he attended the Super Bowl, which befell at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, NV, the place the gifted star not too long ago moved. He admitted he did attend however solely stayed till halftime, when Usher carried out, after which went residence. Stephen then joked if he was intimidated by the singer’s abs.
“No, I didn’t know if he was going to come out with the abs or if he was just going to do the hip thrusts,” Mark stated. “I had no idea what he was going to do. But I actually went to do some stuff to promote the movie. And then I promised my wife I would be home.”
Mark additionally stated he needed to go away the Super Bowl early as a result of he has some difficulties in the previous. “Last time we went to a Super Bowl, it was the Patriots versus the Falcons and people always wondered why I left at halftime, but [my son] was an 8-year-old and he was screaming and cursing at the top of his lungs because they were down 28 to 3,” he recalled. “And we were embarrassed, so I didn’t know what he was going to do at the game.”
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