Mark Wahlberg has apologised for his insensitive comments regarding the 9/11 terrorist attacks. During an interview with Men.s Journal, The Happening actor explained that although he never made it onto the plane, he was booked on one of the flights that crashed into the World Trade Centre. .If I was on that plane with my kids, it wouldn.t have went down like it did,. Wahlberg said. .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,.. he continued. TMZ spoke to Deena Burnett-Bailey, the wife of one of the passengers from the hi-jacked flight. Bailey said she received a call from her husband...
- 1/19/2012
- by Eleanor Harley
- Monsters and Critics
'I deeply apologize to the families of the victims,' Wahlberg said after controversial comments published in Men's Journal.
By Gil Kaufman
Mark Wahlberg
Photo: FilmMagic
After a controversial interview in the February issue of Men's Journal magazine went viral this week, "Contraband" star Mark Wahlberg issued an apology on Wednesday for suggesting that he might have changed the course of history on the day of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.
In the interview, Wahlberg — who was scheduled to be on the flight from Boston to Los Angeles that morning which ended up crashing into one of the World Trade Center towers — said that if he had been there things might have turned out differently.
"If I was on that plane with my kids, it wouldn't have went down like it did," said Wahlberg, 40, who ended up taking a private charter plane earlier in the week and avoiding the flight that was overtaken by terrorists.
By Gil Kaufman
Mark Wahlberg
Photo: FilmMagic
After a controversial interview in the February issue of Men's Journal magazine went viral this week, "Contraband" star Mark Wahlberg issued an apology on Wednesday for suggesting that he might have changed the course of history on the day of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.
In the interview, Wahlberg — who was scheduled to be on the flight from Boston to Los Angeles that morning which ended up crashing into one of the World Trade Center towers — said that if he had been there things might have turned out differently.
"If I was on that plane with my kids, it wouldn't have went down like it did," said Wahlberg, 40, who ended up taking a private charter plane earlier in the week and avoiding the flight that was overtaken by terrorists.
- 1/19/2012
- MTV Music News
In an interview with Men's Journal, Mark Wahlberg revealed that he was scheduled to fly on one of the planes that hit the World Trade Center. But fortunately for the terrorists, he took a different flight a week earlier and wasn't able to prevent the 9/11 attacks. "If I was on that plane with my kids, it wouldn't have went down like it did," he said. "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.'" Deena Burnett-Bailey, who lost her husband during the attacks, responded by saying: "It's insignificant to say what you would have done if you weren't there. The plan for Flight 93 was foiled by heroes. For him to speculate that his presence on board could have stopped everything is silly and disrespectful." Wahlberg immediately apologized, stating that it was "irresponsible...
- 1/19/2012
- WorstPreviews.com
Mark Wahlberg is used to playing a tough guy in films like The Fighter, but he wound up on the defensive after saying he could have overpowered the 9/11 terrorists. "If I was on that plane with my kids, it wouldn’t have went down like it did," the actor, 40, told Men's Journal. "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.'" After criticism from 9/11 widows and others, Wahlberg issued a statement Wednesday saying it was a "ridiculous" choice to even speculate about how...
- 1/18/2012
- by Liz Raftery
- PEOPLE.com
Mark Wahlberg's claim that he would've been able to single-handedly over-power the 9/11 terrorists and prevent a plane from crashing is completely "disrespectful" ... so says the widow of one of the Real heroic victims who Rushed The Cockpit on that fateful day. TMZ spoke with Deena Burnett-Bailey -- whose husband Thomas Burnett phoned her from that fateful flight saying, "I know we're going to die. There's three of us who are going to do something about it.
- 1/18/2012
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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