By Kurt Schlosser
Updated 1:20 p.m. PT: Mark Wahlberg has issued a statement apologizing for his comments: "To speculate about such a situation is ridiculous to begin with, and to suggest I would have done anything differently than the passengers on that plane was irresponsible. I deeply apologize to the families of the victims that my answer came off as insensitive, it was certainly not my intention."
Men's Journal
Updated 10:45 a.m. PT: TMZ reports that the widow of one of the passengers who died on 9/11's Flight 93 considers the actor's comments "disrespectful." TMZ spoke to Deena Burnett-Bailey, whose?husband Thomas Burnett died on the airplane which crashed in Shanksville, Pa.?Burnett-Bailey said to TMZ,?"Does Mark Wahlberg have a pilot's license? Then I think hindsight is 20/20 and it's insignificant to say what you would have done if you weren't there."
Original story: Mark Wahlberg has apparently been watching a few too many of his movies and adopting what sounds like an action hero mentality. In the February issue of Men's Journal, Wahlberg discusses how things may have been a little different had he been on one of the airplanes that was hijacked on 9/11.
"If I was on that plane with my kids, it wouldn't have went down like it did," Wahlberg says. "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.'"
Certainly the actor isn't the first to reflect?on what it would have been like to be on one of those planes. Picturing one's self as the hero saving the day is natural, right? Especially for a guy who plays one in the movies. In fact, Wahlberg has previously said he's had more than 50 dreams about what he would have done to fight the airborne terrorists.
But the star of the new film "Contraband" leaves most of his tough talk at 30,000 imaginary feet. He also tells Men's Journal about letting his wife pick date night movies: "As long as it isn?t a Sarah Jessica Parker movie"; and crying during movies: "The last time I really cried a lot? During 'The Help.' I cried about six or seven times. It was the wife?s choice, but it was a great movie."
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