Mark Wahlberg has a health update for loyal fans.
If you’re worried about the action star, fear not — he’ll be fine! He might need to make some serious changes to his diet, though. Wahlberg shared a gnarly photo to Instagram of the results of an allergy scratch test.
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In the snap, he stands shirtless with his back to the camera in a doctors office. Different pen marks on his back presumably indicate different allergens, and there are a LOT of angry-looking red rashes where his body reacted to those allergens.
Marky Mark captioned the pic:
“It only took me 49 years to realize I’m allergic to almost everything. ?”
The vomit emoji is accurate — it’s not exactly pleasant to look at. At least we can tell he’s wearing a mask. Wouldn’t want to get coronavirus on top of all those new allergies! Friends and fans weighed in on the pic, many expressing solidarity for the 49-year-old’s newfound food issues. Arrow star Kat McNamara commented:
“Welcome to the club. If you need creative alternatives, happy to share… ?”
Others teased The Fighter actor over his love of vino. Golfer Justin Thomas joked:
“If you end up being allergic to wine, I call dibs on the cellar!”
You’ll forgive us if we don’t feel too sorry for Mark’s predicament — after all, he’s a wealthy actor who can probably get a chef on hand to help fix his new diet. Meanwhile, there are waaaaaay more pressing things going on in the world, like the ongoing protests against racial inequality.
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And speaking of, in case you forgot, last we heard from the Wahlburgers co-owner he was being accused of editing his own Wikipedia page to downplay his history of hate crimes, which included throwing rocks at Black children, the use of the N-word, and the alleged attempted murder of a Vietnamese man. So yeah… there’s that!
Back in March, Wahlberg described himself as “rough around the edges” in his youth, but elided over his history of racist behavior. Responding to a question about whether an actor today would be “canceled” for the kind of crimes he’d committed in the past, the Entourage producer told The Guardian:
“I don’t know. I think it would be easy to look at it and say that, but having been through it and experienced it, I think it’s a different thing. … I also prided myself on doing the right thing and turning my life around. … [Whatever] path I was going to take, I was going to do the right thing. So I think no, judging a person on what he’s doing and where he’s coming from and all those things, no, I would hope that people would be able to get a second chance in life.”
Seeing as Mark himself has experienced enormous success in Hollywood, he was definitely afforded one of those second chances. But it wouldn’t hurt to publicly reflect on those past actions and what changes can be made, considering the painful reckoning the country is going through right now.
Just a suggestion!
[Image via WENN/Avalon & Mark Wahlberg/Instagram]
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