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Hollywood star Mark Wahlberg has been chosen by SAG Awards to host a presentation to the cast of “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
This brought about criticism from some people because 35 years ago, he was convicted as a teenager of assaulting two Asian men.
Wahlberg went ahead and announced the winner of the award for “Outstanding Performance” by a cast in a motion picture.
The praises went to Everything Everywhere All at Once, the Oscar-tipped drama about a dimension-jumping laundromat owner starring Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, and Ke Huy Quan.
I gotta say, having Mark Wahlberg, who literally went to jail as a teen for committing a hate crime against a Vietnamese man, present an award to the cast of Everything Everywhere All At Once was certainly a choice
— Bonnie Stiernberg (@aahrealbonsters) February 27, 2023
Wow these #SAGAwards are going really well. What could go wrong?
Mark Wahlberg: pic.twitter.com/Xu08GF7Ptp
— Joe (@Cinema_Joe23) February 27, 2023
Mark Wahlberg? A choice#SAGAwards
— Wilf Lucas (@wilflucas) February 27, 2023
They really had mark wahlberg whom got arrested for beating up a Vietnamese man a long time ago present best ensemble to an film with a lot of Chinese American actors in it #SAGAwards pic.twitter.com/H89t5SxpJ1
— BLACK LIVES MATTER (@willowhalliwell) February 27, 2023
Friendly reminder that Mark Wahlberg violently attacked two Vietnamese men and I think it is quite obtuse that he was the one to announce Everything Everywhere All At Once as the winner of the SAG award tonight.
— Brian (@WeActuallyDidIt) February 27, 2023
Wahlberg did unsuccessfully seek a pardon for his attack on the two Vietnamese men.
He wrote, “I am deeply sorry for the actions that I took on the night of April 8, 1988, as well as for any lasting damage that I may have caused the victims.”
“Since that time, I have dedicated myself to becoming a better person and citizen so that I can be a role model to my children and others.”
