{"id":4793,"date":"2010-08-18T10:58:24","date_gmt":"2010-08-18T10:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/08\/mark-wahlberg-i-love-golf-and-i-love-church.html"},"modified":"2010-08-18T10:58:24","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T10:58:24","slug":"mark-wahlberg-i-love-golf-and-i-love-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/08\/mark-wahlberg-i-love-golf-and-i-love-church.html","title":{"rendered":"Mark Wahlberg: “I love golf and I love church…”"},"content":{"rendered":"

A little celebrity news<\/a> from Down Under:<\/p>\n

Reformed bad boy Mark Wahlberg is dedicated to attending church each day — even during his hectic Australian tour with Will Ferrell to promote their new film The Other Guys. <\/p>\n

Wahlberg, 39, went to St Mary’s Cathedral Catholic church in inner Sydney yesterday wearing his golf clothes after a game with Ferrell. <\/p>\n

“I love golf and I love church. I do both every day,” the committed Catholic, former rapper and Calvin Klein underwear model said as he entered the cathedral for 20 minutes of prayer. <\/p>\n

Wahlberg, who was raised a Roman Catholic in Boston, Massachusetts, is a former drug addict who had several run-ins with police as a teenager. <\/p>\n

But he cleaned up his image and has settled down wife Rhea Durham and their four children. <\/p>\n

The actor, formerly known as Marky Mark during his earlier years as a rap musician with the band Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, arrived in Sydney on Sunday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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