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Actor Mark Wahlberg reveals why he moved his family out of California
Christian Post ^ | 10/21/2022 | Jeannie Ortiga Law

Posted on 10/21/2022 8:35:48 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Actor Mark Wahlberg, who's known for being outspoken about his Catholic faith, has decided to move out of California to provide his children with a "better life."

The “Father Stu” star recently opened up about why he packed up his family's worldly belongings in their Beverly Hills mansion to relocate to another state.

“I want to be able to work from home,” the 51-year-old movie star told the co-hosts of CBS' daytime talk show "The Talk" on Tuesday. “I moved to California many years ago to pursue acting, and I’ve only made a couple of movies in the entire time that I was there.

The Boston native said he was seeking to balance out his family's life and career.

“So, to be able to give my kids a better life and follow and pursue their dreams whether it be my daughter as an equestrian, my son as a basketball player, my younger son as a golfer, this made a lot more sense for us,” he continued.

Wahlberg, along with his wife of 13 years, Rhea Durham, and their four children, Ella, 18, Michael, 16, Brendan, 13, and Grace, 12, are now residents of Las Vegas, Nevada.

According to the New York Post, Wahlberg’s Beverly Hills home, which he purchased in 2009, is on the market for $87.5 million. The 30,500-square-foot mansion features 12 bedrooms, 20 bathrooms, a home theater, a golf course, a skate park, a gym and a guest house.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Wahlberg and his family now live in a $15.6 million home in Summerlin, which has a population of just under 31,000 residents.

“We came here to just kind of give ourselves a new look, a fresh start for the kids, and there’s a lot of opportunity here. I’m really excited about the future,” Wahlberg said.

In a previous interview with The Christian Post, Wahlberg shared how important faith and family are to him.

"I've been very blessed and very fortunate. And it's because of the focus that I put on my faith and on my family that have allowed me to accomplish so many things. Also, with the failure and disappointment and loss, life is not easy," the actor said.

"There's nothing more important than faith and family," Wahlberg declared.

In a more recent interview with CP, Wahlberg described his encounter with the transforming power of Jesus Christ as he answered the call from God to tell the true-life story of Father Stuart Long on the silver screen.

Wahlberg portrayed Father Stu on-screen and was joined by Academy Award-winner Mel Gibson, who played his father, Bill Long.

He spent six “slow years” trying to get to where the movie would finally be made. And when the time came, the project was filmed in 30 days during the COVID-19 lockdowns.

Wahlberg said it was "always a mission" of his to get the film made and he feels called to continue making inspiring content.

"My destiny is different from everybody else's destiny. How it's written was not by me. It's time for me to go out there and go through the motions, but this is God's doing!”



TOPICS: Religion; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: california; exodus; markwahlberg
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To: Nifster

I think he beat up a Vietnamese guy when he was 17, and called him a Gook.
He’s apologized and the guy accepted.
Some people never let shit go. Funny for a mouthy Christian...


21 posted on 10/22/2022 5:42:05 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Clemenza

How do you figure for Florida?

There’s plenty of places in Florida that are decent.


22 posted on 10/22/2022 5:43:10 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Clemenza

Excuse me? What’s so immoral in FL? Explain please.


23 posted on 10/22/2022 6:11:54 AM PDT by JoJo354 (I am in mourning for the United States of America.)
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To: FLNittany

RE: Should have moved to FL Mark.

He still wants to be driving distance from Hollywood apparently


24 posted on 10/22/2022 6:29:16 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Clemenza

RE: Vegas is an odd choice as a location to live a moral life. So is Florida btw.

Ok, if even the state that voted and will again vote for Ron DeSantis is not a good location, which place in this country is?


25 posted on 10/22/2022 6:31:22 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Maybe he tired of having to scrape feces off the soles of the family’s shoes every time they went out.


26 posted on 10/22/2022 7:37:31 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: A strike

He said he regretted making Boogie Nights.


27 posted on 10/22/2022 7:53:29 AM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: LizzieD

That property is amazing. Was a good investment.


28 posted on 10/22/2022 7:54:15 AM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: EEGator

Took an Asians girls eye out with a rock if I remember correctly..


29 posted on 10/22/2022 8:46:35 AM PDT by mowowie
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To: mowowie

“I was not blinded by Mark Wahlberg … he did hurt me, but my left eye was already gone. He was not responsible for that. He was young and reckless, but I forgive him now. Everyone deserves another chance. I would like to see him get a pardon. He should not have the crime hanging over him any longer. He paid for his crime when he went to prison.”

Johnny Trinh

Mark was 15 y/o at the time.


30 posted on 10/22/2022 9:47:41 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

Thanks for that.

I bumped into Mark at my once favorite on the Beach club in Falmouth MA back in the late 80’s.
He was all Markey Mark with the garb and the entourage.
Was something else for that place and time.
LOL

Yea the Casino by the Sea is now long gone and in it’s place million dollar condo’s.
ugh..


31 posted on 10/22/2022 10:49:11 AM PDT by mowowie
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To: mowowie

Good Vibrations was number one on BET back in the day.


32 posted on 10/22/2022 10:50:57 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

Back around ‘94 i worked with this guy that invited me back to his apartment in south Boston to hang out.
While driving we passed this gated house with what looked like 20 sweet looking girls hanging out front.
I asked what the F is this all about?
He replied that this is the Wahlberg house and the girls are there 24/7.

Must be nice..or not.
I dunno...


33 posted on 10/22/2022 11:12:30 AM PDT by mowowie
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To: mowowie

“Must be nice..or not.
I dunno...”

I would like to know...
:)


34 posted on 10/22/2022 11:18:27 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

yea


35 posted on 10/22/2022 11:37:28 AM PDT by mowowie
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To: atc23

I frequently call people racist ?

Huh ?

.


36 posted on 10/22/2022 12:30:30 PM PDT by Mears (.)
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To: LizzieD

“Mansion” barely begins to describe the palace they had in Beverly Hills. People are free to spend their money however they want, and he earned it fair and square, but I don’t know why anyone - short of an actual “royal” who must conduct public events at their official residence - would want to live in such an enormous and ostentations “home”.
= = =

If someone GAVE me this property - - -

Could I pay the property tax?

Can I mow all the lawns myself, or need ‘help’?

And how about vacuuming, etc., of the residence?

OH, what about security, cameras, monitoring the parameters, responding ... ?

Maybe I move in. Live in a few rooms. They get dirty. I move to another room. Dirty it up. Move again.

I just cannot fit this lifestyle to me.

Maybe I don’t want to try.


37 posted on 10/22/2022 12:31:07 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
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To: A strike
Would that be the “Boogie Nights” star Catholic Mark Wahlberg ?

No that was Dirk Diggler with Chest Rockwell.

38 posted on 10/22/2022 12:34:31 PM PDT by greenishness
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To: SeekAndFind

Florida had lots of swingers, druggies, and sleazy people. It ain’t a place of you are a religious conservative outside the rural areas. Just because they vote the right way doesn’t mean it’s a great place to raise kids.


39 posted on 10/22/2022 6:50:50 PM PDT by Clemenza
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To: Clemenza

RE: Just because they vote the right way doesn’t mean it’s a great place to raise kids.

So, you’re saying that voting the right people in isn’t making much a difference at all?

And my other question hasn’t been answered: What other states in this union are more acceptable to move to then?


40 posted on 10/22/2022 8:00:56 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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