(Contact Music) Hollywood hunk MARK WAHLBERG has slammed EMINEM, MATT DAMON and BEN AFFLECK for giving a false impression of tough, impoverished childhoods in their music and films.
Wahlberg - who blames his assault conviction 17 years ago on his harsh childhood - has also attacked rapper Eminem for idealising his difficult formative years in his biopic 8 MILE, in an interview with DETAILS magazine.
The 33-year-old actor complains, "My childhood wasn't like some 8 Mile bulls**t where you go and have a rap-off.
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Posted by jeanie1951:
Hey, tell Mark Wahlberg to get a life. Matt Damon never even implied the story behind "Good Will Hunting" was autobiographical. It was a story. Period. Marky Mark needs to unknot his knickers.
