Mark Wahlberg incited controversy after presenting a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) award to the “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (“EEAAO”) cast on Sunday evening.
“EEAAO” and its cast have continued their trend of dominating award shows this new year, receiving a total of four SAG Awards. Three of the film’s leading stars — Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan — received individual acting awards. The entire “EEAAO” cast later joined the trio on stage to receive the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture SAG award.
However, Wahlberg’s role in presenting the award for “EEAAO’s” predominantly Asian cast quickly caught the attention of many online who criticized his involvement because of his attack on a pair of Vietnamese men when he was younger.
“It must have been quite a shock for Mark Wahlberg to witness a group of Asians beating white people,” writer Jeff Yang said on Twitter.
It must have been quite a shock for Mark Wahlberg to witness a group of Asians beating white people #SAGAwards2023 pic.twitter.com/ZS5wW3cg5s
— Jeff Yang (@originalspin) February 27, 2023
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
now why would they get mark wahlberg to present this to the Asian cast of EEAAO… #SAGAwards pic.twitter.com/9kFbsrBg5u
— lizzy (@meadowiIton) February 27, 2023
As a teenager, Wahlberg was revealed to have a history of racially motivated crimes.
While living in Boston in the 1980s, Wahlberg was charged twice with race-related hate crimes.
His first charge was the result of a civil action after the then-15-year-old harassed a group of Black children by yelling racial slurs and throwing rocks.
His second charge occurred in 1988, when Wahlberg, who was 16 at the…
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