Mark Wahlberg faces backlash for presenting SAG award to predominantly Asian cast of Everything Everywhere All At Once

The 51-year-old actor confronted a number of backlash on-line for handing out the night time’s ultimate award to a movie with a predominantly Asian and Asian American forged. In 1988, when the actor was 16 years outdated, Mark had attacked two Vietnamese males whereas making an attempt to steal beer close to his dwelling in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He hit a person named Thanh Lam with a 5-foot wood stick, following which he was hospitalized. He then went as much as one other Vietnamese man named Hoa Trinh and punched him within the eye. He additionally used express language and made crude remarks towards Asians. The actor who had then claimed that race wasn’t an element within the assault, additionally served 45 days of his two-year sentence. Not solely this, Mark additionally introduced the movie “Women Talking” as “Women Are Talking,” throughout his read-out of the nominees.

The actor had later apologized for the 1988 assault on Lam and Trinh. “I spent 28 years righting the wrong. I didn’t need a piece of paper to acknowledge it. I was kind of pushed into doing it, I certainly didn’t need to or want to relive that stuff over again,” he had mentioned to The Wrap. Many viewers slammed the choice to have the actor current within the first place. Reporter Bonnie Stiernberg tweeted, “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.” Another tweet learn, “REALLY interesting that Will Smith wasn’t invited to present Best Actress while Mark Wahlberg is presenting the ensemble award to a film with a predominantly Asian cast when he punched and nearly blinded a Vietnamese man..”