Actor Wahlberg sorry for ‘ridiculous’ 9/11 remark

ACTOR Mark Wahlberg has apologised for saying events may have turned out differently had he been on one of the planes that crashed on September 11, 2001, after incurring the wrath of critics and one victim’s widow.

“If I was on that plane with my kids, it wouldn’t have went down like it did. There would have been a lot of blood in that first-class cabin and then me saying, ‘OK, we’re going to land somewhere safely, don’t worry,’” the actor said in an interview with Men’s Journal magazine that was released this week.

Wahlberg, the 44-year-old star of movies such as The Fighter, was scheduled to be on one of the planes carrying 92 passengers that crashed into the World Trade Center on September 11, and made the comments in that context.