did you eat breakfast this morning I did
you did I did what's this thing with you
and dr. Ochs
you know I was literally walking out of
I think a dentist appointment in Beverly
Hills and I was getting in my car and a
guy stuck a camera in my face and he was
like what do you think about dr. oz
telling you not to eat breakfast and I
see I don't care what dr. oz has to say
you know I never met him I never spoken
to him I kind of like old-school routine
guy whatever I have to do for the part
that I'm training for is what I do so
that that's putting on weight or losing
weight and on liquid diets I've been 212
pounds to 137 pounds so whatever I have
to do I do and then it just kind of
started this whole thing and it took on
a life of its own so then he started
talking about wanting to work out with
me and I said I'd gladly you know put
him on a defibrillator if you try to
work out with me and then we actually
connected yesterday and we worked out
together I don't think he knew what he
was getting himself into but he was a
trooper and I do it's funny because I
just trained for a movie where for six
months I was super disciplined didn't
have a drop of wine didn't have any
carbs anything but I was eating seven
eight meals a day and everyone was
loaded with protein and I got a little
bit of a leaky gut so it was like I went
on a cleanse
I did a bone broth cleanse and you know
I've been plant-based for like three
weeks now but I still had a big work
breakfast before the workout right and
you know but I'm definitely more
conscious if I wasn't working or
preparing for a role I would I would I
wouldn't say that I wouldn't eat or in a
minute fast for 12 hours it's not
necessarily my thing
but I understand how it works and I lost
10 pounds and like five days so let me
ask you this did you beat him down a
little bit
oh I squashed him like a grape that poor
thing he didn't know what was it happens
he really didn't I see no he's huffing
and puffing and breathing his crew was
there and they were all worried about
him and we did the first loop we're at
45 and we did the first loop and he
thought it was over he was like I wasn't
that bad I said we're just having a 45
second water break and we're right back
to the grind and we still got another
half an hour to go but but he was a true
be send me a message today saying thanks
for letting me play in my sandbox and he
said he eased his sore and muscles that
he didn't know he had he didn't know the
names of those muscles that he had to
look them up but but he was a great
sport and I love what he's doing I mean
he's really you know he's dedicated his
life to getting people to be healthier
makes people happier so yeah so let's
talk about Spencer
did you watch Spenser for hire when you
were kid of course of course I mean that
and the Brinks jobs bring shot movie
we're the only really kind of
recognizable places in Boston and it
would see on screen so it fell in love
with the series this is based on the
book and out the series but yeah I loved
it I mean you know and I was also a big
cinema guy my dad was a truck driver he
would take me to the movies every day
we'd see movies that were a little
inappropriate for me but um but it's
still you know that was our thing and I
you know I got introduced to Robert Ryan
John Garfield Jimmy Cagney Steve McQueen
guys like that so I had this huge did
you think then I want to do that no
absolutely not it was impossible nobody
nobody from Boston had ever left
certainly for my neighborhood I never
left and gone on to be in the movies or
on television so it was like okay if I'm
not gonna be an athlete and I'm gonna be
a cop I gotta be a crook I mean you know
you only have so many choices there and
it's funny because that was the
mentality even though you think about it
some of the best you know educational
institutes in the world are all right
there but didn't really seem like they
were accessible to us so it wasn't until
I had became successful in music and
then I met Penny Marshall who gave me my
first shot and then of course once I
once I had that first acting experience
I didn't want to do anything else I
really felt like I had found my niche
yeah hey let's talk about Spencer a
little bit for people who don't remember
the television series
you're a cop gets incarcerated gets
framed gets out and you basically can't
say no to injustice yeah innocent people
getting wronged it's one of those things
where but in this he doesn't get framed
he actually says you know what now I'm
gonna take it upon myself to basically
right or wrong there was a
investigation that's kind of being swept
under the rug by some higher-ups in the
department so I go to them I confront
them and I see that he's he is not a
good honest cop so I take the law into
my own hands and put my hands on him and
the ends up getting five years survives
in general population gets out is about
to leave and of course get sucked back
in and it's a great character you know
we're locked in here oh that people can
really root for a lot of humor a lot of
heart and there's some stakes there so I
think people are thoroughly enjoying it
the when you go back to Boston and shoot
a ceremony like this and it's about
dirty Boston cops do they say does it
have to be about dirty Boston cops again
yeah there is a little bit of that but
then there's also you know an
appreciation because we're bringing a
lot of jobs there you know it's my
hometown we literally shot you talk
about coming full circle we shot a
twenty four pebble Street which was
Allen our kids character's home and I
lived at 25 pebble Street so we're
sitting on my stoop where I would sneak
out at night if steal my mom's car or do
things that I wasn't supposed to do and
now here I was producing and starring in
a film and you know creating hundreds of
jobs for people and and hopefully
inspiring inner-city kids and at-risk
youth and kids like myself that anything
is possible and no matter where are you
starting you know to aspire to
you know achieve your goals right as
you're sitting on the stoop and you're
seeing lights set crews all over the
place tables everywhere there's a lot of
a lot of stuff going on just that set
even a picture in a movie what did you
was there a pinch yourself moment or
just like I can't friggin believe this
oh there was quite a few because being
there you know I mean I have so many
memories of being right there on that
stoop it's pretty remarkable yeah full
confession 11 o'clock at night it's time
to go to bed
says I'm a heading off I said I'm just
gonna you know sir if Ted's on I can't
not watch it's a good it's a problem
it's a good one I think it may need to
be like a Ted's anonymous and he did
12-step program it doesn't matter if
it's one or two yeah I text my sons
Ted's yeah it's one of those things
where I mean I remember like we hadn't
talked to each other since the fighter
so I had gotten a call about the movie
from Ari Emanuel who also happened to be
Seth MacFarlane's agent and says I got
this I got the next movie for you it's
about a guy a teddy bear I basically
hang up the phone and then he's like no
I'm telling you the script is fantastic
you got to read the script he said it'll
be like it would be like the experience
of you reading Boogie Nights it's like
this could be the greatest thing ever or
it could be the worst thing ever but
there's a good chance it could be
fantastic so I then read the script met
with Seth committed to making the movie
I saw the test with the bear and I
thought if we pull this off this could
be great because it was one of the great
buddy comedies that I had ever read and
then we're driving to the Oscars and my
wife is like what are you doing next and
I said we're trying to explain it so
it's a hard movie to because you've been
nominee yeah so it's a hard movie to
pitch and she said well enjoy tonight
because you'll never be back to the
Oscars
and I haven't been nominated since but
but Seth was I think Seth hosted and and
and Ted and I appeared and we presented
at the Oscars but still it's the most
successful r-rated comedy of all time
and if I if I turn it on it any time I
cannot help but sit there and watch it
and just laugh out loud it was
absolutely hysterical it's so
fantastically inappropriate yes
Oh God when he it's funny because I was
just meeting with a supermarket chain
high-end convenience store healthy
convenience stores in Oregon and the
first thing I started talking about was
Ted and people doing inappropriate stuff
in the freezer and you know parsnips and
selling a family of four and it's like
in the guy getting he'd literally not
wanting the job so he's saying whatever
we can to the boss and he gets a
promotion and have raised and right
should there be a Ted three you know
it's one of those things where
Ted to wasn't as good as Ted mmm let's
just be honest there are parts of Ted -
yes but you know Ted one was was a
classic so I think it's one of those
things where I don't know if we can make
it as good or better than the first and
it's worth exploring but right I don't
know
now did you bring Spencer the Netflix or
didn't efflux call you and say what did
you want no they had it enumerates had
been talking to me about it and asked me
if i wanted to do it Pete and I
obviously we're late for others now yeah
so this is our fifth film together and
Brian Helgeland who's a fantastic writer
so we just said you know let's take a
look at it and you know fell in love
with the script and the idea of of
making that movie yeah I love the woman
who plays your love interest yes and I
said oh yeah she's very funny there are
some ted-like aspects she's got the
Boston but the tough Boston girl thing
down yes so if you think about Ted's
girlfriend or you know the sisters
infighter yeah the ward Eklund girls and
then and then her yeah she's right up
there with them yeah you could do
anything you've your movies have grossed
more than five billion dollars you have
a zillion businesses are you the gym
business you've got a supplement
business sports nutrition you restaurant
this restaurant of you but the Wahlberg
car business right etc etc etc how do
you figure out what to do next I want to
do things that I'm passionate about and
that I can I don't I don't do anything
passive I'm not saying okay yeah if I
can bring real food you know be a great
strategic partner bring real value to
the to the equation then yes and it's
something that I got to be passionate
about and with fit anything with fitness
and health and wellness it's just a
direct extension of Who I am that's why
I clicked so much with dr. oz and you
know if we can can you know motivate and
inspire people to be healthier they're
gonna be happier they're gonna feel good
and I don't want to look good and that's
it's a beautiful thing you know life is
his pressure so
why not try to you know extend it as
long as possible but things that I can
really be involved with and also being
involved with and partnering up with
real serious adults in that space mmm
you know because I think the restaurant
business is the first time I've been in
that business you know learning as we go
you know everything has been a growing
you know and learning experience and a
challenge so man I'm very curious about
your routine because as I've read
different pieces about you
there's the 2:30 in the morning maybe
it's 3:30 in the morning is the workout
the thing I'm most intrigued by is that
you take time every day to pray that's
the most important thing I take a day
off I take 2 days a week off from the
gym now I don't take a day off from
getting on my hands of my knees and
reading my prayer book of my daily
devotionals and and you know first of
all expressing the gratitude that I have
for all the blessings that have been
bestowed upon me and then of course
asking for the strength and guidance to
be able to use the towns and gifts that
God's given me to help others and
inspire and know what right isn't to do
so there would be a better best husband
I can be best father I can be
how much time does it take you know you
know a 20 because as I meet people along
the way and I add people to my prayer as
if I see somebody in the public eye or
that I read in the newspaper or somebody
that's struggling somebody that has a
child that's having you know a health
issue stuff like that I add them to my
prayers and I usually end up keeping
them in my prayers so it's now it's now
like you know what 20 minutes of praying
actual praying and then you know my
reading and stuff like that right do you
have favorite scripture you know their
daily devotional every day I think you
know the the idea of being good soil
bearing good fruit you know where it's
sprinkled how it's used how you absorb
that information do you really retain
that information yeah those are the more
powerful things how does it inform your
day it just puts things in perspective
you know I mean I'm I remind myself
every day how fortunate I am
and how blessed I am and and how so many
people are not and to be able to just
kind of you know remind myself what I
should be doing how I should be doing it
you know to be a positive productive
member of the community and the church
too it's just it's it's what's keeping
me going I think if I've been put in
this position for a reason it's not to
forget about where I came from you know
I have to utilize these hounds and gifts
that have been given to me to help
others to inspire others so that's a
challenge because if you're giving all
these if you're given all these things
and you don't do the right thing with
them it's not going to be good there is
a verse in the Bible that says too much
to whom much has been given much is not
expected but actually required yes of
course and you think about those talents
and gifts that you were given you know
somebody was given one one little gift
and talent and he didn't want to take
any risk you didn't go and utilize it
and get tenfold on his on his investment
and you know garden the ground and God
didn't like that he's not impressed no
not at all it's amazing to me to be in
the business you're in and for us to be
sitting here having this conversation
does anybody ever ask you about it does
anybody ever say any of your colleagues
say what do you get out of it or does
anybody ever say oh I read about you
doing all this yeah yeah look I don't I
will not hide the fact that I love the
Lord and you know I want to be committed
to serving the Lord but I also don't jam
it down anybody's throat but it's better
to never and have known God and to you
know deny God I mean that's that's not a
good look you know that's not a good
look so that being said you know there
are people that I that I'm close to that
I will send devotion devotionals to and
and try to encourage them you know it's
like when people dealing with loss and
you know it seems like now as 48 years
old dealing with a lot more loss now
then I ever had it seems like every
other day losing somebody that I
that I'm close to and so you know when
people are dealing with loss and knowing
that you know it could be devastating to
somebody but also what what comfort and
joy does it bring when you know that
there is something else you know there
is now no more pain no more suffering an
eternity of love and joy and and all
those things and even if you live 250
life you're still short right so I don't
know it gives me it gives me comfort
does it make you a better parent yeah I
mean I pray for the patients you know
it's also - with my kids I want to be an
example to my children I they you know
they're getting a faith-based education
but I don't force them to go to church
with me but they know that it is not
it's not even an option for me to not go
to Mass or to not take my time to pray
and to do those things and hopefully
they'll say well well that works for Dad
and maybe they'll get a little bit more
curious and they'll slowly start to
gravitate towards that but I got to be
an example you know with my work ethic
with my commitment to my faith my
commitment to my family right and those
things so speaking of family I you know
I've been hearing about your dog and if
Mark Wahlberg gonna have a dog I'm not
sure if I were gonna like write that
script it would be the dog you have I
got the dog because my kids really
wanted the dog we've been very
unsuccessful with pets I mean we had a
bulldog that ate all the furniture we
had cats who would like you know we live
in a big house and would just find my
shower mat and I'm allergic to cats and
go to the bathroom on my shower mat so
we've been very unsuccessful with pets
so I saw a gentleman holding a dog that
was just a tiny little miniature
Pomeranian I said is that as big as that
dog gets he said yes I goes how big is
there's a poop he goes oh it's like a
tiny little tattoo I said we can handle
that and it really cute so I literally
got the dog that day this dog is tearing
up the house I mean we got we have like
the most expensive dog turnout and we're
now trying to we all have to come around
and basically learn how to cater to the
dog and I'm like I saw a giant turd this
morning and then you know he'll come in
to the to the dining room poop on the
carpet wipe his bottom on the carpet -
and then just walk out and look at
like are you gonna get that and then go
out the door but it's brought so much
joy to the to the kids you know I mean
they love him my wife loves him movie
tough guy right Mark Wahlberg as a dog
this big that runs his life and you know
what I'm telling you if you come in the
house he's gonna try to take a chunk out
of your finger or something he thinks
he's a Rollo
he thinks he's he thinks he's a pit bull
for sure yeah I've had the master of
something we've done at all yeah my son
will be very happy that champ is brought
up now now well actually he'll sit down
and watch this interview because he's
running champs Instagram account and he
hoping that if champ now gets over a
hundred thousand followers that's his
new mission in life he's basically
champs manager
well the champ is gonna turn into an
influencer Yeah right as long as he
doesn't poop on the floor anymore
I'm good and it was such control over
his life has no I mean if he I find it
at minimum really funny yeah yeah I
understand yeah a couple of other things
as I was reading through all your stuff
he's six million dollar man still alive
any place yeah where we were supposed to
get a script this weekend I mean again
this is you know one of those things
hopefully you know it's worth the wait I
mean we've been developing this thing
for quite some time we have bill Dubuque
now writing the script to is a fantastic
screenwriter we've got a great idea but
it's it you know it's like the fighter
you know there's a ticking clock because
I'm I'm only able to play this part for
so long it's gotta happen soon I'm
hoping in this within this year
hopefully we'll be making the fall but
when you look in the mirror do you see a
48 year old guy you know what I
sometimes I do and sometimes I don't
sometimes I feel like I can't get up and
I feel like I'm an 88 year old guy and
then sometimes I feel like I'm an 18
year old guy you know it just depends on
the day and what I'm doing what I did
for the last 16 hours it's so much of so
much of what your work has been about
has been very active very active rules
do you think about okay so I'm maybe
going over this 50 threshold
does it have to change in one some way
shape or form or do you know I can't do
that part that's after a certain age
yeah I mean I'll I just did a movie
worse probably more physically demanding
than anything I've done and I was good
but I'm also not so gung-ho I'm like oh
I have to do everything you know I got
two or three guys that looked just like
me and they're younger and they're more
fit more capable I don't mind them
getting in there I'm not the kind of
thrill seeker that I used to be I'm a
little bit more just a little more
cautious and you know what I do and how
I do it you know like if I'm
snowboarding with my kids and like that
let's hit this double black diamond you
know I'm like let's take it down it yeah
yeah so it really depends but but I
think you know I'm actually now that I'm
training smarter I'm eating better I I
do feel better you know I'm not
everything's more about functional
movement now and stuff like that it was
they're trying to be the biggest and
strongest the I remember interviewing
you once and you'd been working on the
movie about the guy who joined the
Philadelphia Eagles
yeah well convinced mahalia yeah and you
were beat to smithereens yeah no more
you know what that but that was one of
the that was one of my childhood dreams
come true you know to be able to put on
it and I felt uniform get out there with
the with the big boys and you know I
like lighting people up more than I like
getting a lit up but uh yeah I mean that
was that was a tough one
yeah it was a tough one but I think I do
feel better now than I felt then
physically because I've changed now I
let myself recover I'll take a day off I
know when I need to kind of go easy and
just you know being a little bit more
smart I was hard-headed for quite some
time
hard to believe you know suspenders been
your character has been in prison for
five years and he gets out as the world
changed when he's he's been incarcerated
I mean I haven't been incarcerated quite
a long time the world still changing
everyday with technology for me so and
I've had quite a few friends who have
been
and have experienced the change in
technology and the change in times so I
thought that was a very very funny
moment actually at uh you know I picked
that up from some friends of mine who
had had gotten out and you know trying
to figure out an iPhone and to
understand how to text and send pictures
and all that stuff where there was too
much so people you knew yes or no who
had been incarcerated who said like what
is this yeah yeah you know while we were
making the movie and took it to a
Patriots game you know took them to see
all the guys and everything and they
were like trying to take pictures didn't
know how to do it right your friend Tom
Brady where do you want him to end up
wherever he wants to be whatever makes
him and his family happy I mean I you
know I as a Patriots fan I think would
it be nice for him to finish his career
have been played for one team but you
know what he's got more left in the tank
and if if they let him go he wants to go
somewhere else hopefully he'll go there
and be just as successful album for him
but I'm rooting for him as a person as a
father and as a husband to do what's
right for him and his family I mean how
much more can you ask from a guy who's
given us so much
I mean six two plays away from eight I
mean it's it's remarkable so you know
wish him nothing but the best and just I
think everybody should just appreciate
all that he's done for the way yeah so I
was on the morning show at CBS we've
done an interview about the fighter and
do you know what happened at the end
because is one of my last shows on
morning TV kissed my feet oh yes
well I listen you you have been not only
somebody who I've admired for such a
long time we've also been very very kind
to me for such a long time and I
appreciate that I appreciate your work
ethic
thank you right where you were were you
going yeah yeah hopefully hopefully my
kids too and and that rubs off on them
that's the thing I just want them to you
know whatever they decide to do I'm
gonna support them on or 10% and just
you know put in the work and be the best
that they can I think because if you if
you don't do the work and then it
doesn't work out you live with regret I
don't want them to live with regret you
know sometimes you win sometimes you
lose but if you put it all out there you
prepare as much as possible then you
feel good about it you know thanks
thanks appreciate appreciate
you