However, now that his sons are stepping into golf and he is an avid participant—and is buddies with tons of skilled golfers and different athletes—”they’re a little bit impressed with that,” Wahlberg mentioned on the April 10, 2022, episode of the Sunday Sitdown podcast. “But I think they are secretly impressed with my work ethic and my discipline. And I have to be an example for them, I have to show them that Dad’s gonna get up and he’s gonna do whatever he has to do. I could easily be complacent now that I’ve had success, but I’m more driven now and determined than I’ve ever been.”

As for his religion, which is so central to his world, “I don’t force it” on the children, he advised Hoda Kotb on Today that April. “But they know that Dad can’t start the day without being in prayer, can’t start the day without reading my Scripture or going to Mass. And hopefully, instead of forcing that on them, they’ll say, ‘Well, if it works for Dad, maybe it’ll work for us,’ and they’ll kind of gravitate towards it on their own.”

In the meantime, he quipped, “They think Dad’s crazy and he’s boring.”