Mark Wahlberg Might Regret His Comment on Manny Pacquiao Following Marvel Actor Dave Bautista’s Tattoo Cover-Up

Published 01/11/2023, 11:00 AM EST

Dave Batista, in his recent interview with GQ, revealed the reason he removed a tattoo concerning Manny Pacquiao from his body. While Batista wholeheartedly supported the LGBTQ community, Pacquiao made certain “anti-gay statements” and showed signs of being “an extreme homophobe”. In 2020, Mark Whalberg, with his film Joe Bell, received warm praises from parents who supported the LGBTQ community and strongly embraced their children irrespective of their sexual preferences in life.

Apart from Batista, Manny Pacquiao maintained a friendship with Mark Wahlberg helping the same with one of his movies. In an old and short interview, Wahlberg even praised Pac-man claiming him the best in the world of boxing. On being asked if he learned anything from Pacquiao at The Fighter premiere, Wahlberg had said the following: “He’s the best in the world, the best ever to do it, so, of course. He’s humble and gives all the credit to Jesus.”

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Following Pacquiao’s anti-gay statements, Walhberg just might regret what he had earlier said about him. In his interview with GQ, Batista alluded to Pacquiao’s anti-gay statements. Since Pacquiao showed signs of being a homophobe, Batista removed the concerned tattoo from his body. “I was part of a team of a person I considered a friend and someone I really looked up to. And then, he later came out publicly with some anti-gay statements and turned out to be an extreme homophobe,” Batista added by saying.

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Mark Wahlberg felt he could knockout Manny Pacquiao in boxing

Working with Manny Pacquiao for the film The Fighter, Wahlberg carefully observed the size difference between him and Manny. Although the Transformer actor praised Pacquiao’s boxing abilities, he felt he could knock out Manny. “Well, I got size on him. Certainly, if I sucker punch him he’s out,” reasoned Wahlberg regarding a fight with Manny.

In 2016, after Dave Batista publicly condemned Pacquiao’s statements, the latter admitted not being bothered by any of it. “I mean, Jesus lives in me so I’m always happy,” Pacquiao had replied by saying. What do you have to say about Wahlberg’s comments on Pacquiao? Do you think the Joe Bell star would regret praising Pacquiao? In addition, what do you make of Batista disowning his friendship with Pacquiao? Let us know in the comments below.

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Samrat Sardar is a Boxing writer at EssentiallySports and is currently a postgraduate student of English literature. A diligent journalist; he has been writing since his high school days, and possesses work experience as a commercial writer for companies such as WordsKraft among others. Samrat believes he fell in love with boxing the day he watched Vasiliy Lomachenko share the ring with Guillermo Rigondeaux.

Mark Wahlberg Might Regret His Comment on Manny Pacquiao Following Marvel Actor Dave Bautista’s Tattoo Cover-Up

Mark Wahlberg felt he could knockout Manny Pacquiao in boxing

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