Raising children in the public eye is no easy feat - just ask Mark Wahlberg. But the Hollywood actor, 50, has become somewhat of a pro at it, and even watches his children's sports games from afar. Speaking to <a href="https://www.etonline.com/mark-wahlberg-explains-the-heartwarming-reason-why-he-watches-his-kids-games-from-the-car-exclusive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Entertainment Tonight</a>, the Ted actor explained that he tries to give his four children - Ella, 17, Michael, 15, Brendan, 12, and Grace, 11, whom he shares with wife Rhea Durham - as much of a normal life as possible. [[instagramwidget||https://www.instagram.com/p/CRpX6iyL1zG/]] "Me being in the public eye, there are pros to that, but there's a lot of cons," he said. "My kids wanna have their own identity, you know? I'm not allowed to get out of the car at football practice or a game," he said. "I gotta sit in the car and watch." "At first I took it personally, because I wanna be there to support them, but supporting them is by making them feel comfortable in what they're doing and them having their own identity too. It's very difficult." [[instagramwidget||https://www.instagram.com/p/CN3xtXRrOsx/]] It comes as the actor opened up about what it was like for him to <a href="https://vt.co/entertainment/celebrity/mark-wahlberg-regretted-11000-calorie-diet-to-gain-weight-for-his-new-movie" target="_blank" rel="noopener">consume 11,000 calories per day for an upcoming movie role</a>. During an appearance on The Tonight Show on July 15 to promote his upcoming drama Joe Bell, Jimmy Fallon asked the 50-year-old The Departed actor about another of his latest projects - a movie titled Stu. The usually ripped actor put on around 20 pounds over a period of around four weeks in his portrayal of a real-life former boxer who later became a priest. [[youtubewidget||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO2pSlfjXbw]] "Unfortunately, I had to consume, for two weeks, 7,000 calories, and then for another two weeks, 11,000 calories," he shared. "And it was fun for about an hour. It's such a hard, physical thing to do." He added: "Losing weight, you just kind of tough it out - you just don't eat, and exercise. And this, even when you're full, I would wake up after a meal and have another meal. I was eating every three hours. It was not fun." [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/V1N4L8/status/1396207055485218822]] When Fallon asked the actor whether he felt it was more difficult to gain and lose weight now that he has reached 50, he said: "Absolutely. Once the metabolism slows down, it gets really difficult. I'd been trying to get this movie made for three years. We only had 30 days to shoot it. And so I wanted to really make it happen." <h6>Featured image credit: JEP Celebrity Photos / Alamy</h6>

Mark Wahlberg says he watches his kids' sports games from car to offer 'their own identity'

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