\u201cI\u2019m actually in the middle of making, or preparing to make, a movie right now where I have to put on weight. I\u2019m eating everything and anything in sight,\u201d the actor, 54, told the hosts of The View during a Feb. 18 appearance on the talk show. He shared that putting on weight is \u201cfun for about a week\u201d because it\u2019s a break from his regular regimen: \u201cI usually try to stay healthy.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Mark Wahlberg shared his dramatic weight swings for the film “Father Stu.” <\/p>\n
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But after a week or so of an indulgent diet, Wahlberg says, \u201cmy feet are swollen when I wake up, my hands are swollen.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wahlberg regularly documents his 4 a.m. workouts<\/a> and ultra-healthy diets. When he gained 30 lbs. for the 2022 film Father Stu<\/a>, he said it was \u201creally difficult.\u201d As he told The View, \u201cit\u2019s not healthy\u201d to go to such extremes.<\/p>\n The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now<\/a>!<\/p>\n \u201cI vowed the last time I did it, about a year ago, that I wasn\u2019t going to do it again and here I am,” Wahlberg, who was on hand to promote Hallow<\/a>, a prayer app, said. “But it\u2019s kind of what the part requires and so, I got to get through.\u201d<\/p>\n When co-host Joy Behar<\/a> quipped, \u201cthen you can take Ozempic and lose it,\u201d Walhberg clarified that it\u2019s not the weight loss that\u2019s a challenge for him.<\/p>\n Mark Wahlberg\/Instagram<\/p>\n![\"Mark](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ea0b8e9c96ae6c2328be22a3271ec8c2.jpeg\"\/)
Mark Wahlberg hits the gym. <\/p>\n