F-bombs and Palm Sunday: Mark Wahlberg at MTV Movie Awards

The Catholic actor took the stage at the MTV Awards last night—and it was definitely different:

The 2014 MTV Movie awards was filled with its usual wild antics, but the Twitter universe was especially talking about Mark Wahlberg’s acceptance speech in which he cursed profusely, encouraged Americans to go for the dream, and publicly confessed his love for God…

…He accredited growing up in the land of opportunity to his success, and also paid homage to two American Christian athletes that earned recent victories along with giving a shout out the Palm Sunday.

“This is America and anything is possible… It is a great weekend for a lot of people. Manny Pacquiao won last night, Bubba Watson, a great lefty won last night, and it’s also Palm Sunday, so God bless you all. I love the Lord, I love you guys, I love my wife and my family, thank you guys.”

Immediately following the speech Wahlberg became a topic on Twitter with many praising him for acknowledging God and Palm Sunday.

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Read more about Wahlberg’s faith in this 2013 interview, in which he said:

How do you spend Sundays?
If the kids are good, I’ll have doughnuts for them at 6:30 in the morning, and I’ll say, “You guys gotta let Mommy sleep in!” I’ll go to church at 7:30 and everybody will be eating breakfast when I come home. Then we’ll go to church again at 10:30, if things aren’t too hectic. Or if one of the kids has a game we’ll watch them play. It’s a nice family day.

Faith is obviously a big part of your life.
It’s the most important part of my life. I don’t try to push it on anybody and I don’t try to hide it.