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Mark Wahlberg donates $1.5 million after pay gap controversy

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/tvpatrol/01/12/mark-wahlberg.jpg"/><figcaption>Mark Wahlberg in &#x27;All The Money in the World.&#x27;</figcaption></figure></div><p>NEW YORK -- American actor Mark Wahlberg announced Saturday he would donate $1.5 million to a legal fund for victims of sexual harassment following a controversy over the massive pay gap between him and a female co-star.</p><p>Ridley Scott partially re-shot his latest movie, &quot;All the Money in the World,&quot; after Kevin Spacey was fired due to sexual misconduct allegations, with both Wahlberg and Michelle Williams called back to act opposite Spacey&#x27;s replacement, Christopher Plummer.</p><p>Williams was reportedly paid less than $1,000 while Wahlberg made $1.5 million for reshoots on the film.</p><p>&quot;Over the last few days my reshoot fee for &#x27;All the Money in the World&#x27; has become an important topic of conversation,&quot; Wahlberg said in a statement.</p><p>&quot;I 100% support the fight for fair pay and I&#x27;m donating the $1.5M to the Time&#x27;s Up Legal Defense Fund in Michelle Williams&#x27; name,&quot; he said.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/Bd5ml9FBVZC/" data-instgrm-version="8" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:50.0% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Bd5ml9FBVZC/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by Mark Wahlberg (@markwahlberg)</a> on <time dateTime="2018-01-13T18:40:37+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Jan 13, 2018 at 10:40am PST</time></p></div></blockquote><div><script async="" defer="" src="http://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The Time&#x27;s Up initiative was unveiled by more than 300 major actresses and female writers, directors, agents and other entertainment executives earlier this month.</p><p>It aims to tackle pervasive sexual harassment in workplaces, calling special attention to abuse in less-than-glamorous blue-collar jobs.</p><p>&quot;We fervently urge the media covering the disclosures by people in Hollywood to spend equal time on the myriad experiences of individuals working in less glamorized and valorized trades,&quot; the group said in a full-page ad in The New York Times.</p><p>The initiative caps a year in which the Harvey Weinstein sexual misconduct scandal touched off a deluge of allegations that brought down powerful men in entertainment, politics and the media, prompting companies, government agencies and even the US federal court system to re-examine harassment policies.</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

<p>American actor Mark Wahlberg announced Saturday he would donate $1.5 million to a legal fund for victims of sexual harassment following a controversy over the massive pay gap between him and a female co-star.</p>

American actor Mark Wahlberg announced Saturday he would donate $1.5 million to a legal fund for victims of sexual harassment following a controversy over the massive pay gap between him and a female co-star.