Have you ever seen a bumper sticker on the back of someone’s car that says something like “I used to be cool”? We have – in the car line at school. This bumper sticker speaks deeply to us as parents.
Even if you were the coolest person on the planet once upon a time, chances are, your children won’t think you’re cool. Even if you make an effort to keep up with the latest trends and stay relevant, chances are, your children still won’t think you’re cool. Even if you’re Mark Wahlberg, chances are, your children still won’t think you’re cool.
Two years ago, Wahlberg went on “The Ellen Show” to talk about a movie he was working on called “Spencer Confidential,” but as often happened on Ellen DeGeneres’s show, the conversation turned to family life.
DeGeneres brought up the topic of a school dance that Wahlberg attended with his daughter. There were two very notable things that happened during that dance. First, his daughter refused to dance with him. While she was okay with hanging out with him and talking to him at the dance, she absolutely did not want to dance with him. She was afraid he would embarrass her. She did not in any way think he was cool or that dancing with him would be cool.
Since his daughter didn’t dance with him at the dance, the two of them spent quite a bit of time sitting on the edge of the stage together where they were fairly close to the DJ. During that time, Wahlberg noticed something he didn’t like about the music the DJ was playing, and he confronted the DJ about it. Wahlberg failed to mention if his confrontation with the DJ embarrassed his daughter, but he didn’t back down until the DJ understood he was serious.
Watch the video below to hear what Wahlberg didn’t like about the music the DJ was playing and to hear the DJ’s reaction to the confrontation.
Many people commented on this video that they are very happy with Wahlberg’s response to the music the DJ was playing at the school dance. For example, one comment reads, “I love that he had an issue with the DJ playing inappropriate music at his daughter’s dance. He’s a great father.”
If you have kids, do you think they think you’ll cool? Does it surprise you that Wahlberg’s daughter refused to dance with him at a school dance?
