Mark Wahlberg on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno

by CBB correspondent Joyce:

Mark Wahlberg appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Thursday and seemed to melt when his children – or his "babies" as he calls them – Ella Rae, 3, and Michael, 10 months, were briefly brought up.

Mark, 35, mostly talked about Ella, who apparently is quite the daddy’s girl. He says, "That little girl has me wrapped up around her finger."

The Oscar nominee describes his daughter as a tough, spunky girl who likes to wrestle with him on his bed. Father and daughter even have their own pastime activity together – "She likes golf. I tricked her into liking golf and we’re going to play it tomorrow."

When asked what he would do if Ella were to date someone like him, Mark said if the guy were him now, he’ll approve, but if the guy were him in his 20s, referring to his troubled legal past, then he doesn’t have a chance with Ella.

Ella and Michael’s mom is Mark’s longtime girlfriend, model Rhea Durham, 28.

Comments

aww! I like Mark. He seems like a GREAT dad. And he’s easy on the eyes! Lucky Rhea.

- Heather on February 9th, 2007

I named my daughter after his daughter Ella, I fell in love with the name when i first heard it!

- tina on February 10th, 2007

he definitely is easy on the eyes! he sounds like such a great dad!

- tink1217 on February 10th, 2007

omg hes so hawt rhea iz soooo luky awww hes kids r so cute 2 =)

- libby on February 12th, 2008