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“He wants me to come down and visit him. Maybe he’ll give me the exclusive rights to tell his story, ’cause he knows, you know, we can do it better than anybody else,” Wahlberg said.

Wahlberg wants to meet mob boss

BOSTON (AP) — Mark Wahlberg says he’s considering a jailhouse meeting with James “Whitey” Bulger, but victim’s relatives are criticizing the actor’s interest in the reputed former mob boss.

Bulger has reached out to Wahlberg, the actor told Boston’s WAAF-FM radio, and he speculated Bulger wants to give him rights to his story.

“He wants me to come down and visit him. Maybe he’ll give me the exclusive rights to tell his story, ’cause he knows, you know, we can do it better than anybody else,” Wahlberg said.