Celebrity high school dropouts

June 13, 2012 at 8:09 PM

Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg, 41, has revealed that he's pursuing the high school diploma that he never earned as teenager. The singer-turned-actor, who has been open about using drugs and alcohol while growing up in Boston, left school at a very early age. "I was climbing out the window and staying out all night when I was 12 or 13, and by the time I was 13 or 14, I stopped going to school," he once told Vanity Fair. "My older brothers taught me how to get high when I was 10, and gave me a couple beers. ... When I was 13, 14, 15, I had a pretty serious cocaine problem." Now that he's clean, the reformed Wahlberg plans to complete his studies online through a New Orleans-based company. "They're going to give me whatever credits I already have, which is probably like one or two," he joked on "Late Show With David Letterman." "But I'm going to make it happen."

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Now that 41-year-old Mark Wahlberg, who quit school in ninth grade, has announced he’ll finally be getting his GED, we’re taking a look at some other celebs who left high school behind to make millions in show business.

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Celebrity high school dropouts

Mark Wahlberg