"Ted 2" star Mark Wahlberg revealed that his wife Rhea Durham thought that doing the movie is going to ruin his career.

In an interview with Today, Mark Wahlberg shared that he almost did not do "Ted" because his wife Rhea Durham told him that the film was bad news. She even called him a "f*cking idiot" when she heard that he was thinking of accepting the role.

"I was reluctant to even read the script [for 'Ted'] because it's about a teddy bear coming to life. How do you pitch that?" he recalled,

"So I tried to pitch it to my wife, [to] see if she liked it. We were on our way to the Oscars for 'The Fighter.' So I was telling her about this talking teddy bear, and she's like 'You are a f-king idiot.'"

It's a good thing that he went with his guts. "Ted" reportedly earned over $549 million at the worldwide box office.

The actor, however, immediately came to his wife's defense saying that it was difficult to determine if a movie would be successful or not. It's even more difficult if the movie is about a grown man's friendship with a talking bear.

"It's hard to pitch this movie," he said.

"I don't care how good you are - you can take the best marketing people in the world - you say, 'A guy wishes his teddy bear [would come] to life and they hang around and basically watch TV and talk crap about people.' It sounded ridiculous."

When Durham watched "Ted" her perception about the film ruining Wahlberg's career immediately changed.

"She absolutely loved it," he said.

"Ted 2" is the first movie sequel Wahlberg's ever done. When asked what made him say yes to doing another movie, the actor said that he said that it was simply because the film was worth doing.