Tom Selleck choked again tears as he watched Blue Bloods costar Donnie Wahlberg movie a scene throughout his final day on set.
Donnie, 55, appeared on Immediately on Wednesday, October 16, to mirror on the present’s ultimate season. He defined that he was filming a scene with Marisa Ramirez when he appeared over and noticed Tom, 79, standing within the wings.
“He was there watching. I appeared throughout the room and noticed him standing there,” the New Children on the Block member shared through the interview with Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager. “Tom he’s a very severe and targeted man. He likes to cowl up his feelings. He doesn’t like to show vulnerability.”
“I appeared throughout and he had tears in his eyes,” Donnie continued. “That reminiscence for me nonetheless brings up so much for me.”
The Massachusetts native defined that he grew up idolizing Tom, who portrayed the lead in Magnum, P.I. from 1980 to 1988. Attending to work with him and share Reagan household dinners in Blue Bloods episodes was the cherry on prime of the profession alternative for Donnie.
“To abruptly now [be] working with this man and he’s there to help me on my final day of labor. It stuffed me with great humility,” Donnie stated. “It’s extra gratitude, it’s not saditude.”
Whereas a lot of the forged and crew, together with Tom, have been very vocal about not wanting the present to finish after 14 seasons, Donnie is grateful for the expertise.
“I don’t wish to say [I’m] unhappy, as a result of there are a variety of issues to be actually unhappy about in life. This was a tremendous alternative and an exquisite expertise,” he stated. “I made so many wonderful life-long relationships and had an exquisite 14 years with our forged and crew on this metropolis. So I don’t wish to say unhappy. It’s emotional.”
In a latest interview, Tom voiced his frustrations in regards to the present coming to an finish.
“I’m kind of frustrated,” the Emmy winner TV Insider on October 3. “Throughout these final eight exhibits, I haven’t needed to speak about an ending for Blue Bloods however about it nonetheless being wildly profitable. In a Prime 100 Reveals of 2023-2024 (in complete viewers, we have been No. 9 out of 100), if you happen to low cost the three soccer exhibits, we’re No. 6! I’m not going to show right into a bitter previous man saying, ‘Get off my garden!’”
Regardless of being outwardly upset about marking the present’s ultimate season, Tom maintained that he won’t be holding any grudges.
“I don’t imagine in holding grudges, however if you happen to have been to say to the tv community, ‘Right here’s a present you may program within the worst time slot you bought, and it’s going to assure you profitable Friday night time for the following 15 years,’ it will be virtually unimaginable to imagine,” he defined. “My frustration is the present was at all times taken without any consideration as a result of it carried out from the get-go.”
The second half of Blue Bloods season 14 will premiere on Friday, October 18.
