For Blue Bloods star Donnie Wahlberg, he and Tom Selleck are like father and son.
The long-running crime drama is set to air the first 10 episodes of its 14th and final season on February 16th. The final eight episodes are scheduled to air in the fall.
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Wahlberg admitted that over the past 14 years of working with Selleck, their relationship has grown beyond just co-stars.
Donnie Wahlberg considers Tom Selleck a father figure. (Getty Images)
“Tom Selleck, I call him dad,” he said. “At first, the first season or two, I was kind of confused and I was like, ‘Hey, Donnie.’ Now I feel like we’re so much closer.”
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Wahlberg explained that Selleck joins the father-son dynamic and calls him “son.”
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“He was literally like, ‘Hey, hey, how are you today?'” Wahlberg said. “It’s like we’ve become a real family and it’s going to be a lot of not being together.” [them] We’re no longer connected, but I’m sure we’ll stay connected even after the cameras aren’t rolling. ”
Donnie didn’t just develop a close relationship with Tom. He told Fox News Digital that over the past 14 years, the cast has become “a real family.”
Donnie Wahlberg plays Danny Reagan in the “Blue Bloods” series. (CBS)
“There’s something about coming to work in New York every day with this cast and crew, this crew, many of whom have been here for 14 years,” Wahlberg said. “It’s really great to work with them. The cast is phenomenal. They’re like a real family.”
Wahlberg mentioned the dinner scene in Blue Bloods and how much viewers enjoyed it.
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“The dinner scene, which is very meaningful to the audience, is actually very meaningful to the cast,” he said. “We sit down with the cast every week and talk about how families get together once a week to catch up, talk about things, what’s going on in their lives, what’s going on in the world, and the cast of the show. It’s like we’re going to talk about it and we’re going to do the same thing.”
For Wahlberg, it is unthinkable that he will no longer film with the cast and crew of Blue Bloods.
“Blue Bloods” is scheduled to air the first 10 episodes of the 14th and final season on February 16, with the final eight episodes scheduled to air in the fall. (David Giesbrecht/CBS)
“We’ve been through a lot together, so it’s going to be heartbreaking for the foreseeable future to not be able to come to work with the people that I’ve worked with for so long,” Donnie said. said.
He continued, “Right now I’m really enjoying this ride and trying not to go into it emotionally.”
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Wahlberg told FOX News Digital what it’s like to work so closely with an “icon” like Selleck.
Donnie Wahlberg and Tom Selleck have worked together on Blue Bloods for the past 14 years. (Greg DeGuire/WireImage)
“Tom, you know, he’s an icon in many ways. First of all, if you think about television, how many people have created two series, two TV series, that have had such success? Considering that there are t“There are very few people in the history of television who have had two long-running, hugely successful TV shows, probably more than you can count on one hand, and Tom Selleck is one of them,” Wahlberg said.
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Selleck first starred in Magnum, P.I., where he played Thomas Magnum for eight seasons, winning him a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award. This drama series aired from his 1980 to his 1988. Tom appeared in all 14 seasons of ‘Blue Bloods’ as New York City Police Commissioner Frank He Regan.
Tom Selleck appears as private investigator Thomas Magnum in “Magnum, P.I.” (CBS Photo Archive)
Tom Selleck starred in the crime drama Magnum, P.I. from 1980 to 1988. (CBS Photo Archive)
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“Blue Bloods” first aired in September 2010. In addition to Wahlberg and Selleck, the cast includes Will Estes, Bridget Moynahan, Andrew Terraciano, and Abigail Hawke.
