Donnie Wahlberg Reveals He Took the Reagan’s Dinner Table fromBlue BloodsSet: ‘I’m Going to Put It in a Wahlburgers’

Mar. 15, 2025

Donnie Wahlberg.Photo:Chris Haston/ID

Chris Haston/ID

When the CBS hit law enforcement dramaBlue Bloodswrapped filming after 14 seasons, costarDonnie Wahlbergwanted a little memento.“I took my two Danny Reagan costumes — my blue suit and my dress blues,” the actor and singer, 55, tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “I put them on mannequins and put them in a Wahlburgers.“Then he realized the Reagan family dining table featured in every episode was also available. “I really had no intention of taking anything from the set until I learned that that table and chairs was just sitting in a warehouse somewhere,” he explains.Wahlberg with his castmates at the Reagan family Sunday dinner on ‘Blue Bloods’.John Paul Filo/CBS via GettyThe actor plans to rotate the table and chairs between Wahlburgers locations, starting at the one in St. Charles, Ill., where he and his wife,Jenny McCarthy, 52, live. “I’ll set it up where fans can sit at the table and take pictures,” he says. “And then I’m going to raffle it probably for charity for the DEA, the Detectives Endowment Association, for the Widows and Children’s Fund.“Wahlberg, who exec-produces and hosts the ID true-crime docuseriesVery Scary People, chatted more with the magazine for One Last Thing:Last time I criedTwo days ago I woke up and was lying next to Jenny and talking about my journey. I was just feeling incredibly grateful and started crying. She gave me the biggest hug. It was a sweet moment.Jenny McCarthy and Donnie Wahlberg.Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via GettyLast moment of nostalgiaWhen I finish touring withNew Kids on the Block,I start missing the fans and trying to come up with what we’re doing next. It never gets old.Last time I faced a fearI’m a nervous flier. If the weather is less than perfect, I won’t book it. My mother told me the best way to calm down is a Bloody Mary. So I usually have three.For more on Donnie Wahlberg, pick up this week’s issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.Donnie Wahlberg with New Kids on the Block.Astrida Valigorsky/WireImageLast perfect day offOn Saturday Jenny and I lay in bed until 2 p.m. then went shopping. She needed something so I just kept her company. I thought I might get a reward when I came home, but we watchedThe Substanceinstead. [Laughs] It was fun.Very Scary Peoplepremieres Dec. 15 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on ID.

When the CBS hit law enforcement dramaBlue Bloodswrapped filming after 14 seasons, costarDonnie Wahlbergwanted a little memento.

“I took my two Danny Reagan costumes — my blue suit and my dress blues,” the actor and singer, 55, tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “I put them on mannequins and put them in a Wahlburgers.”

Then he realized the Reagan family dining table featured in every episode was also available. “I really had no intention of taking anything from the set until I learned that that table and chairs was just sitting in a warehouse somewhere,” he explains.

Wahlberg with his castmates at the Reagan family Sunday dinner on ‘Blue Bloods’.John Paul Filo/CBS via Getty

John Paul Filo/CBS via Getty

The actor plans to rotate the table and chairs between Wahlburgers locations, starting at the one in St. Charles, Ill., where he and his wife,Jenny McCarthy, 52, live. “I’ll set it up where fans can sit at the table and take pictures,” he says. “And then I’m going to raffle it probably for charity for the DEA, the Detectives Endowment Association, for the Widows and Children’s Fund.”

Wahlberg, who exec-produces and hosts the ID true-crime docuseriesVery Scary People, chatted more with the magazine for One Last Thing:

Last time I criedTwo days ago I woke up and was lying next to Jenny and talking about my journey. I was just feeling incredibly grateful and started crying. She gave me the biggest hug. It was a sweet moment.

Jenny McCarthy and Donnie Wahlberg.Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty

Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty

Last moment of nostalgiaWhen I finish touring withNew Kids on the Block,I start missing the fans and trying to come up with what we’re doing next. It never gets old.

Last time I faced a fearI’m a nervous flier. If the weather is less than perfect, I won’t book it. My mother told me the best way to calm down is a Bloody Mary. So I usually have three.

For more on Donnie Wahlberg, pick up this week’s issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.

Donnie Wahlberg with New Kids on the Block.Astrida Valigorsky/WireImage

Astrida Valigorsky/WireImage

Last perfect day offOn Saturday Jenny and I lay in bed until 2 p.m. then went shopping. She needed something so I just kept her company. I thought I might get a reward when I came home, but we watchedThe Substanceinstead. [Laughs] It was fun.

Very Scary Peoplepremieres Dec. 15 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on ID.

source: people.com