Donnie Wahlberg Says He 'Couldn't Turn Off the Tears' for 2 Days After WrappingBlue Bloods

Mar. 15, 2025

Donnie Wahlberg as Danny Reagan on ‘Blue Bloods’.Photo:CBS Broadcasting

CBS Broadcasting

Donnie Wahlbergknew he was going to be emotional on his last day on theBlue Bloodsset, but 48 hours of tears wasn’t necessarily on his agenda.

Wahlberg, who has played Det. Danny Reagan on the CBS series since its premiere in 2010, was admittedly a puddle of tears onhis final day on set of the series in June, and he toldVarietythat he “couldn’t turn off the tears for another probably two days” after the show wrapped.

The moment that really got him was when starTom Selleckread a poem to the cast after they filmed their final Reagan family dinner scene — a scene that was featured in every episode of the show.

Will Estes as Jamie Reagan, Vanessa Ray as Officer Eddie Janko, Bridget Moynahan as Erin Reagan, Tom Selleck as Frank Reagan and Donnie Wahlberg as Danny Reagan in ‘Blue Bloods’.John Paul Filo/CBS via Getty

John Paul Filo/CBS via Getty

Selleck, 79, told the outlet it’s a poem he’s “always loved” but he didn’t plan on reciting it in that moment. It wasn’t a surprise to Wahlberg, though, as he revealed that Selleck “had a knack for showing up to work and delivering a message” to the cast “at critical times.”

“He would quote different things to leave us with something to think about and focus us on what’s important. It was a magical thing,” Wahlberg said. “When they said, ‘That’s a wrap,’ we all waited.”

Wahlberg was not shy about the emotions he was feeling after his last day on set in June, as he wrote a lengthy and heartfelt Instagram post beside avideoof the last time he arrived on set.

“Not sure I have the words to describe how I feel about today, or the last 14 years on this specialBlue Bloodsjourney, but I do know how incredibly thankful I am for every moment of it,” he wrote, calling the show “one of the great blessings of my life.”

Donnie Wahlberg and Tom Selleck on ‘Blue Bloods’.Barbara Nikke/CBS via Getty

Barbara Nikke/CBS via Getty

Wahlberg has a memento from set that will help keep the memory of the long-running series alive.

“I took my two Danny Reagan costumes — my blue suit and my dress blues,” he told PEOPLE, before revealingthe real big-ticket item he kept from the show: the Reagan family dining table featured in every episode.

“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’s planning to set it up at various Wahlburgers locations so “fans can sit at the table and take pictures” before he raffles it off “for charity for the DEA, the Detectives Endowment Association, for the Widows and Children’s Fund.”

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The series finale ofBlue Bloodsairs Friday, Dec. 13 at 10 p.m. ET on CBS.

source: people.com