Tom Selleck reportedly feels betrayed by his former co-star Donnie Wahlberg after the latter landed his very own Blue Bloods spin-off, Boston Blue.
The duo played father and son Frank and Danny Reagan on the CBS show for 14 years, with Selleck openly expressing his frustration over it's cancellation.
Now, RadarOnline is reporting that Selleck was furious to learn about his former co-star's new leading role, with a source calling Wahlberg, 55, moving forward with the show a 'huge betrayal' and 'the end' of their friendship.
DailyMail.com has contacted representatives for Selleck and Wahlberg for comment.
Selleck, 80, reportedly fought hard to stop Blue Bloods from ending, which it finally did just three months ago.
'This is a HUGE betrayal,' a source told Radar. 'The Reagans never left New York. Now Danny's just up and moving to Boston? Selleck is furious it's like throwing the rest of the cast away, including the star.'
Tom Selleck reportedly feels betrayed by his former co-star Donnie Wahlberg after the latter landed his very own Blue Bloods spin-off, Boston Blue
It should noted, however, that Wahlberg himself hails from Boston.
'Tom considered himself this father figure to Donnie and helped him with his acting skills, and now he's found out everything going on behind his back. It's a huge burn.
'He feels a sense of betrayal and is furious over the news.'
The site also claims Wahlberg could have stopped the spin-off from happening but instead was more enticed by the salary than remaining loyal to Selleck.
Last year Wahlberg told Fox News he refers to Selleck as 'dad.'
'Tom Selleck, I call him Dad,' he told the outlet. 'At first he was kind of a little thrown by it for the first season or two, he'd be like, ‘Oh, hey, Donnie.’ Now it's like, we've gotten so close.'
Selleck, he said, also calls him 'son.'
'He's literally like, "Oh, hey, son, how are you doing today?"' Wahlberg continued. 'It's like we've just become a real family, and it's going to be a lot to not be with [them] anymore, but I'm sure we'll stay connected after the cameras aren't rolling.'
Selleck previously shared his disappointment after CBS cancelled his longtime TV cop drama Blue Bloods in a 2024 interview with TV Insider.
Selleck reportedly fought hard to stop Blue Bloods from ending, which it finally did just three months ago
'I'm kind of frustrated. During those last eight shows, I haven't wanted to talk about an ending for Blue Bloods but about it still being wildly successful.'
'In a Top 100 Shows of 2023-2024 (in total viewers, we were number 9 out of 100), if you discount the three football shows, we're #6!' he said.
He added, 'My frustration is the show was always taken for granted because it performed from the get-go.'
He continued, 'I'm not going to turn into a bitter old guy saying, "Get off my lawn!" I don't believe in holding grudges, but if you were to say to the television network, "Here's a show you can program in the worst time slot you got, and it is going to guarantee you winning Friday night for the next 15 years," it would be almost impossible to believe.'
'So how do I feel? It's going to take a long time to sort all of this out.'
Selleck previously shared his disappointment after CBS cancelled his longtime TV cop drama Blue Bloods in an interview with TV Insider
'I remember after the weekend [of the final episode's shoot], I said, "I've got to get to bed early tonight because I have to do my dialogue for Monday." Well, there was no Monday. It's just going to take a while.'
Selleck is said to have relocated back to his California ranch with wife Jillie Mack after 14-years of commuting to and from the East Coast to film the show, which CBS announced would be ending at the end of 2023. It aired it's last episode in December 2024.
Selleck made no secret over his disappointment with Blue Bloods coming to an end, and after show bosses announced last year that it would stop filming, he said on CBS Sunday Mornings he hoped they would 'come to their senses.'.
Selleck, who was previously best known as Magnum PI as well as a stint on Friends, won legions of fans with his turn as Frank Reagan on Blue Bloods, a fictional NYPD commissioner.
He has starred alongside Bridget Moynahan and Will Estes since September 2010, and said when the show was axed that fans were sure to react with fury at the decision.
'CBS will find an awful lot of people aren't ready to say goodbye to it,' he said to TV Insider at the time.
The duo played father and son Frank and Danny Reagan on the CBS show for 14 years
'The show's more popular than ever, and I think [numbers] will increase with the interest this year. We're certainly not out of ideas.'
Wahlberg's new show was announced last month.
The new series will follow Donnie Wahlberg's Danny, who takes a position with the Boston Police Department, the actor's hometown, according to a CBS press release.
He will be teamed up in Beantown with Lena Peters, who is the eldest daughter in a prominent Boston law enforcement family.
The show is being eyed to debut on CBS at some point in the 2025-2026 TV season though no specific date was given.
