{"id":2242626,"date":"2026-01-20T18:36:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T18:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2242626"},"modified":"2026-01-20T18:36:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T18:36:19","slug":"the-rookie-star-eric-winter-has-a-secret-for-tiktok-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-rookie-star-eric-winter-has-a-secret-for-tiktok-success\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Rookie&#8217; Star Eric Winter Has a Secret for TikTok Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-journey-body=\"standard-article\">\n<ul data-node-id=\"0\" class=\"css-kw9lqy emevuu60\">\n<li data-node-id=\"0.0\">The Rookie<em data-node-id=\"0.0.1\"> star Eric Winter has almost 7 million followers on TikTok.<\/em><br data-node-id=\"0.0.2\"\/><\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"0.1\"><em data-node-id=\"0.1.0\">The actor spoke with <\/em>People<em data-node-id=\"0.1.2\"> about his social media success and his secrets for amassing a TikTok following. <\/em><em data-node-id=\"0.1.3\"><br data-node-id=\"0.1.3.0\"\/><\/em><\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"0.2\"><em data-node-id=\"0.2.0\">His most popular TikTok has over 242 million views as of January 2026.<br data-node-id=\"0.2.0.1\"\/><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr data-node-id=\"1\" class=\"css-18pb4rg emevuu60\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"2\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">When it comes to <em data-node-id=\"2.1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodhousekeeping.com\/the-rookie\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.goodhousekeeping.com\/the-rookie\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"The Rookie\" data-node-id=\"2.1.0\" class=\"body-link css-h40fkh emevuu60\">The Rookie<\/a><\/em>, fans are obsessed with <strong data-node-id=\"2.3\">Eric Winter<\/strong> and his character, Tim Bradford. But away from the cameras, viewers can&#8217;t get enough of the actor thanks to his social media popularity!<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"3\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">As someone with almost 7 million followers <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ericwinter76?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ericwinter76?lang=en\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"on TikTok\" data-vars-ga-product-id=\"a06715c8-e266-4554-a546-89b373b0302b\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-node-id=\"3.1\" class=\"body-link product-links css-h40fkh emevuu60\">on TikTok<\/a>, Eric loves to incorporate his work on <em data-node-id=\"3.3\">The Rookie<\/em> into creative videos that often go viral on the platform. Given his fanbase, it made sense for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/the-rookie-eric-winter-daily-ritual-is-choosing-tiktok-to-film-exclusive-11883745\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/people.com\/the-rookie-eric-winter-daily-ritual-is-choosing-tiktok-to-film-exclusive-11883745\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"People\" data-node-id=\"3.5\" class=\"body-link css-h40fkh emevuu60\"><em data-node-id=\"3.5.0\">People<\/em><\/a> to ask him about his social media game as he promoted the ABC drama ahead of the show&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodhousekeeping.com\/entertainment\/tv-shows\/a64540127\/the-rookie-season-8-release-date-cast-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.goodhousekeeping.com\/entertainment\/tv-shows\/a64540127\/the-rookie-season-8-release-date-cast-news\/\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"season 8\" data-node-id=\"3.7\" class=\"body-link css-h40fkh emevuu60\">season 8<\/a> premiere!<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"4\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\"> As he shared in an interview published on January 12, posting on the social network helps him get into character ahead of filming scenes for the show\u2013especially when he&#8217;s in wardrobe. <\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"watch-next\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-14\" data-node-id=\"5\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"6\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">&#8220;Yeah, putting on the uniform is a big part of it,&#8221; he told the outlet. &#8220;It&#8217;s where wardrobe really has an impact on a lot of characters. You&#8217;re kind of sliding into this persona and this feeling and everything about the uniform. You take a big responsibility when you&#8217;re wearing all this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"tiktok\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-15\" data-node-id=\"7\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<section data-embed=\"editorial-link\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-16\" data-node-id=\"8\" class=\"embed\">\n<aside class=\"css-q14sem e94w1mj1\">\n<div data-theme-key=\"carousel-container\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" role=\"region\" aria-live=\"off\" aria-labelledby=\"PP0-16-0\" class=\"css-1jke4yk e1kgjrvy4\">\n<p><h2 id=\"PP0-16-0\" data-theme-key=\"carousel-hed\" class=\"css-4i2xvz e1kgjrvy5\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-theme-key=\"title-design-element-before\" class=\"css-1yxmhzw eagam8p0\"\/>Get the Latest on &#8216;The Rookie&#8217;<span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-theme-key=\"title-design-element-after\" class=\"css-0 eagam8p1\"\/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/section>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"9\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">But that&#8217;s not all Eric had to say about his TikTok game. When asked if he had any rituals he liked to do before filming the TV show, he joked that it was planning the perfect BTS video in between takes!<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"10\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">&#8220;[I] probably figure out which TikTok I want to shoot that day,&#8221; he added. <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"11\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Eric&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ericwinter76\/video\/7431284810527673642?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ericwinter76\/video\/7431284810527673642?lang=en\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"most popular TikTok\" data-vars-ga-product-id=\"3489c4ad-9dae-4d92-9002-1c1d2526ca30\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-node-id=\"11.1\" class=\"body-link product-links css-h40fkh emevuu60\">most popular TikTok<\/a> features cast members <strong data-node-id=\"11.3\">Melissa O&#8217;Neil<\/strong> (Sergeant Lucy Chen), <strong data-node-id=\"11.5\">Lisseth Chavez <\/strong>(Officer Celina Juarez)<strong data-node-id=\"11.7\">,<\/strong> and <strong data-node-id=\"11.9\">Richard T. Jones<\/strong> (Lieutenant Wade Grey). The clip caused a flood of comments from fans and has amassed a whopping 242 million views<strong data-node-id=\"11.11\"\/><strong data-node-id=\"11.12\"\/>!<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"tiktok\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-17\" data-node-id=\"12\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"13\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Needless to say, Eric needs to give us a tip or two on how to be the ultimate TikToker!<\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"editorial-link\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-18\" data-node-id=\"14\" class=\"embed\">\n<aside class=\"css-q14sem e94w1mj1\">\n<div data-theme-key=\"carousel-container\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" role=\"region\" aria-live=\"off\" aria-labelledby=\"PP0-18-0\" class=\"css-1jke4yk e1kgjrvy4\">\n<p><h2 id=\"PP0-18-0\" data-theme-key=\"carousel-hed\" class=\"css-4i2xvz e1kgjrvy5\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-theme-key=\"title-design-element-before\" class=\"css-1yxmhzw eagam8p0\"\/>Get More TV + Pop Culture News<span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-theme-key=\"title-design-element-after\" class=\"css-0 eagam8p1\"\/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.goodhousekeeping.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rookie star Eric Winter has almost 7 million followers on TikTok. The actor spoke with People about his social media success and his secrets for amassing a TikTok following. His most popular TikTok has over 242 million views as of January 2026. When it comes to The Rookie, fans are obsessed with Eric Winter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2242627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[274717,434115,285977,285684,434114],"class_list":["post-2242626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-ba4ef71b-80e5-44e1-b5df-f1220d94748b","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-locale-us","tag-shorttitle-eric-winter-shares-his-secret-for-tiktok-success"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The-Rookie-Star-Eric-Winter-Has-a-Secret-for-TikTok.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2242626"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2242628,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242626\/revisions\/2242628"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2242627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2242626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2242626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2242626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}