{"id":2384773,"date":"2026-04-22T19:38:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T19:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2384773"},"modified":"2026-04-22T19:38:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T19:38:51","slug":"donnie-wahlberg-reveals-the-tough-part-of-filming-boston-blue-in-his-hometown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/donnie-wahlberg-reveals-the-tough-part-of-filming-boston-blue-in-his-hometown\/","title":{"rendered":"Donnie Wahlberg Reveals the Tough Part of Filming \u201cBoston Blue\u201d in His Hometown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Donnie Wahlberg is sharing one of the more difficult parts about filming <em>Boston Blue<\/em> in his hometown<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <em>Blue Bloods<\/em> alum revealed on <em>Live with Kelly and Mark<\/em> that filming in Boston means things can get &#8220;crazy&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We don&#8217;t get anything shot,&#8221; he joked<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/donnie-wahlberg\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Donnie Wahlberg;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Donnie Wahlberg<\/a> knows things can get rowdy when its time to film in Boston.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <em>Boston Blue<\/em> star, who reprises his role of <em>Blue Bloods<\/em>&#8216; Danny Reagan in the CBS procedural, is sharing what its really like to film scenes in his hometown of Boston.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While speaking with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/mark-consuelos\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Mark Consuelos;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Mark Consuelos<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/kelly-ripa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Kelly Ripa;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Kelly Ripa<\/a> during the Wednesday, April 22 episode of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=POvk_bsuodk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Live with Kelly and Mark;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Live with Kelly and Mark<\/em><\/a>, Wahlberg said &#8220;it&#8217;s crazy&#8221; when he and his costars film in Beantown. &#8220;We don&#8217;t get anything shot. Every take, I&#8217;m literally saying, &#8216;Give me your hand, sir, you&#8217;re under arrest,&#8217; and it&#8217;s like, &#8216;Donnie! Donnie,'&#8221; Wahlberg, 56, said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The duck boat tours, which are very famous in Boston, they drive by and have a headset on with a speaker,&#8221; he added. &#8220;And it&#8217;s literally like, &#8216;Over there, you&#8217;ll see Donnie Wahlberg in the wild. He grew up three doors down from me, I knew his mother, God rest her soul.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Donnie Wahlberg and Sonequa Martin-Green in &#8216;Boston Blue&#8217;<br \/>Credit: Brendan Adam-Zwelling\/CBS<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ripa, who said she once got an earful about the Wahlbergs on a boat tour, recommended the family get &#8220;their own&#8221; duck boat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In <em>Boston Blue<\/em>, Wahlberg plays an NYPD vet who winds up working for the Boston Police Department in an effort to be closer to his son Sean (Mika Amonsen). During <em>Blue Bloods<\/em>&#8216; 14 seasons from 2010 until 2024, Wahlberg got some experience ridding himself of his Boston accent to play a Brooklynite. Still, the &#8220;accent does sneak out at times.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The good news is I filmed <em>Blue Bloods<\/em> here in New York for 14 years and the New Yorkers never let up on me,&#8221; Wahlberg said on <em>Live<\/em>. &#8220;If the Patriots lost to the Giants, I&#8217;d show up to work the next day, [there&#8217;d be] posters, newspaper clippings plastered all over. They&#8217;d never let up on me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He added, &#8220;So they taught me how to bring that to Boston and tease Bostonians, even though I am one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Speaking with PEOPLE at the iHeartRadio Music Awards in March, the actor and New Kids on the Block member revealed he had &#8220;the pleasure of calling all my castmates and telling them&#8221; the show had been renewed for a second season. <em>Boston Blue<\/em>, which is still in its first season, premiered on CBS in October.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI did it, and every cast member got tears in their eyes, every single one of them, and so did I,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd when I called <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/jenny-mccarthy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Jenny [McCarthy];itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jenny [McCarthy]<\/a> and told her about that, we shared a nice cry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWell, I\u2019m an EP too, so I said as one of the EPs, I\u2019d like to be the one to tell them. And everyone agreed,\u201d Wahlberg added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Boston Blue<\/em>\u00a0airs on CBS Fridays at 10 p.m. ET and streams the next day on Paramount+.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/donnie-wahlberg-tough-part-filming-boston-blue-hometown-11956134\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:People;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\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 nz.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Donnie Wahlberg is sharing one of the more difficult parts about filming Boston Blue in his hometown The Blue Bloods alum revealed on Live with Kelly and Mark that filming in Boston means things can get &#8220;crazy&#8221; &#8220;We don&#8217;t get anything shot,&#8221; he joked Donnie Wahlberg knows things can get rowdy when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2384774,"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":[359027,29139,464712,464711,331588,351251,34130],"class_list":["post-2384773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-blue-bloods","tag-boston","tag-boston-accent","tag-boston-police-department","tag-donnie-wahlberg","tag-live-with-kelly-and-mark","tag-mark-consuelos"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Donnie-Wahlberg-Reveals-the-Tough-Part-of-Filming-Boston-Blue.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384773","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=2384773"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2384775,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2384773\/revisions\/2384775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2384774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2384773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2384773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2384773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}