The “Blue Bloods” cast broke down in tears when Tom Selleck delivered one message they weren’t ready to hear

Tom Selleck has been a star since the early 1980s. 

He recently had one of the most emotional moments of his career. 

And the Blue Bloods cast broke down in tears when Tom Selleck delivered one message they weren’t ready to hear. 

Selleck had his Blue Bloods co-stars in tears 

The CBS police drama Blue Bloods recently aired its series finale after 14 seasons. 

Blue Bloods followed the lives of the Reagan family who worked in law enforcement in New York City. 

Co-star Tom Selleck and the rest of the cast lobbied CBS to keep the show going because it was still getting good ratings in its Friday night time slot. 

But the network pulled the plug on the show despite its ratings success. 

Blue Bloods co-star Donnie Wahlberg, who played Danny Reagan, told The New York Post that filming the final episode of the series was hard for the cast who became like a family.

“Oh my gosh, it was really emotional,” Wahlberg said. “I think when we finished the final take of the final dinner scene, everyone just kind of sat there in silence. Secretly, we hoped someone would walk in and say ‘it was a joke, there will be 14 more seasons!’”

Selleck was the one who broke the silence on set. 

He caused the rest of the cast to break down in tears when he spoke after the final scene. 

“We all started crying,” Wahlberg stated. 

Selleck read a poem that touched the Blue Bloods cast 

Wahlberg revealed that Selleck read a poem by President Theodore Roosevelt entitled, “The Man in the Arena.”

It was a “tradition” for Selleck to read the poem to his co-stars over the years. 

Wahlberg realized how true the saying “time flies” was after that. 

“And I’m sitting next to him at the table looking at him… I think it hit me for the first time,” Wahlberg recalled. “A lot of life passed by me while he was speaking.”

“I used to watch [Selleck in Magnum P.I.] as a kid with my parents, and my parents are gone,” Wahlberg continued. “And that little kid is now here with this guy making this show. It’s a lot to process in the moment.”

He said that over the 14 seasons of the show, the cast saw each other go through some of life’s milestone moments. 

Wahlberg married his wife, actress Jenny McCarthy, in 2014. 

“In some ways, at least for myself and I suspect some of the other cast members, we really wanted the show to keep going,” Wahlberg said. “And we wish we could have delivered that gift to the crew, because they were so good to us.”

Fans would come up to Wahlberg and tell him how much they loved the show.

“It hurt to not be able to tell them we’re going to keep going,” Wahlberg explained. “I can’t tell you how many people every day and even guest actors would say, ‘My parents love it, and I watch it, and they’re so excited I’m going to be on the show.’”

He admitted that CBS ending the show was hard on the cast. 

“I take that away from the show as the thing that makes me feel most gratitude,” Wahlberg stated. “We were part of something that meant a lot to a lot of people.”

CBS has sent signals that a Blue Bloods spinoff could be in the cards. 

“Would I be open to it? Of course. I love the show. I love the character,” Wahlberg said. 

There’s still hope that fans of Blue Bloods could see some members of the Reagan family on TV again.