Glum and downcast Tom Selleck was spotted out in public for the first time since doubling down on his apparent war with Blue Bloods producers.
The Hollywood veteran, 79, has been openly critical of CBS’s decision not to renew the hit cop drama series, in which he played NYC Police Commissioner Frank Reagan, after the network announced that the show will end this fall.
He has since reportedly relocated back to his home in California with wife Jillie Mack, 66, after 14 years of commuting to and from the East Coast to film the show.
The actor was seen breaking cover last week as he emerged from a friend’s house in the San Fernando Valley.
Tom Selleck was seen looking downcast and worse for wear as he broke cover in Los Angeles last week
The actor was snapped looking heavier than usual while leaving a friends house in Thousand Oaks on Tuesday
Exclusive DailyMail.com photos showed Selleck looking flushed and heavier than usual, with his scruffy salt-and-pepper beard on full display.
He was dressed down in a blue button-down shirt, black tee, shorts and sneakers, and was carrying a folder full of papers.
The outing comes as the television star has been struggling to comes to terms with CBS’s decision to pull the plug on the long-running series.
Selleck has 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 he hoped they would ‘come to their senses.’
He expressed his ‘frustration’ with the show’s cancelation once again more in an interview with TV Insider on Thursday.
‘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,’ Selleck said.
‘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!’
Exclusive DailyMail.com photos show Selleck dressed down in a blue button-down shirt, black tee, shorts and sneakers, and was carrying a folder full of papers
The outing comes as the television star struggles to come to terms with CBS’s decision to pull the plug on his long-running series Blue Bloods
Selleck, who played fictional NYPD commissioner Frank Reagan on the show, has made no secret over his disappointment with Blue Bloods coming to an end
‘My frustration is the show was always taken for granted because it performed from the get-go.’
Selleck 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.’
Although filming on the show has wrapped, fans can still expect to see the actor for the conclusion of its final season, with the last episodes kicking off on October 18.
He starred alongside Donnie Wahlberg, Will Estes and Bridget Moynahan, all playing members of the fictional Reagan family
Although he said showrunners would come to regret axing his show, Tom is said to be excited to spend more time with wife Jillie Mack, 66
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 Donnie Wahlberg, 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 at the time.
Blue Bloods centers around the Reagan family – with Frank as the patriarch and the New York Police Department Police Commissioner.
The popular series, which premiered in September 2010 had an impressive run on CBS with 14 seasons.
Blue Bloods became the second-longest running scripted show on CBS behind NCIS (with 21 seasons).