Donnie Wahlberg<\/a> endured a “really difficult year” as he juggled work on his TV show with his New Kids On The Block residency.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Donnie Wahlberg has had a very tricky year<\/p>\n
The 56-year-old pop star\/actor has been busy working on Blue Bloods spin-off Boston Blue while his pop group kicked off a series of shows in Las Vegas in June – and Donnie admits it’s been one of the most challenging times of his entire career.<\/p>\n
He told The Hollywood Reporter: “I thought I was used to it, but this year was really difficult – far more challenging than any time during my decade and a half doing Blue Bloods while managing my part in New Kids.<\/p>\n
“With Blue Bloods, I could walk on set, do my part then focus on New Kids in my dressing room, but now I\u2019ve added so many hats to my hat collection. I already had a lot and was stretching them pretty thin!”<\/p>\n
He added as an example: “There was one day it was a 6 a.m. Boston Blue fitting, 10 a.m. New Kids wardrobe fitting, 12 p.m. show run-through, 4 p.m., do it again. In between, I\u2019d watch actor auditions and give notes on the script. I haven\u2019t come up for air yet.”<\/p>\n
\nHowever, Donnie’s schedule is unlikely to slow down anytime soon as he’s now considering a world tour with the band.<\/p>\n
\nHe told the publication: “There\u2019s a want for New Kids to go around the world and the hope was after Vegas, that will be what we look at next, and Boston Blue\u2019s not changing that.”<\/p>\n
\nIt comes after Donnie previously admitted he wants to slow down and spend more time with his siblings. <\/p>\n
\nHe has five brothers – including Hollywood actor Mark Wahlberg – and two sisters but he admits they they don’t see each other every often because he lives so far away and he’s now promised he will try harder to get on a plane and go back to his home town of Boston to reconnect with his family. <\/p>\n
\nDonnie – who has a home in St Charles, Illinois with his wife Jenny McCarthy – told Variety: “It\u2019s not that I\u2019m not committed to my family, but I live in a different state than my siblings. <\/p>\n
\n“I think when you come from a big family, you can stay close, but my career has taken me all over the world, and it still does. <\/p>\n
\n“My sister always calls and says, \u2018Come on, Mom\u2019s gone now, let\u2019s all fly to Boston and do Thanksgiving.\u2019 A lot of times I\u2019m like, \u2018It\u2019s a long flight. I\u2019ve been flying back and forth, filming and going on tour. I just want to sit at home and put on the fireplace and be with my wife and my dogs’.” <\/p>\n
\nHe went on to add he will try harder and encourage his younger brother Mark – who lives in Las Vegas – to return to Boston too. <\/p>\n
\nDonnie said: “Maybe I need to hop on a plane and do a little bit more of those occasions with the siblings and encourage Mark to get on a plane and do the same.”<\/p>\n
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