Tom Selleck Was Praised For Putting His Bank Account Aside For The Sake Of Blue Bloods
Tom Selleck got his big break in the 80s when he was cast as Thomas Magnum in the hit television series Magnum, P.I. Although he took a break from Hollywood after this series ended, he came back in the early 2000s. Since then, Selleck has appeared in numerous movies and TV shows, including Friends. But his biggest since Magnum P.I. has to be New York City Police Commissioner Frank Reagan in the popular CBS police procedural drama series Blue Bloods.
With 14 seasons and more than 270 episodes to date, Blue Bloods has become a rather successful show. Selleck, along with the rest of the main cast, has made a big bank on this show. However, he’s proven that he’s not only doing it for the money. Most recently, Selleck agreed to take a major salary cut just to keep Blue Bloods in the air.
There’s been some speculation about what caused the end of their marriage, including an unverified rumor that he brought heartbreak upon himself while shooting “Magnum P.I.” in Hawaii, as he reportedly “fell in love with the island and with the island girls.” A source alleged to Radar this led to Ray filing for divorce because “she couldn’t stand the pain of seeing Tom have a good time with other women.” They added, “He was playing the field — and enjoying it.” Another insider claimed Ray found him “fickle” because she “never suspected Tom would dump her after she had stood behind him during all the lean years when he was a struggling actor looking for a major role.”
Tom Selleck wasn’t single for long when he traveled to London to shoot “Lassiter” in 1983 and saw British stage actor Jillie Joan Mack performing in “Cats.” According to People, he was so smitten that he kept going back to the theater before finally taking his future bride to dinner. Selleck’s “Lassiter” co-star Jane Seymour recalled how “he kept telling me how great ‘Cats’ was. I thought it was good, but I couldn’t see going back a dozen times,” she quipped. The pair wed in 1987 and Selleck quit “Magnum P.I.” the following year to focus on his wife and their daughter, Hannah. They moved onto a secluded, sprawling ranch in Ventura, California and, as he told People, leaving the series at the height of its success wasn’t difficult because his focus was “always” family. “I wanted a three-dimensional life because I didn’t have one,” he explained.
