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Obsessed: The Podcast

Donnie Wahlberg on TV’s Most ‘Shocking’ TV Cancellation Ever

Obsessed: The Podcast

The Daily Beast

Tv & Film

4.5686 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Obsessed, Kevin is still riding high from Bad Bunny’s electrifying Super Bowl halftime show before sitting down with Donnie Wahlberg for a wide-ranging, deeply personal conversation. Donnie reflects on New Kids on the Block’s forgotten place in Super Bowl history, the emotional cancellation of Blue Bloods, and what it means to carry Danny Reagan into a new chapter with Boston Blue. He also shares an unforgettable behind-the-scenes story about transforming himself—physically and mentally—for his haunting role in The Sixth Sense. Follow Kevin Fallon on Instagram @kpfallon Follow Matt Wilstein on Instagram @mattjwilstein New episodes every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday; early drops on YouTube. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to another new episode of Obsess the Podcast.

0:07.2

I am Kevin Fallon here to guide you through all the TV shows, movies, and celebrity hoopla

0:13.9

that we think is all unmissable.

0:16.6

And today, I am coming to you as Bad Bunny's new biggest fan.

0:22.6

My God, it's been days, and I have not stopped watching that Super Bowl halftime show on

0:28.7

repeat and repeat and repeat.

0:31.7

Oh my God, I cannot get enough of it.

0:34.7

It was so good.

0:36.8

It was exactly what we needed at that moment. I, for such a

0:41.3

flash, felt proud to be American again. Could you imagine? And like, felt sexy. Do you remember

0:48.5

when it felt sexy to be American? Bad buddy made me feel that way again. It was the exact right tone, the exact

0:56.5

right message, the exact right celebration at a moment when we needed it. And I'm so pissed

1:02.7

off at all those MAGA idiots who tried to start a culture war about this, trying to make it

1:08.5

seem like it would be un-American for a Spanish-language person

1:11.9

to perform at the halftime show, as if, like, there's some sort of traditional moral

1:17.4

value behind commercials and corporate sponsorships and concussions that the MAGA has some sort

1:23.8

of copyright over with the Super Bowl. It was so vibrant. It was such a privilege

1:29.3

to watch him take us through this dance tour of Latin American culture, the way that people

1:35.7

love their community, their neighborhood, their just, like, vivacious way of living at a time

1:42.5

when they could have had some sort of like huge protests at the

1:46.3

Super Bowl. He said, you know what I'm going to do? I'm not going to show you beaten down people.

1:50.2

I'm going to show you them thriving. It was so joyous. I was so moved. It was such a fun,

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