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Donnie Wahlberg is doing a good deed.

The Blue Bloods star and wife Jenny McCarthy stopped at IHOP near their St. Charles, Ill. home on New Years Day (January 1), and Donnie left a huge tip for their server: $2,020 on a $75.45 bill.

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“@donniewahlberg starting 2020 off like the amazing man he is,” Jenny captioned a photo of the receipt, which included the words “Thanks Bethany,” “2020 Tip Challenge” and “Happy new year.”

“I’ve loved Donnie my whole life—I was a very big New Kids on the Block fan when I was a kid. I didn’t want to freak out at the table, so I went into the bathroom and freaked out a little. I was like, ‘oh my god!’ I served them the best I could do. He folded up the receipt and he gave it to me, and told me not to open it until he left. I said ‘okay, thank you, guys, come again. I’ll take care of you again.’ Then I open it, and I almost fell to the floor,” server Bethany Provencher told People.

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Donnie Wahlberg is spilling on his New Year’s Eve Plans with Jenny McCarthy as she takes the night off from New Year’s Rockin’ Eve hosting duties.

This year, the couple are spending the holiday outside of Times Square for the first time in their relationship.

“It’s amazing. To be able to spend some time together this Christmas and not have to think, ‘We have to leave tomorrow for Times Square for New Year’s Eve,’” Donnie told Closer Weekly.

He added, “We’re going to spend the holidays together, not on television, for the first time in a long time. It’s just going to be great.”

“You know, it’s going to be the first New Year’s since we’ve been together that we don’t have to stop kissing at midnight. We won’t have Ryan Seacrest in our ear saying, ‘Donnie, Jenny, what do you have to say?’ We’ll kiss this year, we may or may not broadcast it live,” Donnie joked.

We hope Donnie and Jenny have a great New Year’s Eve!

Donnie Wahlberg did some intense method preparing for his role as former mental patient Vincent Gray in The Sixth Sense.

The 49-year-old actor and founding member of New Kids on the Block opened up about the 1999 classic film in honor of its 20th anniversary this week.

“This was a game-changer for me,” Donnie told USA Today. “Every day for years people would say, ‘Dude, I didn’t know that was you.’ At that time, I did exactly what I needed to do for the role. I had to look like I was going through hell. I went to a really dark place.”

“Nothing about me was right for the part, except for my total enthusiasm for the script,” he continued about having to convince writer/director M. Night Shyamalan that he could take on the role of psychiatrist Dr. Malcolm Crowe’s (Bruce Willis) former patient. “I starved myself. I would fast for two days then only eat steamed cabbage and drink beet juice. I would chew gum all day and I would literally walk around the streets to burn thousands of calories. I didn’t shower for weeks. I just wasn’t taking care of myself and I was a loner. That was as close as I could come to this guy. I definitely had to suffer in the only way I could.”

“I was so hungry. I was depressed,” Donnie Wahlberg added, revealing that he lost 43 pounds. “I cut off my life to get ready for the role.”

“The movie is such a great source of pride for me,” he shared. “Not just my work but to be part of that group. Everyone brought it so hard for that movie.”

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Donnie Wahlberg is the latest suspect to be named as the possible Rabbit on The Masked Singer.

So what did the New Kids on the Block entertainer have to say about the rumors?

“There’s a list of boy band-ers who are alleged to be the Rabbit, and I’m on the list. I think I’m trending third now behind Joey Fatone and Joey McIntyre,” he said (via TV Guide).

“My wife signed the nondisclosure, so I don’t even know who’s in the costume,” Donnie added. “But if it’s me, I don’t know yet.”

If you don’t know, Donnie‘s wife is Jenny McCarthy, who is one of the panelists on the show.

FYI: Joey Fatone has denied that he’s in the rabbit costume.

The guys from New Kids on the Block perform in the middle of the rain for Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve on Monday (December 31) in New York City.

Jonathan Knight, Donnie Wahlberg, Jordan Knight, Joey McIntyre, and Danny Wood performed on the Times Square red steps and miraculously didn’t slip despite them being soaked with water.

Appropriately, the guys sang “Step By Step” on the steps and then segued to the main stage while performing a medley of their hit songs.

Donnie‘s wife Jenny McCarthy, one of the co-hosts of the special, joined them on stage after the performance to jump around with them.

Jenny McCarthy has been celebrating New Year’s Eve with husband Donnie Wahlberg for the past five years and they always have so much fun together in Times Square!

The 46-year-old television personality is co-hosting Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve once again with Ryan Seacrest.

We’re looking back at all of the romantic photos from Jenny and Donnie‘s past New Year’s Eve moments in Times Square, including some of their kisses that helped heat up the frigid cold city!

Jenny recently said her New Year’s relationship resolution is to look as good as Donnie.

“My relationship resolution would be to get into just as good shape as my husband, Donnie Wahlberg,” she told Us Weekly. “Because he’s shredded right now. And I’m like, ugh. Oh, my God, shredded.”

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Robin Thicke walks the red carpet at the premiere of his new Fox series The Masked Singer on Thursday (December 13) at The Peppermint Club in West Hollywood, Calif.

The 41-year-old singer was joined at the event by fellow judges Jenny McCarthy and Ken Jeong, as well as the show’s host Nick Cannon.

Jenny‘s husband Donnie Wahlberg and Ken‘s wife Tran Jeong stepped out as well.

Robin took to Instagram that day to pay tribute to his late father Alan Thicke, two years after he passed away.

“Today’s 2nd anniversary of Pops passing. Miss you everyday. Feel you with us always. Long live Alan Thicke!” he wrote.