Mika Amonsen is opening up about the backlash he has faced after taking over the role of Sean Reagan.

The actor was cast as the character in CBS’ Boston Blue , taking over the role that was originally played by Andrew Terraciano in Blue Bloods .

It has now been weeks that viewers have watched him in the spinoff, and he’s breaking his silence on the online negativity over his recasting.

“There’s been some negativity, for sure,” he told Us Weekly . “But when I look under those posts that have the negativity, there’s a lot of fans rallying for Sean and people saying that they really enjoyed this character that I’ve created — or my version of character.”

He adds, “They’re really enjoying the show and they love where it’s going in terms of Sean and that makes me happy.”

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