Alyssa Milano‘s worlds collided when she brought her son to meet her TV dad, Tony Danza.
Milano, 51, took her son Milo, 12, to see Danza perform his live show “Standards & Stories” at the Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood, where the Who is the boss? alum interweaves music with personal stories from his life.
“Tonight was very special for me,” Milano wrote via Instagram on Saturday, February 24, alongside a selfie of her and Milo. “I got to take my real son to my TV dad’s show at @catalinajazzclub. Milo said, “He seems so happy, Mom. Text him and tell him this was the best show.” We love you, @tonydanza.”
Milano’s night out with her son comes weeks after she was criticized online in January for setting up a GoFundMe page for Milo’s baseball team on behalf of her husband. David Bugliari. A major complaint from the critics was Milano’s choice to ask for money from fans instead of donating the money himself.
“Every parent is raising money for their child’s sports teams, and many of them do it through GoFundMe. I am no different,” Milano wrote in an Instagram caption defending herself on February 6. “As much as I would like to pay for the entire team and their families for travel, transportation, hotel, food and drinks, uniforms, trade pins. and all the things that teams do for these types of trips – I can’t afford to do that. Maybe ever.”
She concluded, “Leave the children alone. Let them play baseball.”
As for Danza and Milano, the pair played the roles of father and daughter on the ABC sitcom Who is the boss? which lasted eight seasons from 1984-1992. Danza played widower and former baseball player Tony Micelli, while Milano played his daughter Samantha. The show followed the duo as they made the jump from New York City to Connecticut, where Tony took a job as a live-in housekeeper for a powerful manager (played by Judith Licht).
a Who is the boss? revival has been in development on Amazon’s Freevee streaming platform since 2020, when it was reported that Sony Pictures was attempting to bring the series back to television. Milano confirmed the news via Instagram at the time.
“ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 I AM SO EXCITED! #WhosTheBoss is coming back,” said the Charmed alum captioned her August 2020 post. “I’ve wanted to share this for so long and now I can! 😭.” Milao added: “We feel the time is right to tell the story of where these amazing characters are today. I can’t wait to share their stories with you. So happy.”
The sequel series will reportedly be set 30 years after the original, although details about the show’s status (such as its production timeline or release date) remain under wraps. In November 2022, several former Who is the boss? cast members, including Milano, had their own reunion during Danza’s Catalina Jazz Club show. Milano shared a photo via Instagram of himself, Danza, Danny Pintauro And Rhoda Gemignani.
“Getting closer. If you know what I mean,” she captioned the photo. “😉😉 And if you’re in LA and you like to laugh, go see Tony at The Catalina Jazz Club. Awesome.”