David Boreanaz Says He Just Moved His Son from His College Apartment: 'Like a Tornado' (Exclusive)

The 'SEAL Team' actor spent his July doing promotion for the seventh and final season of the military drama series, while also doing dad duty

David Boreanaz plays an elite soldier in his military drama SEAL Team, but when he's off-camera, he's pretty much just like every other dad.

"I just helped my son [Jaden, 22] move out of his apartment in New York," he tells PEOPLE, of what he was doing in between doing talk shows and interviews to promote the seventh and final season of SEAL Team.

"It was a test of patience!" he says with a laugh. "My son did most of the packing and setting it up for the new tenant while I helped from the outside, but it was a tornado."

He jokes, "Parenting is such a journey. It never ends, and it never gets easier!"

The Bones alum says his son is leaving the city to pursue his passions.

"He went to NYU, but he decided to take a break from it during the last year. He's an artist and a musician so he's staying true to his soul... you have to go with the beat of your heart," he says, adding that he's doing the same.

Boreanaz announced last November that he would be pursuing new passions after the final season of SEAL Team (premiering Aug. 11 on Paramount+).

"There are things in the works," he says, adding that he can't talk about them yet. "But some things that I planted a while ago are starting to take root."

While he'll miss SEAL Team — and the accolades he got from real elite soldiers who thanked him for such an accurate portrayal of what it was like to be in that branch of the military — he won't miss what the intense shoots did to his body.

"I've had 4 MRIS in 4 months!" he says.

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“I take good care of myself, but it gets to a point where your body’s not moving like it used to.” 

While he's gearing up for his next moves, he says that he's loving that his forensics drama Bones is being discovered by new audiences now that it's on streaming.

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"I was doing LIVE with Kelly and Mark the other day [for the final season of SEAL Team], and these two younger girls were there for a fashion show, literally like 10 years old and 12," he says.

"Their mom was there, and she said they were just so excited I was there because they love Bones, and I'm just sitting there going, 'This is so trippy!' "

As for his 15-year-old daughter Bella — is she a Bones fan?

"My daughter is an excellent equestrian, " he says. "She's a loving adventurous soul. Both of my kids are doing their own thing. I'm very protective of them, but everyone's great. My son is a singer, an artist, and a musician, my daughter is in high school. Everyone is good."

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