Recap Post of #AlexOLoughlin – Events After #H50 (Part 1)

Fans keep asking for more recent pictures and what Alex has been up to since the end of Hawaii Five-0. We do have a page that summarizes it all, but we decided to do some social media posts about it again as a reminder. Over the next 3 weeks, we will recap these events and post modified pictures of them again. We do the posts in chronological order to make it easier to see when a certain picture was taken or an event took place. 

Picture taken in October 2022

(Six months ago – and 31 months after filming of H50 ended))

Before we start the post I want to remind you that these pictures were not taken under the best conditions and some are very small and grainy. There are also some that are screenshots from videos. We have made crops of the originals to get close-ups of Alex. That also results in small grainy pictures.

During photoshoots or on the red carpet, and on shows like Hawaii Five-0, the best lighting and make-up are used to get great-quality pictures by professionals. We are therefore used to seeing Alex in such pictures because they are the ones shared most of the time – because they are the “prettiest”.

These types of pictures that we share here were taken quickly, in bad light or harsh sun and harsh spotlights of stadiums, under bad conditions, from bad angles, at a distance, with normal cameras, and by ordinary people. On most of them, Alex is or was also participating in sport – and yes, you will look tired after a workout or a full day of strenuous activity. Don’t expect miracles!

We have seen the weirdest comments on social media and the funniest conclusions made from such bad-quality pictures.  Maybe wait for good-quality pictures before drawing such wild conclusions.

We start our 3-week journey where #HawaiiFive0 left off …. The last day for Alex on the set of Hawaii Five-0 was 2 March 2020 …..

 

• Five Days after Alex stopped working on H50

 

Events After #H50 (No 1)

 

Date: 7 March 2020

–  At the Belt ceremony at Egan’s gym, #AlexOLoughlin received the first stripe on his BJJ Brown Belt.

(After receiving his Brown Belt in May 2019, this was the next step for Alex toward his Black Belt which he eventually received in Sept 2022)

(Screenshot from video)

 

• Six Days after the filming of H50 ended

Events After #H50 (No 2)

Date: 8 March 2020

• Alex runs into some fans at the Halekoa Hotel Waikiki

On her IG post Julie Garcia writes: “After 10 seasons, I finally met Steve McGarrett (#AlexOLoughlin) 😍😍😍#hawaiifive0 #stevemcgarrett #hawaii “

• A week after the filming of  H50 ended

Events After #H50 (No 3)

Date: 10 March 2020

• Some training in Alex’s home gym.

Egan writes: “Great Training today with an unemployed guy from #h50 #alexoloughlin Thanks for jumping in with us today Tyson. Missed you today Eric. #eganinouejiujitsu #grapplingunlimitedhawaii”

• Six Weeks after the filming of H50 ended

Events After #H50 (No 4)

Date: 11 May 2020

A shoutout video from the Hawaii State Department of Education with #AlexOLoughlin congratulating the Class of 2020 is posted

Alex says: “This is a huge time in our lives, when move onto the next phase – whatever we chose to do. And this is a really weird time to be doing it – in this pandemic affected world. I just wanted to say to you guys – Don’t let what’s happening in the world hold you back, okay. Let’s look at it as a blessing to give us a little more time to focus on what we want our next steps to look like.”

(Screenshot from video)

•  Seven weeks after the filming of H50 ended

Events After #H50 (No 5)

Date: 17 May 2020

– Alex do a Podcast interview with InfernoCast telling the story of his experiences with Martial Arts since the age of 6 and his present journey with BJJ.

Alex: “I once heard somebody say that, humility, or being humble, you know, it’s not thinking less of yourself. It’s thinking of yourself less.  And, I heard that, and I was like, “That’s amazing!”. 

(Screenshot from video)

The interviews that Alex did during this time, are gems and I always find it good to go back to them and see what he said himself about this period of his life …..

“He’s [Alex] a great storyteller because he can mimic almost anything. And I give credit to a man who happily embraces his gray hair.” – Katherine Moening (co-star, Three Rivers), InStyle Magazine, April 2011

Please remember that all these original pictures posts and transcripts of the videos are posted on the blog.

Thanks again to Michelle Ebert for sharing the precious pictures of them with Alex in October last year.

We will be using them a lot because they tell the best story of Alex.

(Being relaxed and happy and not in harsh conditions and in the context of these posts not too long ago)