Prior to starring as Dr. Jason Bull in Bull, Michael Weatherly was best known for playing Tony DiNozzo in fellow CBS series NCIS for 13 seasons. With Bull having wrapped its six-season run in 2022, there’s been speculation since then about if Tony will return to NCIS someday, and that’s been reignited by one of Weatherly’s recent social media posts. Just days after posting a Gibbs slap throwback, the actor teased that “things are starting to happen” for him, so of course fans have thoughts about this.
Towards the end of July, Weatherly tweeted a photo of a friend of his giving him the Gibbs slap, referencing how Mark Harmon’s Leroy Jethro Gibbs would lightly hit Tony on the back of the head whenever he said something irritating, stupid, etc. Shortly thereafter Weatherly brought up the aforementioned tease while sharing the song “Shakedown Cruise” from Jay Ferguson, as you’ll see below.
