Kevin Costner Says He is Not In A ‘Rush’ To See His Closing ‘Yellowstone’ Episode

Kevin Costner has revealed that he is in no hurry to observe the ultimate moments of his character on “Yellowstone.”

The veteran actor, who captivated audiences as John Dutton on the hit Paramount sequence, claims he did not even know half 2 of season 5 had returned on air as he hasn’t paid consideration to it because it was revealed he would not be reprising his position.

Kevin Costner and the manufacturing reportedly clashed over contractual obligations and scheduling variations.

Based on Web page Six, Costner appeared on SiriusXM’s “The Michael Smerconish Program” on Monday, the place he weighed in on his character’s dying following the premiere of season 5b on Sunday.

The 69-year-old actor famous that he has seemingly misplaced curiosity in watching how his John Dutton character was killed off on the present after getting wind that it was “a suicide.”

“I did not see it,” he admitted. “I heard it is a suicide, so that does not make me wish to rush to go see it.”

Host Michael Smerconish then identified that his character wasn’t the “suicide form of man,” to which Costner responded, “Nicely, they’re fairly good folks.”

“Possibly it is a purple herring. Who is aware of? They’re excellent. They usually’ll determine that out,” he added.

The Oscar winner appeared to suggest that he hasn’t been being attentive to the Western sequence as he was unaware of its return.

In his chat with Smerconish, the “Bodyguard” star defined that he did not know the present was airing final evening as he hadn’t been following its manufacturing since he was dropped from returning.

“That is a swear to God second,” he stated. “I imply, I have been seeing adverts with my face in all places, and I am pondering, ‘Gee, I am not in that one.'”

Rumors circulated that Costner had give up the present, with stories suggesting there have been contractual and scheduling variations between him and the present’s producers.

Nevertheless, he weighed in on the rumors, saying, “I did not go away. I did not give up the present.” He added that the variations arose from scheduling and contract points.

“There have been the gaps that had been there,” Costner shared. “There was contractual issues that may enable for each issues to be finished, however as a result of each issues had been contractual, you needed to make room for the opposite factor.”

He continued, “There was room, but it surely was troublesome for them to maintain their schedule. It gave the impression to be, it was simply too troublesome for them to do it.”

“I could not assist them anymore,” he added. “Everyone has to stay as much as what they are saying they are going to do. And it does not matter what enterprise you are in.”

Costner took to his Instagram account in June to substantiate that he would not be coming again on the present, saying the choice got here after a “lengthy yr and a half” of engaged on his 2024 western drama, “Horizon.”

“An replace for you guys. I am going to see you on the motion pictures,” he captioned the video submit.

“I wish to attain out and allow you to know that after this lengthy yr and a half of engaged on Horizon and doing all of the issues that is required, and fascinated about Yellowstone, that beloved sequence that I really like, that I do know you’re keen on, I simply realized that I am not going to have the ability to proceed Season 5B or into the longer term,” he stated.

Costner added, “It was one thing that actually modified me. I liked it. And I do know you really liked it. And I simply needed to let you recognize that I will not be returning, and I really like the connection we have been capable of develop, and I am going to see you on the motion pictures.”

In a earlier interview with Folks Journal, the “Hidden Figures” actor shared his disappointment together with his former costars, decrying how none of them stood up for him regarding rumors surrounding his exit from the present.

“I learn all of the tales,” he stated. “I used to be disenchanted that no one on their facet… ever stepped as much as defend what it was I truly did for them. There got here a second the place I assumed, ‘Wow, when is anyone going to say one thing about what I’ve finished versus what I have not finished?'”

Costner’s exit was allegedly on account of a three-way feud he was concerned in with present producer Taylor Sheridan and Paramount Community.

Based on The Hollywood Reporter, the bane of the matter appears to be Costner’s liking for the way his character ends. He reportedly needed to approve of Dutton’s destiny on the present, however Sheridan, like most showrunners, doesn’t let actors select their storylines.