WARNING: This post contains Yellowstone season five spoilers!!
Kevin Costner is addressing the fate of his character in the season 5B premiere of Yellowstone.
Back in July 2024, the 69-year-old Oscar winner officially announced that he had exited the Paramount Network series midway through production on the final season.
When the show returned on Sunday (November 10), we finally learned how Kevin’s character John Dutton was written off.
Keep reading to find out more…At the start of the episode, it was revealed that John Dutton was found with a fatal gunshot wound in the bathroom of the Montana governor’s mansion.
While making an appearance during a special live, town hall edition of The Michael Smerconish Program on SiriusXM on Monday (November 11), Kevin reacted to how his character was written off.
“Well, I’m going to be perfectly honest. I didn’t know it was actually airing last night. That’s a swear to God moment. I swear to God,” Kevin said. “I mean, I’ve been seeing ads with my face all over the place and I’m thinking, ‘Gee, I’m not in that one.’ I’m not in this season.”
“But I’ve been seeing, but I didn’t realize yesterday was the thing. I really have, my focus has been on what I was having to do, and I’ve got a few calls to make,” Kevin continued. “So you think – sometimes I’m like just a passenger in my life, you know, there’s a lot going on. And somebody said, you know, it played last night? And I said, ‘Hmm, okay.’ So no, I found out about it this morning actually.”
“I didn’t see it. I heard it’s a suicide, so that doesn’t make me want to rush to go see it,” he added.
When host Michael Smerconish said that John Dutton didn’t seem like a “suicide kind of guy,” Kevin responded, “Well, they’re pretty smart people. Maybe it’s a red herring. Who knows? They’re very good. And they’ll figure that out.”
Also during the event, Kevin talked about his exit from Yellowstone, saying that he did not quit the show.
“Yeah, I didn’t really have to leave anything behind. There were the gaps that were there. There was contractual things that would allow for both things to be done, but because both things were contractual, you had to make room for the other thing,” Kevin explained. “There was room, but it was difficult for them to keep their schedule. It seemed to be, it was just too difficult for them to do it. There was the time there, what happened, you can deal with it.”
“But no one, I didn’t leave. I didn’t quit the show. Okay? I had made a contract to do all three. There was a contract in place to do all three,” Kevin said. “And within about an eight-month period, two more different kind of contracts were being negotiated. Not at my request, but at their request to try to do things. I accommodated them on those extra two things that changed, things change, and finally when they wanted to change it a third time, because I had my obligations to do, I had 300 people waiting for me, I couldn’t help them anymore. I just simply couldn’t help them.”
“But I didn’t quit the show. There was no, there was just a, you know, everybody has to live up to what they say they’re going to do,” he added. “And it doesn’t matter what business you’re in.”
If you missed it, Yellowstone star Luke Grimes recently revealed what it was like filming the second half of the season without Kevin.
FAQs:
Q: What happened to John Dutton in Yellowstone season 5B premiere?
A: John Dutton was found with a fatal gunshot wound in the bathroom of the Montana governor’s mansion.
Q: Did Kevin Costner quit the show?
A: Kevin Costner did not quit the show. He explained that there were contractual issues that led to his exit.
Q: How did Kevin Costner react to his character’s fate in Yellowstone?
A: Kevin Costner expressed surprise at how his character was written off and mentioned that he was not aware of the episode airing.
Q: What did Kevin Costner have to say about filming the show without him?
A: Luke Grimes, another Yellowstone star, shared insights on filming the second half of the season without Kevin Costner.
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