Kevin Costner reacts to his ‘Yellowstone’ character’s fate

Kevin Costner just found out how Yellowstone got rid of his character after his long-awaited exit from the show, and what he heard “doesn’t make me rush to see it.”

Fans have been waiting for this premiere since Costner officially announced his exit from the show on Instagram over the summer during its two-year hiatus. But during an interview on SiriusXM’s The Michael Smerconish Program, Costner said he had yet to see the ‘Part 2’ premiere of the show’s fifth season released Sunday because he “didn’t know it actually aired last night.”

“I heard it was a suicide,” he said, explaining why he feels there is no “urgency” to watch the episode.

He also said that with the thinking behind the production, his character’s suicide could be a “red herring. Who knows? They’re very good.”

Despite the rumours contentious relationship between Costner and the show’s writer-creator Taylor Sheridan, he defended the show from fan backlash over how his character was written off. “They’re smart people,” Costner said of the creatives behind the show, “whatever they’re doing, they figure it out.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Costner refused to “quit” the show.

Costner said on Instagram in June that he “realized I’m not going to be able to continue Season 5B or into the future,” even though “I loved it and I know (fans) loved it.”

“I didn’t go,” he said during the interview, suggesting that schedule changes essentially forced him to go. “Finally, when they wanted to change (the schedule) a third time because I had my commitments to do, I had 300 people waiting for me, I couldn’t help them anymore,” he said, referring to his flop multi-part Western passion project Horizon. “I simply couldn’t help them,” he said, “but I didn’t leave the show.”