Kevin Costner Reacts To His Character's Fate on `Yellowstone'

Spoiler warning: This story contains spoilers for Season 5 Episode 9 of
�Yellowstone.�

Actor Kevin Costner has weighed in on the fate of his character in the
popular drama �Yellowstone� after the premiere of season 5, part 2 on Sunday
night.

The writers killed off Costner�s character, John Dutton, in a death that�s
indicated to be a suicide but could have been a setup that covered up a
murder. The 69-year-old actor said in an interview with SiriusXM�s �The
Michael Smerconish Program� on Monday that he had no idea how the writers
would handle his exit.

�I�m going to be perfectly honest. I didn�t know it was actually airing last
night,� Costner said. �That�s a swear to God moment. I swear to God. 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.�

The actor had already discussed being done with �Yellowstone� after filming
the first half of season 5.

�I didn�t see it,� he said of the latest episode. �I heard it�s a suicide, so
that doesn�t make me want to rush to go see it,� Costner added.

Smerconish said that Dutton didn�t seem like �a suicide kind of guy,�
prompting the actor to discuss the writers, saying, �Well, they�re pretty
smart people. Maybe it�s a red herring. Who knows? They�re very good. And
they�ll figure that out.�

Costner said he had previously discussed �endings� for the character but did
not talk about the idea of suicide. Ultimately, he said how writers handled
Dutton�s death was �their business,� per Variety.

Many fans were furious over the popular character�s departure from the show,
as The Daily Wire previously reported.

�John Dutton deserved to go out like a gladiator, not a victim. Completely
undoes the series. I�m not a fan at all how #Yellowstone handled Costner�s
departure,� one person wrote.

�John Dutton was a fantastic character, and despite the Kevin Costner drama,
he deserved a better goodbye than Yellowstone gave him,� a second fan agreed.

The actor cited scheduling conflicts as his main reason for leaving
�Yellowstone.� Costner devoted a lot of time to his Western movie series,
�Horizon,� which has so far gotten mixed reviews from critics and fans.

The actor previously said he was open to returning to �Yellowstone.�

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