Everything Kevin Costner Has Said About His Death in Yellowstone

Kevin Costner is not on yellow stone He’s gone, but he still has some ideas about the direction the show took for his character, John Dutton, after his exit.

The Oscar winner confirmed his departure from the Paramount Network drama in June 2024 after months of speculation about whether he would appear in the final episodes of season 5.

“After this long year and a half of work in Horizon and do all the things that are required, and think of yellow stonethat beloved series that I love and I know you love,” Costner began in a video shared via social media at the time. “I just realized that I won’t be able to continue with season 5B or in the future. It was something that really changed me. I loved it. And I know you loved it. I just wanted to let you know that I won’t be back. “I love the relationship we have been able to develop and I will see you in the movies.”

Rumors of Costner’s departure began in early 2023 following the conclusion of the 5A season. Reports circulated that Costner was at odds with yellow stone co-creator Taylor Sheridan about the timing of production, which overlapped with the filming of Costner’s four-part film Horizon film saga. The duo denied any bad blood, but Sheridan later said he was “disappointed” that Costner was not interested in continuing with the show.

While Sheridan said in June 2023 that he doesn’t mention “fucking car accidents” in his writing, he still killed John Dutton in the season 5B premiere, although not in a car accident. In the November 10, 2024 episode, fans immediately learned that John was murdered by a hitman hired by Sarah Atwood (Daniel Oliveri). The hitman staged the scene to look like a suicide, but Beth (Kelly Reilly) and Kayce (Luke Grimes) immediately suspected that not everything was as it seemed.

Meanwhile, Costner claims to have not seen the episode, but has been sharing his thoughts about it since it aired. Keep scrolling to learn everything he said about John’s death:

Not so interested

The day after the season 5B premiere aired, Costner said he didn’t know the first episode had finally premiered without him. “I’m going to be perfectly honest. “I didn’t know it was actually airing last night,” he said during a Nov. 11, 2024, interview on SiriusXM. The Michael Smerconish Program. “That is a moment of swearing by God. I’ve been seeing ads with my face everywhere and I’m thinking, ‘Wow, I’m not in that one.’ But I didn’t realize that yesterday was the issue.”

He noted that he hadn’t seen the episode, but heard what happened and joked, “I heard it’s a suicide, so that doesn’t make me want to rush to see it.”

Praise to the writers

In the same interview, Costner praised the yellow stone team for always making up good stories, and hinted that he knew John’s “suicide” might not be what it seems. “They’re pretty smart people,” he said. “Maybe it’s a red herring. Who knows? They are very good. And they will realize that.”

Congratulations to the fans

As the second episode of season 5B aired, Costner shared his thoughts on fans’ reaction to John’s fate. “Fans have a say in things and choose to follow them.” he said AND! News on November 17, 2024.

The actor went on to say that he had told Sheridan about John’s death “a while ago” but had no interest in what would happen now. “They do what they want to do,” he said. “That’s fine with me.”

Without thoughts

During a November 17, 2024 interview with Entertainment tonightCostner confirmed that he had not yet seen the episode where John dies. “I didn’t see it, so I don’t really have any ideas about it,” he joked.

letting it go

Costner doubled down on his lack of feelings toward yellow stone coming to an end.

“I’m not thinking about (the end of Yellowstone), I don’t think I’ve thought about it,” he said in a video obtained by the daily mail on December 18. “We’ll let it go.”