The Hollywood star Kevin Costner got testy on Thursday morning when he was repeatedly questioned about the rumored drama surrounding his exit from the hit show Yellowstone.
Costner Gets Testy Over Yellowstone Drama
Costner went on on CBS Mornings on Thursday to be interviewed about his new movie series Horizon: An American Saga. Things went off the rails when host Gayle King shifted to trying to get the star to reveal why he didn’t return to Yellowstone to finish out the fifth and final season.
Costner told King that he “loved the show before anybody.” He additionally said that he would return “in a second if I felt that it was something that I could do.”
“But the characterization of you isn’t necessarily flattering,” King replied. “You made demands, you want to have a certain schedule, you want to shoot at a certain time, you want certain money.”
“If it’s not that hard, why can’t the two of you be able to work it out? People would love to see that,” she continued. She was seemingly referring to Costner and the Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan.
Costner, however, was not having any of this.
“It’s not therapy, Gayle,” Costner fired back. “We’re not going to discuss this on the show really, honestly.”
“I’m a good therapist,” King attempted to reply.
Costner was quick to once again shut her down.
“I’ve conducted my life in a pretty straightforward way,” he continued. “I’ve never missed any obligations in my entire career, so the idea is wide open for me. It just happens to be like, can I fall in love with the writing, can I fall in love with the part that wants to go forward?”
Check out this full interview in the video below.
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Costner Leaves Yellowstone
This comes one week after Costner announced on Instagram that he will specifically not be returning to Yellowstone. This means that he will not be finishing out the show’s fifth and final season.
“I just wanted to reach out and let you know that, after this long year-and-a-half of working on ‘Horizon’, and doing all the things that that’s required, and thinking about Yellowstone – that beloved series that I love, that I know you love – I just realized that I am not going to be able to continue season 5b, or into the future,” he said.
Watch this announcement:
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Costner Focused On Horizon
Moving forward, Costner is focusing on his four-part movie season Horizon: An American Saga. Indeed, Chapter 1 hits theaters today, and Chapter 2 is set to come out in August. Chapter 3 is currently in production, and Costner has also said that the filming process is “going well.”
“We’ve shot about 13 days of it, and we’re coming back in August to finish it off,” he told Entertainment Tonight. “I saw [Chapter 2] yesterday, and I’m really happy to be able to say that it’s just as good as 1, and maybe better.”
Check out a trailer for the first Horizon movie below.
Meanwhile, the final episodes of Yellowstone are set to air in November. Finally, it is unknown at this time how the show is planning to deal with the absence of Costner and his character of John Dutton.
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