Hollywood legend’s blunt two-word answer after TV character is killed off

Kevin Costner offered up a precise elemental two-word reply erstwhile asked astir his Yellowstone quality being killed disconnected surface successful the play 5 portion 2 premiere.

The 69-year-old played John Dutton III successful Paramount’s deed occidental drama, earlier bowing retired of the last instalment of Taylor Sheridan’s program.

In shocking scenes that aired past week, his quality was fixed a swift exit by seemingly taking his ain beingness astatine the precise opening of the episode, leaving fans furious and calling retired for a ‘better goodbye’.

Unpacking the scenes portion connected the reddish carpet astatine the Governor’s Awards yesterday, the Bodyguard histrion was questioned connected whether helium was ‘surprised’ by the mode John’s destiny was handled by TV bosses.

‘No, not really. Not really, not really,’ helium rapidly told Variety earlier making his mode into the venue.

Kevin has appeared successful the acclaimed bid since it began successful 2018, alongside Luke Grimes, Cole Hauser and Kelly Reilly.

The archetypal portion of the fifth and last season launched astatine the extremity of 2022 and, aft a drawstring of reports regarding scheduling conflicts, the 2nd portion yet deed our screens past week.

Between the airing of the 2 halves, the Hollywood fable confirmed his exit, but teased that he had ‘reasonable conditions’ successful caput if helium was to return.

Many hoped that those down the scenes would enactment to springiness John a fitting goodbye, but were near furious implicit the mode his ending was handled past week.

Although Kevin wasn’t shown, the country showed a assemblage lying successful a bath astatine the Montana governor’s mansion adjacent to a weapon – earlier his on-screen son, Jamie, confirmed their loss.

Despite the backlash, Yellowstone bosses emphasized their enactment for Taylor and his ‘brave’ determination to termination the quality successful specified a way.

‘I deliberation Taylor’s determination to statesman this mode was incredibly brave,’ enforcement shaper Christina Voros told The Hollywood Reporter.

‘I deliberation it is testament to his religion successful the characters and the actors who embody them to go, “Let’s not marque this astir the incident. Let’s marque this astir however these quality beings beryllium successful the aftermath.”

‘That was much absorbing to [Taylor] than the incidental itself.’

According to Variety, the portion 2 premiere delivered mammoth ratings for Paramount arsenic much than 13.6million radical tuned successful for a glimpse astatine John’s fate.

Kevin antecedently unpacked the premiere during an quality connected SiriusXM’s The Michael Smerconish Program, vowing that helium wasn’t successful a ‘rush to see’ however things unfold.

‘I heard it’s a suicide, truthful that doesn’t marque maine privation to unreserved to spell spot it,’ helium said.

‘They’re beauteous astute people. Maybe it’s a reddish herring. Who knows? They’re precise good. And they’ll fig that out.’

Kevin was close successful his thoughts arsenic determination turned retired to beryllium much to the ‘suicide’ than viewers primitively thought.

Yellowstone is disposable to watercourse connected Paramount +

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