Taylor Sheridan sounds off on Kevin Costner’s explosive ‘Yellowstone’ exit after rumored clash

“Yellowstone” creator Taylor Sheridan made a uncommon remark astir Kevin Costner’s departure from nan occidental drama, years aft their rumored feud down nan scenes.

In his Sunday quality connected the “Bill Simmons Podcast,” nan producer, 56, claimed nan “Bodyguard” star, 71, was initially “only expected to beryllium successful nan first 3 seasons.”

“That was successful his contract. In my mind, that’s erstwhile his youngest boy takes complete [on nan show]… But nan web was truthful frightened of not having Kevin beryllium a portion of it, moreover though Kevin was ready,” he explained.

“He was fresh to go. He had different things he wanted to do, but he stayed connected for different 2 seasons.”

Costner continued his tenure connected nan bid because it “was specified a behemoth,” Sheridan noted.

“It was specified a immense hit. The conception of giving up a deed earlier it had tally retired of juice to compression is very overseas to a network.”

“There was moreover unit from immoderate of nan cablegram companies wanting to put it successful their deals, that they were going to get an X-number of seasons of ‘Yellowstone’ to re-up what this cablegram institution is. That’s nan powerfulness of a really large deed show.”

But, yet Costner decided he needed to “go do [his] ain thing.”

A rep for Costner did not instantly respond to Page Six’s petition for comment.

The deed western, which ran from 2018 to 2024, followed powerful Montana rancher / leader John Dutton (Costner), and his family, including Beth (Kelly Reilly), Rip (Cole Hauser), Kayce (Luke Grimes) and Jamie (Wes Bentley).

As fans whitethorn recall, Costner’s characteristic was killed disconnected successful nan series’ last play — which aired successful 2024 —amid rumors of a falling out betwixt him and Sheridan.

In 2023, nan TV shaper revealed he was “disappointed” by Costner’s departure arsenic he confessed it was Costner who pushed to time off nan deed drama.

“[Costner leaving] truncates nan closure of his character. It doesn’t change it, but it truncates it,” he told nan Hollywood Reporter astatine nan time.

“My past speech pinch Kevin was that he had this passion task he wanted to direct,” Sheridan said. “He and nan web were arguing astir erstwhile he could beryllium done pinch ‘Yellowstone.’ I said, ‘We tin surely activity a schedule toward [his preferred exit date],’ which we did.”

“His creation of John Dutton is symbolic and powerful … and I’ve ne'er had an rumor pinch Kevin that he and I couldn’t activity retired connected nan phone,” Sheridan said.

He continued: “But erstwhile lawyers get involved, past group don’t get to talk to each different and commencement saying things that aren’t existent and effort to displacement blasted based connected really nan property aliases nationalist look to beryllium reacting. He took a batch of this connected nan chin and I don’t cognize that anyone deserves it. His movie seems to beryllium a awesome privilege to him and he wants to displacement focus.”

The pursuing year, Costner came retired pinch “Horizon: An American Saga.”

While he was nary longer a portion of nan show, his characteristic still earned respective mentions successful its spinoff “Dutton Ranch,” which premiered successful May.