Kevin Costner has shared his response to the “Yellowstone” sequence finale and the rumored feud between him and former co-star Luke Grimes.
The Oscar winner, 69, was noticed in Aspen earlier this week and, in a video obtained by Each day Mail, had a brusque response when requested about his ideas on the hit present’s closing episode, which aired Sunday.
“I’m not even thinking about that. I don’t think I’ve given it any thought,” Costner mentioned.
“So, we’ll just let it go,” he added.
As for whether or not he’s in touch with Grimes, 40, who performed his son Kayce Dutton on “Yellowstone,” the star seemingly shut down the dialog.
“No. We’re done talking,” he replied.
Costner’s remarks come on the heels of Grimes revealing that the pair haven’t spoken since Costner’s abrupt exit from the present mid-way by way of manufacturing on the fifth and closing season of “Yellowstone,” spurring the rumors of a rift.
“I haven’t talked to him since,” Grimes informed Males’s Well being MH Flex in a profile revealed on Tuesday. “It’s not a case of any hard feelings or anything. It’s just, he’s Kevin Costner.”
“He’s a big deal,” Grimes continued. “I do have his phone number — I just don’t feel like it’s my place to reach out. He can reach out to me if he wants to.”
Costner, who performed Dutton household patriarch John Dutton on the hit present, made his departure to concentrate on directing and starring in his two “Horizon: An American Saga” movies.
Reviews additionally circulated that Costner’s exit was fueled by a feud with “Yellowstone” creator Taylor Sheridan. The star, nonetheless, denied any unhealthy blood between the 2.
Based on Grimes, the “Yellowstone” solid was shocked by Costner’s resolution to depart.
“None of us saw it coming the way it did, and obviously there was news about possible blowups behind the scenes or whatever,” Grimes informed Males’s Well being. “But just like in life, man, these things happen, they happen fast, and they’re not predictable.”
Earlier this month, the “Fifty Shades of Grey” actor mentioned that filming the second half of Season 5 was simpler with out Costner.
“Hopefully everyone can see that it was time,” Grimes mentioned in an interview with Esquire. “To be really honest, there was a part of Kevin being gone that meant some of the conflict was gone.”
“Obviously, it didn’t make it super fun to be around,” Grimes added. “Not pointing any fingers, but it was actually the easiest season we’ve filmed.”
Costner’s character was killed off in a murder-for-hire plot within the Season 5 Half 2 premiere, which aired on Nov. 10. The next day, the actor mentioned he realized the information that morning.
“I didn’t see it. I heard it’s a suicide,” Costner mentioned on SiriusXM’s “The Michael Smerconish Program.”
“That doesn’t make me wanna rush to go see it.”
Only a few days later, he acknowledged that the choice over what occurred to John Dutton was totally their name.
“Who am I? They do what they want,” Costner mentioned on the 2024 Governors Awards on Nov. 17. “That’s fine with me.”
The “Yellowstone” sequence finale has divided followers because it aired.
Talking to the present’s controversial ending, sequence director and producer Christina Alexandra Voros lately informed The Put up, “My understanding is that this is always where we were going.”
