Kevin Costner didn’t even know ‘Yellowstone’ was coming out this week, disagrees with his character’s ending

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Kevin Costner has said he didn’t even know Yellowstone was coming out this week and added that he disagreed with his character’s ending in the show.*major spoilers for Yellowstone ahead*Costner played the lead character, ranch owner John Dutton, since the first season of the show in 2018, but announced last year that he’d be leaving the series amid speculation that he’d fallen out with creator Taylor Sheridan.Speaking in a new interview with Sirum XM’s The Michael Smercornish Program yesterday (November 11), Costner admitted he hadn’t seen the new season of the show.“I’m going to be perfectly honest.

I didn’t know it was actually airing last night,” he told the show. He added: “That’s a swear to God moment. I swear to God.

I mean, I’ve been seeing ads with my face all over the place and I’m thinking, ‘Gee, I’m not in that one.’ I’m not in this season.”Costner departed the show after part one of season five which premiered in November 2022.

In the latest episode of the show, Costner’s character seemingly initially dies by suicide until it is later revealed that there was another person behind the death.Speaking about this, he said: “I didn’t see it.