Kevin Costner reveals what it would take to get him back on ‘Yellowstone’ after abrupt exit
“CBS Sunday Morning” on June 16 that he’s willing to return to the hit Paramount series, which recently started production on the second half of its fifth and final season.“If I like the story, where it was going, I would go back,” he said.Costner played rancher John Dutton for four and a half seasons on “Yellowstone,” before he exited the series and started working on his western movie “Horizon: An American Saga.”However, Costner told CBS that his reason for leaving “Yellowstone” had nothing to do with his new multi-film big screen project.“I did everything that I was contracted to do with ‘Yellowstone,’ ” said Costner.In May 2023, news broke that Costner would not return to “Yellowstone” after Season 5. (This was before Paramount said that Season 5 would be the show’s last.) That same month, it was announced that the show would end with Season 5, leading to speculation that the show was ending in part because Costner was leaving.There were also reports that Costner refused to be on set filming for more than one week for the second half of Season 5, which Costner’s attorney denied.The Golden Globe winner finally broke his silence about the feud rumors with creator Taylor Sheridan last month.“I have taken a beating from those f–king guys, and I know a lot of times where it’s coming from.