Kevin Costner says he won’t be returning to Yellowstone: “It was something that really changed me”

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1. Here’s a preview of the story:

   Actor Kevin Costner announced he won’t be returning “Yellowstone,” saying he loved the popular series but realized he could not be able to continue.

   The “Horizon” director and star shared his decision in an Instagram post on Thursday.

   “I just want to reach out and let you know that after this long year and a half of working on ‘Horizon’ and doing all the things that’s required and thinking about Yellowstone, that beloved series that I love — that I know you love,” Costner said. “I just realized that I’m not going to be able to continue Season 5b or into the future.”

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2. We can’t keep nothing

3. So his character will be killed off sceen, with rectal cancer, I imagine. Would have been so much better if he’d just been killed in one of the earlier seasons.

4. Changed his tune since Howard Stern, then. He’d said he was open to it.

5. Yellowstone is my favorite guilty pleasure show, the plotlines are like those cheesy daytime dramas housewives watch but with such stunning production quality and cinematic shots.

6. Costner was always just negotiating in public by talking about wanting to come back “if it makes sense” or “if it feels right” or whatever. The new episodes are already in production and the release date is set; they set sail without him, so he’s just stating the obvious.

   Would’ve loved for him to come back because just dropping him suddenly will be very strange, but the show hasn’t been all that good since Season 2 anyway and Costner’s Horizon project looks more interesting. But still curious to see how Yellowstone plays out.

7. He’s bored with it. You can only play a hollow ruthless guy for so long. The story is over

8. They should just cancel Yellowstone at this point

9. This show got so stupid, just like Sons and Mayans. They start raw with promise then turn into some shoot ‘‘em up wet dream that my granny would watch. The Beth character is ridiculous and the way they use lazy problem solving that wouldn’t happen in real life is infuriating.

10. So another thing I won’t watch without the main actor. I’m not watching “The Witcher” without Cavill either.

11. Only took him 1.5 fucking years to make up his mind when we all knew this was going to be the end result anyway.

12. I don’t blame him (Costner). Yellowstone jumped the shark and Taylor Sheridan is an asshat that thinks his shit doesn’t stink.

13. Kinda sad considering the show is ending with the next installment of episodes

14. Costner said fuck the script and made his own instead

15. Show is nothing more than a Conservative wet dream and the only reason it works is because it’s fake and scripted.

    Real life everyone would be dead or in jail by now.

16. It’s wild seeing CBS News trying to beat out the likes of JazzJazz42069 in its attempt to get traction on these posts.

17. Show started so strong, but the last 2 seasons have been unwatchable and directionless. Makes sense he’s leaving, but idk how a producer and prod company fumble this hard.

18. Don’t know what Horizon will be but it’s amazing that Costner dropped Yellowstone for an unknown and unproven project. Sometimes, no matter how rich and famous we are, we drink a little too much Stoopid