\u201cDutton Ranch\u201d fans are worried Cole Hauser may be leaving the \u201cYellowstone\u201d spinoff now that his character Rip Wheeler\u2019s role on the show has changed.<\/p>\n
However, Rip\u2019s new role doesn\u2019t mean Hauser is exiting the series. <\/p>\n
The Paramount+ cowboy drama <\/a>is set several years after the events of \u201cYellowstone,\u201d and follows married couple Rip (Hauser) and Beth (Kelly Reilly) as they leave Montana after the death of her father, John Dutton (Kevin Costner), and set up their own ranch in Texas. There, they are met with problems such as hostile neighbors, cattle disease and mysterious dead bodies.<\/p>\n Cole Hauser (pictured on \u201cDutton Ranch\u201d) stars as Rip Wheeler. Emerson Miller\/Paramount+<\/p>\n \u201cDutton Ranch\u201d follows Rip and Beth, played by Kelly Reilly (pictured), after the events of \u201cYellowstone.\u201d Emerson Miller\/Paramount+<\/p>\n Earlier in Season 1, Rip and Beth\u2019s new ranch got devastated by foot and mouth disease, forcing them to execute their own cattle herd.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Since Rip and Beth now have a ranch with no cattle \u2013 meaning, they have no way to make a living \u2013 they\u2019re both temporarily working for their neighboring ranch, the 10 Petal, owned by Beulah Jackson (Annette Bening).\u00a0<\/p>\n Because of the shift, fans are now agonizing about the possibility of Rip being written off the show. <\/p>\n Some fans are worried Rip could be leaving \u201cDutton Ranch.\u201d Emerson Miller\/Paramount+<\/p>\n Rip\u2019s character is now working for Beulah Jackson (Annette Bening, pictured in \u201cDutton Ranch\u201d). Lauren Smith\/Paramount+<\/p>\n \u201cCole can not leave the show,\u201d one comment on Facebook said. \u201cHe is the best actor on there. We all love him so much.\u201d<\/p>\n Another fan on Reddit<\/a> noted, \u201cIf this is true, I won\u2019t watch another episode after he leaves.\u201d\u00a0However, a third fan said that Rip is not \u201cbeing replaced.\u201d <\/p>\n Paramount+ did not immediately respond to Page Six\u2019s request for comment. <\/p>\n On the show, while Rip is busy running the 10 Petal Ranch, his ranch hands, Zachariach (Marc Menchaca) and Azul ( J.R. Villarreal), have been handling his duties on the home front, at his now cattle-less ranch.<\/p>\n Rip\u2019s ranch hands like Zachariah (Marc Menchaca, pictured with Reilly) have been handling his duties at his home ranch. Emerson Miller\/Paramount+<\/p>\n Rip (pictured on \u201cDutton Ranch\u201d with his adopted son Carter) has been working at the neighboring ranch. Emerson Miller\/Paramount+<\/p>\n Rip and Beth have discussed that this plan to work for the 10 Petal Ranch is temporary, until they can figure out what to do about their own ranch and bounce back from the blow of losing their herd. <\/p>\n