He’s ready to hang up his cowboy hat.
“Yellowstone” star Wes Bentley isn’t shedding a tear over the end of the hit show, which will conclude with the second half of Season 5 in the fall.
“I will miss it, but I will also celebrate it being over,” Bentley, 44, told the Hollywood Reporter.
“It’s so hot and combustible right now.”
Bentley was referring to his role as as Jamie Dutton, the more political-minded attorney general son of family patriarch John Dutton (Kevin Costner), who has various dramas on the show, along with his siblings Kayce (Luke Grimes) and Beth (Kelly Reilly).
However, he could have just as easily been referencing all the behind the scenes drama.
Creator Taylor Sheridan, 53, and Costner, 68, have a rumored feud that’s been ongoing.
Amid Costner’s surprise divorce, there were allegations that he refused to spend more than one week filming the second half of Season 5 — a claim that Costner’s attorney denied.
A different source claimed that Sheridan was to blame for the friction, stating that the showrunner developed a “God complex” as his star rose.
“Only Taylor truly knows what is going on,” a source told The Post. “Taylor spent years not being truly appreciated in Hollywood, and now that he’s the top of the heap, there’s definitely some ego to all of this.”
A article in the Wall Street Journal detailed Sheridan’s “ridiculous spending,” which includes renting his own cattle to Paramount at $25 a head, and charging up to $50,000 a week for the show to film on ranches that he owns.
He also reportedly insists on using his preferred farrier to make the horseshoes, and had the specialist flown out to Montana from Texas in order to get the job done.
“Are you kidding me? We can’t find a local person?” wrote David Glasser, the head of 101 Studios, in an email to staff.
Bentley did not directly address all these rumors, but he did say about the show’s end, “You just never know. I have enough experience in this business to know that, even when things are going well.
“‘Succession’ is a good example; it’s peaking and ending at the same time,” he continued. “I’ve always been prepared for some version of the show ending or I’m out of it, or Kevin decides to go do other things and he’s out. You just know the business and always expect the craziest thing to happen. And often, it does.”
He also said he’ll be relieved to put Jamie behind him.
“Jamie stays with me. I don’t always want him there! … I hate playing him. I try not to judge my characters, but it’s been enough years that it’s hard not to at this point. It’s very hard to play him. And at the same time, I love it. I’m going to miss the challenge. Every single scene is literally the hardest scene I’ve ever had to do.”
Bentley played coy about whether he might appear in the “Yellowstone” spinoff show starring Matthew McConaughey, which is currently untitled.
“I’m open to that. Taylor [Sheridan] has something in his mind about where this story goes and if Jamie fits in, I definitely would be interested in being a part of that. But if it’s the end of the road for Jamie, like I said, I’m ready to wrap him up and celebrate the attempts at accomplishing this character. We’ll have to see what’s coming down the road for Jamie.”
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