Kevin Costner is setting the record straight on his months-long dispute with the hit show 'Yellowstone'. Costner testified at his divorce hearing on Friday, and according to multiple outlets, the 68-year-old Golden Globe-winning 'Yellowstone' star said he might take the show to court to settle their differences.
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00:00 Kevin Costner is setting the record straight on his months-long dispute with the hit show
00:04 Yellowstone.
00:06 Costner testified at his divorce hearing on Friday, and the conversation dug into his
00:10 finances from the Paramount Network series, which has grown to become the most-watched
00:14 drama on television.
00:16 According to multiple outlets, the 68-year-old Golden Globe-winning Yellowstone star said
00:21 he might take the show to court to settle their differences.
00:24 Costner claimed he's owed $12 million for the not-yet-filmed second half of season five
00:29 after Paramount "walked away from negotiations."
00:32 "It's a little disappointing that it's the number one show on television and I'm not
00:35 participating.
00:36 I'll probably go to court over it."
00:38 Yellowstone has been in hiatus since the first half of season five aired late last year.
00:43 The reasons for the holdup has been a bit unclear, ranging from the actor's busy schedule
00:47 to some sources claiming showrunner Taylor Sheridan's plate being stretched thin with
00:52 other Paramount projects.
00:53 Amid negotiations with the actor, Paramount surprised fans by announcing the show would
00:57 end with the second half of season five.
01:00 Costner claimed he wanted to return for season six, but, "I couldn't help them anymore.
01:04 We tried to negotiate, they offered me less money than previous seasons, and there were
01:08 issues with the creative."
01:10 There are ongoing discussions to try to convince Costner to film a few scenes to wrap his character,
01:15 though the scripts are not yet complete.
01:17 In THR's cover story with Sheridan, he gave his side, claiming the actor had requested
01:21 to work fewer and fewer days on Yellowstone the last few seasons to focus on his movies,
01:26 which frustrated producers and added, "I said we can certainly work a schedule toward his
01:31 preferred exit date, which we did."
01:33 Costner split from his wife of 19 years, Christine Bumgarner, who filed for divorce in May.
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