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Kevin Costner was spotted taking his yellow Labrador for a walk in Aspen accompanied by a mystery woman on Wednesday.
Both Kevin and the woman were dressed for the ski town's chilly temperature in black puffer coats, jeans and sunglasses.
The sighting comes as his character John Dutton was not so shockingly killed off in during season 5B of Yellowstone.
The Bull Durham star, 69, had a falling out with series creator Taylor Sheridan and was long rumored to be leaving the series.
But it isn't only Sheridan who Costner has issues with. He's also reportedly feuding with his on screen son, played by actor Luke Grimes.
The Dances with Wolves actor shared his thoughts on the episode with DailyMail.com, saying, 'I’m not thinking about it, I don’t think I’ve given it any thoughts, we’ll just let it go.'
Kevin Costner was spotted taking his yellow Labrador for a walk in Aspen accompanied by a mystery woman
Both Kevin and the woman were dressed for the ski town's chilly temperature in black puffer coats, jeans and sunglasses
In the episode, Kevin's character John was killed in a murder-for-hire plot staged to look like a suicide during the premiere of Yellowstone's season 5B.
He was killed in the first few minutes of the premiere, with the show wasting no time ending Costner's run on the series.
Kevin acrimoniously exited the show over scheduling conflicts with his Western movie franchise Horizon, burning bridges on his way out.
'Hopefully everyone can see that it was time,' Luke Grimes said of Kevin departing from popular Paramount+ drama.
'To be really honest, there was a part of Kevin being gone that meant some of the conflict was gone.'
He continued: 'Obviously, it didn’t make it super fun to be around... Not pointing any fingers, but it was actually the easiest season we’ve filmed.'
He was later asked by Men's Health if they are still in contact, to which he said: 'No, I haven't talked to him since. It's not a case of any hard feelings or anything; its just, he's Kevin Costner,' he said with a laugh.
'He's a big deal. I do have his phone number - I just don't feel like it's my place to reach out. He can reach out to me if he wants,' Luke continued.
The sighting comes as his character John Dutton was not so shockingly killed off in the series finale of Yellowstone. Seen here on December 5
Luke added, 'None of us saw it coming the way it did, and obviously there was news about possible blowups behind the scenes or whatever. But just like in life, man, these things happen, they happen fast, and they're not predictable.'
Fans have their opinions about the latest episode and many felt that series creator Sheridan, who plays Tyler Wheatley on the show, got way too much screen time.
it seems Sheridan may have been making up for the absence of Costner's John Dutton with some screen time of his own, complete with a strip poker game that featured real-life supermodel Bella Hadid.
'15 minutes of story and scenes wasted with watching Taylor Sheridan showboat on his own show, partying and just doing his thing. Wouldn’t be surprised if that’s what he does in real life too,' one unimpressed viewer wrote.
Another added, 'As if Taylor Sheridan wasted one of the last episodes of this show by inserting himself so he could parade around with half-naked women. We could have had 8 more episodes of Kevin Costner instead of this bs #Yellowstone.'
One fan lamented, 'Yeah, and they’ve treated the best actor on the show, @modernwest, Kevin Costner. He was willing to come back, and of course, Sheridan’s ego got in the way. What a sad end for John Dutton’s legacy.'
Someone else quipped, 'Being generous on the 15 minutes :) Felt more like an hour with 25 minutes of storylines that we actually want to see.'
The episode had all the subtlety of a neon sign flashing, according to another critic, as they commented, 'The episode was a look at me I’m Taylor Sheridan. He may as well have Kevin Costner just come out of the shower at this point,' referring to the infamous 'Who Shot J.R.' episode of Dallas in the 1980s.
Costner shared his thoughts on the episode, saying, 'I’m not thinking about it, I don’t think I’ve given it any thoughts, we’ll just let it go.' Seen here on November 17
Fans were shocked by a surprise cameo by Hadid and her boyfriend Adan Banuelos in the December 8 episode.
The new episode found Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly) traveling to Texas to oversee Wheatley selling the ranch's horses.
Fans were quite surprised when Beth knocked on Travis' door and found it being answered by his girlfriend Sadie, played by Hadid.
Aside from being a supermodel Bella is also an accomplished equestrian.
