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Kevin Costner as John Dutton – Killed Off in Season 5

When the show returned on Sunday (November 10), we finally learned how Kevin Costner’s character John Dutton was written off. Kevin portrayed John Dutton in all five seasons of the show.

At the start of the episode, it was revealed that John was found with a fatal gunshot wound in the bathroom of the Montana governor’s mansion.

We later found out the kill order was given by Jamie Dutton’s girlfriend Sarah Atwood.

Kevin reacted to the news of his character’s death when it happened, but at this point, it was thought his character died by suicide.

While making an appearance during a special live, town hall edition of “The Michael Smerconish Program” on SiriusXM on Monday (November 11), Kevin reacted to how his character was written off.

“Well, I’m going to be perfectly honest. I didn’t know it was actually airing last night. That’s a swear to God moment. I swear to God,” Kevin said. “I mean, I’ve been seeing ads with my face all over the place and I’m thinking, ‘Gee, I’m not in that one.’ I’m not in this season.”

“But I’ve been seeing, but I didn’t realize yesterday was the thing. I really have, my focus has been on what I was having to do, and I’ve got a few calls to make,” Kevin continued. “So you think – sometimes I’m like just a passenger in my life, you know, there’s a lot going on. And somebody said, you know, it played last night? And I said, ‘Hmm, okay.’ So no, I found out about it this morning actually.”

“I didn’t see it. I heard it’s a suicide, so that doesn’t make me want to rush to go see it,” he added.

When host Michael Smerconish said that John Dutton didn’t seem like a “suicide kind of guy,” Kevin responded, “Well, they’re pretty smart people. Maybe it’s a red herring. Who knows? They’re very good. And they’ll figure that out.”