Did Kevin Costner really leave Yellowstone because of a feud with creator Taylor Sheridan?

His paycheck had also ballooned due to the show’s success.

When “Yellowstone” began, he was making an impressive $500,000 per episode.

Kevin Costner at CinemaCon in Las Vegas in April 2024

“I loved the show,” Costner toldPeoplein June 2024.

“I liked the people on the show.

I liked what it was about.

Taylor Sheridan and Kevin Costner at the ‘Yellowstone’ premiere in 2018

I love that world.”

Apparently, it’s been the gossip going around the Montana locals for weeks now."

Costner’s people quickly shut this down and his lawyers also accused Baumgartner of possible infidelity as well.

Kevin Costner and ex-wife Christine Baumgartner at a movie premiere in 2015.

Despite there not being any over displays of affection, that didn’t stop the speculation from swirling.

However, the “Horizon: An American Saga” star denied the romance rumors.

“Jewel and I are friends.

Kevin Costner speaks on stage at the 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival in February  2025.

We’ve never gone out, ever.

“We don’t have a romance, and we’ve not dated.

She’s beautiful and smart enough for all those things it just has never happened for us.”

Kevin Costner with ex-wife Cindy Silva at a Hollywood event in 1990.

When reached for comment, the woman and her husband denied the allegations, as did Costner.

So how did Ripken supposedly hurt his hand, according to this urban legend?

He supposedly went to the team and said he couldn’t play that night.

Cal Ripken Jr. plays in a game during the 1997 MLB season

Is there any possible truth to this wild story?

Well, Costner and Ripken did know each other, after meeting at one of Costner’s movie premieres.

“No one will, because they don’t have the story to do it.

There would be big money for a story like this, but it simply is not true.”