As
it
turns
out,
cowboys

do
say
goodbye.

The
death
of


Kevin
Costner‘s


Yellowstone
character
recently
sent
shockwaves
beyond
the
boundaries
of
Dutton
Ranch,
with
many
viewers

expressing
outrage
over
how
John
Dutton
III
was
killed
off
in
the
Paramount
show.

But
for
the
two-time
Oscar
winner,
who
said
he
actually
pitched
series
creator


Taylor
Sheridan
two
different

endings
for
his
character,
he’s
not
shaking
in
his
boots
over
the
fan
backlash.

“Fans
have
a
voice
in
things,”
Costner
exclusively
told


E!
News at
the
2024
Governors
Awards
in
Los
Angeles
Nov.
17, “and
they
choose
to
follow
stuff.”

The
69-year-old
added
that
he
had
pitched
his
character’s
death
to
Sheridan “a
while
back,”
but
it
was
ultimately
up
to
producers
on
the
exact
way
John
would
meet
his
maker.
(Spoiler
alert:

Dawn
Olivieri’s
character
Sarah
Atwood
(Dawn
Olivieri)—the
girlfriend
of
John’s
estranged
son
Jamie,
played
by

Wes
Bentley
,
orchestrated
a
murder
plot
to
off
the
Dutton
patriarch.)

As
Costner
quipped, “They
do
what
they
want
to
do.
That’s
fine
with
me.”
(For
more
interviews
from
the
2024
Governors
Awards,
tune
into

E!
News
Monday,
Nov.
18,
at
11
p.m.)