Kevin Costner is leaving ‘Yellowstone’ before the final season is over. Here’s a complete timeline of the behind-the-scenes drama.

Costner blames Paramount and 101 Studios for the “Yellowstone” negotiations drama.

In May, Costner shared his side of the “Yellowstone” negotiations drama during an interview with Deadline, saying that previous reports about the situation weren’t “truthful.”

Costner accused Paramount and 101 Studios of mismanaging the situation and not sticking up for him when stories came out that he didn’t want to be on set.

Costner said he was initially contracted for seasons five, six, and seven, but the deal was renegotiated in February, though Costner did not specify which year.

“They wanted to redo that one, and instead of seasons six and seven, it was 5A and 5B, and maybe we’ll do six,” Costner said, seemingly referring to Paramount and 101 Studios.

Costner said he always made “Yellowstone” his “first priority,” but said the show kept moving shoot dates, which affected the schedule for his “Horizon” movies. 

Costner also hit back at reports that he was the reason for production delays last year. He said that during their shoots for season five, the crew wasn’t able to finish 10 episodes like they normally would, but it wasn’t his fault.

“I have taken a beating from those fucking guys, and I know a lot of times where it’s coming from. I just elected not to get into that,” Costner said, adding that reports that he only worked 43 days were “bullshit.” 

Costner added that he returned across three months to shoot season five, part two, but said the scripts weren’t ready, so they couldn’t shoot anything.

Costner said he offered them an extra week to sort out the script or what they would do with his character, but he said this was spun into the idea that he only wanted to work a week.

“Do you think that’s who I am? I’ve never missed a day of work. I’ve never left before fulfilling my contractual obligations,” Costner said. 

Costner also said he was inspired to start “Horizon” after Paramount and 101 Studios shut down a season for 14 months and “didn’t tell anybody” so he couldn’t work.

“I said, ‘I can’t ever go through that again, where you shut down for over a year and I don’t have something in line to do,'” Costner said. “I didn’t do Horizon because I was tired of doing Yellowstone. That’s a bullshit story. I didn’t do Horizon to compete with Yellowstone. This is something I’ve had a long time.”

Costner also said he was still open to returning to “Yellowstone” at this point.

A spokesperson for Paramount Network told Business Insider in on June 21: “Kevin has been a big part of Yellowstone’s success. While we had hoped that we would continue working with him, unfortunately, we could not find a window that worked for him, all the other talent and our production needs in order to move forward together.

“We respect that Kevin has prioritized his new film series and we wish him the best.”