Kevin Costner breaks silence on his ‘Yellowstone’ character’s death: ‘I found out this morning’

Kevin Costner has weighed in on the death of John Dutton.

The Oscar winner, 69, broke his silence after his “Yellowstone” character was killed off in the Season 5, Part 2 premiere that aired Sunday night.

“Well, I’m going to be perfectly honest. I didn’t know it was actually airing last night,” Costner said on SiriusXM’s “The Michael Smerconish Program” on Monday.

“That’s a swear-to-God moment. I swear to God,” he went on. “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 didn’t realize yesterday was the thing. Somebody said, ‘It played last night?’ And I said, ‘Hmm, okay.’ So no, I found out about it this morning actually.”

At the start of the episode, John Dutton is found dead from a gunshot wound. His death is initially believed to be suicide.

However, it is later revealed that John was murdered in a plot orchestrated by lawyer Sarah Atwood (Dawn Olivieri), who is sleeping with Jamie Dutton (Wes Bentley).