The thing about being a huge movie star like Kevin Costner is you do not have to do anything you don’t want to do beyond pay taxes and die. This very basic fact was challenged on CBS Mornings by none other than Gayle King, who decided to press Costner to go more in-depth on his beef with Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan — a feud that resulted in Costner leaving the hit show and exactly zero diss tracks. “People say this about the two of you,†King said. “Both big egos, both very powerful, both at the top of their game, and that right now, maybe you two are playing a game of whose is bigger. Do you see it that way? Whose is bigger, Kevin?â€
Costner does not reveal whose penis ego is bigger, instead going into the answer he’s given everyone who has asked about his leaving Yellowstone: “I love the show, I went and sold it, I loved the show before anybody,†he said, reminding everyone that his willingness to be the star of Sheridan’s first television project is a big reason it got made in the first place. He then once more explained that he would come back if they could make the schedule work and he liked the script. This is not enough for King, who tries to press past Costner’s PR-approved talking points, asking why he and Sheridan can’t just “work it out.†At this, Costner balks: “This isn’t therapy, Gayle. I mean, we’re not gonna discuss this on the show really.†Though King insists she is a “good therapist†(believable, given her time served with Oprah), Costner is steadfast in his unwillingness to say anything more.
At this, King decides the only way she’ll get to do any therapy with Costner on TV is if she pivots to a lighter topic: His divorce. But even this cannot break America’s most well-tolerated cowboy. “That’s a crushing moment,†he told her. “But I go forward, I have no choice; my children are looking at me, so I can’t wilt like a daisy.†At this, King gives up the fight, because let’s face it, she’s no Dr. Orna, and Costner is simply too strong a daisy — never wilting, standing tall and proud in the bright western sun — to be lured into an on-camera therapy session.