Piper Perabo Opens Up On Yellowstone Ending & Kissing Kevin Costner

Yellowstone star Piper Perabo
Yellowstone star Piper Perabo [Image @piperperabo/Instagram]

In a recent interview with ET, Piper Perabo, who plays Summer on Yellowstone, opened up on her thoughts about the modern Western drama ending. She also theorized what could happen in part 2 of season 5, which is yet to be filmed. Meanwhile, Piper also opened up about kissing Kevin Costner (John Dutton) on the show.

Piper Perabo on part 2 of Yellowstone season 5

Yellowstone star, Piper Perabo, plays Summer Higgins, an environmental activist who becomes romantically involved with Kevin Costner’s character, John Dutton. Earlier this week, Perabo sat down for an interview with Rachel Smith of ET to talk about the final episodes of the series. As fans know, those final episodes are set to premiere in November 2023 after much drama and many delays over the series and its lead actor, Costner.

Piper Perabo and Kevin Costner
Piper Perabo and Kevin Costner [Image Yellowstone/YouTube]

Piper also weighed in on whether the ongoing WGA Writers’ strike will have any effect on part two of the current and final season 5. “I hope [the writers’ strike] doesn’t have an impact,” she said, adding that she stands in solidarity with the writers, adding:

I’m really glad that they are fighting for fair wages and transparency and I hope that we can end this strike soon. I know [creator] Taylor Sheridan was writing before the strike was happening and one of the fun things about working on a Sheridan show is that you really don’t know what’s gonna [sic] happen.

Perabo explained that she has no idea what’s happening next on Yellowstone after part 1 ended on a cliffhanger, saying that she is also waiting for details.

Hit modern Western ends with season 5

Piper Perabo as Summer Higgins on Yellowstone
Piper Perabo as Summer Higgins [Image @yellowstone/Instagram]

It was on May 5 that Paramount Network announced that the flagship show, Yellowstone, will end with season 5. Meanwhile, a new spinoff series will launch in December. While no other cast members have been announced, Matthew McConaughey is set to lead the spinoff.

When asked about her views on the show’s ending, the Covert Affairs star said, “If it were up to me, I would want it to keep going, but I know that Taylor is writing the prequels and he has all these things that he’s doing and he wants to expand the whole thing.” She added that although Yellowstone is coming to an end there may be so many more “things to come.”

Matthew McConaughey wished Yellowstone star Cole Hauser a happy birthday
Matthew McConaughey [Image @officiallymcconaughey/Instagram]

Speaking of the news that McConaughey is joining the overall cast, Perabo said she believes he “could be good in the Yellowstone world.”

“He lives in Texas, he understands the cowboy lifestyle,” she said, adding:

This is what I gotta [sic] say, he better be a good rider because Taylor Sheridan is a great cowboy. But if you don’t know how to ride, I don’t know if cowboy schools [are] gonna [sic] get you up to Yellowstone level. You better come in with some experience.

Piper Perabo as John Dutton’s love interest on Yellowstone

Piper Perabo kisses Kevin Costner on Yellowstone
Piper Perabo and Kevin Costner [Image Yellowstone/YouTube]

Perabo spoke about playing Costner’s onscreen love interest and her thoughts when she found out about the first kissing scene in a December 2022 episode. She said she “went bananas” over it when she saw the script page, adding, “I had to go up to Kevin and be like, ‘Um…,’ and I just had to say, ‘Let’s just be respectful, I have to do this scene.’”

Piper said there was a weight behind the kiss between Summer and John at the county fair, it was a “little weird” as Kevin Costner is a big movie star. However, she said she was happy with the reaction of the fans, saying:

I mean, I love our show so much and I like how wild it is. I like how people get so excited and can’t believe what’s happening next. That’s the kind of show I like to watch. The next day you go to work and you say, ‘Oh my gosh, can you believe it?’

Meanwhile, Perabo isn’t sure what part 2 holds for Summer after the midseason finale. In that episode, Summer was on house arrest at the Dutton ranch house, as most of the crew headed to Texas. “I don’t know if we start the next [episode] and they’re coming back from Texas.”

I don’t know if we’re all gonna [sic] go to Texas,” she said, acknowledging that she cannot comprehend life for Summer without John in it. She also doesn’t want to imagine a life for her character in Montana’s winter. “She’s on house arrest so I hope John comes home or gets her sentence commuted to Texas,” Perabo added.

Like the rest of us, Piper Perabo and the rest of the Yellowstone cast are still in the dark as to what will happen next. However, we will find out when part 2 of the final season 5 finally airs in November, as long as there are no further delays.

Visit ET’s website to hear the full interview with Perabo on the subject of Yellowstone where she also discusses safe gun use in media and on sets in Hollywood. Readers can watch the interview between the source and Entertainment Tonight in the YouTube video below.



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