The biggest show on television has officially lost its biggest star. Sunday night marked the return of "Yellowstone" Season 5, almost two years to the day since the premiere of the current season. And this time around,

The now-former ‘Yellowstone’ star played John Dutton for five seasons, and rumors swirled last year over his departure. So, why is he no longer on the show? Yellowstone fans had a feeling that season 5B would be difficult to watch.

While it remains to be seen how Taylor Sheridan will write Costner off the show (besides Sheridan saying, "I don't do fuck-you car crashes," referring to the death of Patrick Dempsey's Grey's Anatomy character), the decision about why Costner isn't in Yellowstone anymore was reportedly his own.