{"id":2369811,"date":"2026-04-12T16:19:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T16:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2369811"},"modified":"2026-04-12T16:19:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T16:19:19","slug":"inside-yellowstones-luke-grimes-life-in-montana-after-divisive-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/inside-yellowstones-luke-grimes-life-in-montana-after-divisive-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Yellowstone&#8217;s Luke Grimes&#8217; Life in Montana After Divisive Move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/yellowstone\/\"><em>Yellowstone<\/em><\/a>\u2018s <strong>Luke Grimes<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/yellowstone-cast-where-are-they-now-amid-spinoffs\/\">moved out to Montana<\/a> \u2014 but why was it met with some backlash by locals?<\/p>\n<p>Grimes rose to fame <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/what-the-cast-of-yellowstones-marshals-look-like-in-real-life\/\">playing Kayce Dutton on <em>Yellowstone<\/em><\/a>, which ran from 2018 to 2024. He reprised the role for CBS\u2019 <em>Marshals<\/em> spinoff, which came years after Grimes relocated from Los Angeles to the Bitterroot Valley in Montana.<\/p>\n<p>The actor and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/all-about-yellowstone-actor-luke-grimes-relationship\/\">his wife, <\/a><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/all-about-yellowstone-actor-luke-grimes-relationship\/\">Bianca Rodrigues Grimes<\/a>,<\/strong> moved in 2020 after Grimes fell in love with the area after Yellowstone. The decision to start fresh <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/luke-grimes-says-locals-are-not-happy-about-montana-move\/\">was met with a surprising reaction<\/a> from his neighbors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was going up there three or four months out of the year, and then anytime we\u2019d get done filming, and I\u2019d come back here, it sort of felt like I was leaving home rather than going back home,\u201d Grimes told Fox News Digital in February. \u201cIt was just a gear change that slowly happened over a course of a few years and then, yeah, my wife and I just fell in love with it and decided to live there.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/yellowstone-casts-dating-histories-photos\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/yellowstone-casts-dating-histories-photos\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">\u2018Yellowstone\u2018 Cast\u2019s Dating Histories<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tYellowstone may not always have romance at the forefront of the story, but Kevin Costner and Luke Grimes are just some of the cast members who found love off screen over the years. Costner, for his part, met Cindy Silva while they were both in college in 1975. After three years of dating, the duo [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Grimes <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/yellowstones-luke-grimes-addresses-criticism-about-kayce-spinoff\/\">later revealed that some<\/a> of the Montana locals haven\u2019t been as welcoming to him and his family. (Grimes and his wife welcomed a son in 2024.)<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.7%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large credit-added wp-image-4307058\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3123054_0230b.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Inside Yellowstone's Luke Grimes' Life in Montana After Divisive Move\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3123054_0230b.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3123054_0230b.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3123054_0230b.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3123054_0230b.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3123054_0230b.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3123054_0230b.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3123054_0230b.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3123054_0230b.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3123054_0230b.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3123054_0230b.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3123054_0230b.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3123054_0230b.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3123054_0230b.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3123054_0230b.jpg?w=1800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3123054_0230b.jpg?w=1920&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3123054_0230b.jpg?w=2400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">CBS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t go to bars there anymore \u2018cause whatever that one idiot is, is at the bar, and he can\u2019t wait to start a fight with me,\u201d he shared on the Joe Rogan Experience in March. \u201cJust like can\u2019t wait to do it because it\u2019s like a win-win for him, you know? He gets to sue me or something. I don\u2019t know, but it\u2019s a lose-lose for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grimes continued: \u201cThe valley that I live in, we had some people come visit us. Our friends from California drove out, and we went on a hike, and we were in their car. And they had, you know, Cali plates. We get off the hike, and someone had written \u2018go back\u2019 in the dust on their car. Like, people are super weird about it. So I don\u2019t tell anyone exactly where I\u2019m at because they would get really mad at me.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/yellowstones-offscreen-controversies-through-the-years\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Yellowstone-Off-Camera-Drama-Through-the-Years-7.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"'Yellowstone' Off-Camera Drama Through the Years cowboy hats\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Yellowstone-Off-Camera-Drama-Through-the-Years-7.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/yellowstones-offscreen-controversies-through-the-years\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Yellowstone\u2018s Offscreen Drama Through the Years: On-Set Tension and More<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tYellowstone is known for its over-the-top plot lines and complicated family drama, but the show\u2019s cast and crew has also been involved in plenty of offscreen controversy over the years. Since the Paramount Network series premiered in June 2018, actors along with cocreator Taylor Sheridan have fended off criticism that the show is written with [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>At the time, Grimes <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/inside-marshals-star-luke-grimes-country-music-career\/\">also addressed criticism<\/a> that Kayce isn\u2019t a Dutton who deserved his own <em>Yellowstone<\/em> spinoff, <em>Marshals<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m my own worst critic,\u201d Grimes told <em>Entertainment Weekly<\/em> in February. \u201cI was like, \u2018If you take a poll of who people want to have a spinoff, I don\u2019t know if Kayce would be top of that list. I think there\u2019s other characters that they would rather see.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grimes used that as motivation, adding, \u201cSo there was a fire under me. Like, it has to be good. If it\u2019s not good, I\u2019d rather not do it. We tried really hard to make sure that any of the original Yellowstone fans would have something to grasp onto.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cBut if you\u2019d never seen Yellowstone, we wanted this show to make sense on its own as well. I think we accomplished that as much as we possibly could.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yellowstone\u2018s Luke Grimes moved out to Montana \u2014 but why was it met with some backlash by locals? Grimes rose to fame playing Kayce Dutton on Yellowstone, which ran from 2018 to 2024. He reprised the role for CBS\u2019 Marshals spinoff, which came years after Grimes relocated from Los Angeles to the Bitterroot Valley in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2369812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[24003,21741,21738,21913],"class_list":["post-2369811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-entertainment","tag-news","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Inside-Yellowstones-Luke-Grimes-Life-in-Montana-After-Divisive-Move.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2369811"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2369813,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369811\/revisions\/2369813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2369812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2369811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2369811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2369811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}