{"id":2456768,"date":"2026-06-12T18:48:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T18:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2456768"},"modified":"2026-06-12T18:48:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T18:48:58","slug":"clint-eastwood-son-scott-eastwood-addresses-retirement-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/clint-eastwood-son-scott-eastwood-addresses-retirement-rumors\/","title":{"rendered":"Clint Eastwood son Scott Eastwood addresses retirement rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<hr class=\"colorbar section-entertainment\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"display-5 subhead spacer-small\">Scott Eastwood clarified the actor&#8217;s career status after resurfaced comments from his brother, Kyle Eastwood, led to speculation about Clint&#8217;s retirement from Hollywood.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\">\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/videos\/wochit\/thumbnails\/89930910007.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Why American retirees return to work<\/p>\n<p>A new survey from the Employee Benefit Research Institute shows the percentage of American retirees that return to work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2026\/06\/03\/clint-eastwood-retired-son-says-resurfaced-video\/90390292007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Clint Eastwood<\/a> may still be doing show business after all.<\/p>\n<p>The Oscar-winning actor&#8217;s son, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/movies\/2015\/04\/08\/scott-eastwood-teaches-mechanical-bull-riding-longest-ride\/25430567\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scott Eastwood<\/a>, clarified his career status in a new interview after a resurfaced video led to speculation about Clint&#8217;s retirement from Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2026\/06\/03\/clint-eastwood-retired-son-says-resurfaced-video\/90390292007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rumors began swirling<\/a> last week after comments from Scott&#8217;s brother, Kyle Eastwood, reemerged on social media. During a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/france3-regions.franceinfo.fr\/hauts-de-france\/somme\/amiens\/videos-le-fils-de-clint-eastwood-joue-les-musiques-de-ses-plus-grands-films-pour-un-cine-concert-3253621.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">November 2025 performance<\/a> at the Maison de la Culture in France, the jazz bassist and composer said he had &#8220;many fond memories of working with&#8221; Clint Eastwood, adding, &#8220;Now he&#8217;s retired. He&#8217;s 95 years old.&#8221; (Clint turned 96 on May 31).<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/clint-eastwood-retirement-scott-eastwood-clarification\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ScreenRant<\/a> published Tuesday, June 9, Scott Eastwood addressed his father&#8217;s rumored retirement, saying, &#8220;We&#8217;ll see.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have not heard that from his mouth at all,&#8221; Scott told the outlet. &#8220;So, I don&#8217;t know what that feels like. His career in general has been something to admire, something to be inspired by, and continues to inspire me. The work, the artistry that he&#8217;s done on and off screen: producing, writing, composing, directing, acting. The body of work is incredible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">Is Clint Eastwood retired? <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2026\/06\/03\/clint-eastwood-retired-son-says-resurfaced-video\/90390292007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Resurfaced video sparks renewed talk over iconic actor&#8217;s career<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>USA TODAY has reached out to representatives of Clint Eastwood for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Scott Eastwood has followed in his father&#8217;s Hollywood footsteps over the years, appearing in several films such as &#8220;Texas Chainsaw,&#8221; <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/movies\/2015\/04\/08\/scott-eastwood-teaches-mechanical-bull-riding-longest-ride\/25430567\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;The Longest Ride,&#8221;<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/movies\/2016\/08\/02\/review-suicide-squad-movie\/87915762\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Suicide Squad,&#8221;<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/movies\/2017\/04\/12\/review-fate-of-the-furious-movie\/100331360\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;The Fate of the Furious&#8221;<\/a> and the upcoming military drama &#8220;Lucky Strike.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What your dad has done for all of us, and I&#8217;m not talking just about directors, but has shown what we are capable of doing as human beings into a very late age,&#8221; Scott&#8217;s &#8220;Lucky Strike&#8221; director, Rod Lurie, told ScreenRant. &#8220;It makes you just want to continue to accomplish.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lurie added: &#8220;&#8216;Juror #2,&#8217; his last movie, is pretty masterful, especially for somebody of that age. And it&#8217;s really just something to behold. Your dad should be on the Mount Rushmore of Hollywood.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">Clint Eastwood interview: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/entertainthis\/2018\/11\/27\/clint-eastwood-talks-retirement-mule-love-what-do\/2122526002\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Actor gets candid on career retirement \u2212 &#8216;I love what I do&#8217;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Clint Eastwood, beloved for his tough guy persona and roles in the Dollars Trilogy, &#8220;Dirty Harry&#8221; &#8220;The Bridges of Madison County&#8221; and &#8220;Million Dollar Baby,&#8221; reflected on his decades-long career in a 2018 interview with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/entertainthis\/2018\/11\/27\/clint-eastwood-talks-retirement-mule-love-what-do\/2122526002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">USA TODAY<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Maybe I just don&#8217;t want a certain volume of work, but, no, it hasn&#8217;t lessened,&#8221; Clint said of his desire to work. &#8220;I love what I do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The actor&#8217;s most recent onscreen performance was Mike Milo in the 2021 coming-of-age Western &#8220;Cry Macho.&#8221; In 2024, he directed &#8220;Juror #2,&#8221; a legal thriller starring <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2025\/07\/13\/superman-nicholas-hoult-lex-luthor\/84443633007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nicholas Hoult<\/a>, Toni Collette and J.K. Simmons.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll probably keep on going. I feel good, but it depends on [the] material,&#8221; Clint told USA TODAY. &#8220;I probably wouldn&#8217;t do something just because it was marginal \u2013 I have to kind of think it has some validity and has some relationship to today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Contributing: Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY<\/p>\n<\/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.usatoday.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scott Eastwood clarified the actor&#8217;s career status after resurfaced comments from his brother, Kyle Eastwood, led to speculation about Clint&#8217;s retirement from Hollywood. Why American retirees return to work A new survey from the Employee Benefit Research Institute shows the percentage of American retirees that return to work. 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