'Yellowstone' star Luke Grimes targeted by Montana locals as move from LA sparks small-town fury

15 Mar 2026 By foxnews

Luke Grimes, best known for his role as Kayce Dutton in "Yellowstone" and its spinoff "Marshals," is facing unexpected backlash after leaving Hollywood behind for life in Montana.

The actor told Joe Rogan that moving to the Big Sky State hasn't always been smooth sailing, and his move from Los Angeles has sparked unexpected fury among locals.

"Well, your show made a lot of f---ing people move out there, though," Rogan pointed out during his podcast.

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"That's true. Yeah. And they're not happy about it," Grimes admitted. "The 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."

Grimes continued, "We get off the hike, and someone had written 'go back' in the dust on their car. Like, people are super weird about it, so I don't tell anyone exactly where I'm at because they would get really mad at me."

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The tension has spilled into public spaces, the Hollywood actor explained.

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"I can't go to bars there anymore because whatever that one idiot is, is at the bar, and he can't wait to start a fight with me. Just like, can't wait to do it because it's like a win-win for him, you know? He gets to sue me or something. I don't know, but it's a lose-lose for me," Grimes said.

However, the move to Montana was a personal choice for Grimes and his family.

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In February at the "Marshals" premiere, the actor explained to Fox News Digital why he and his wife, Brazilian model Bianca Rodrigues, left Hollywood behind.

"I was going up there three or four months out of the year and then anytime we'd get done filming, and I'd come back here, it sort of felt like I was leaving home rather than going back home," he said.

The couple, who share one son, Rigel Randolph Grimes, fell in love with Montana slowly over several years.

"It 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," he added.

Grimes returned to screens as Kayce Dutton in "Marshals," the latest expansion of Taylor Sheridan's "Yellowstone" universe.

According to an official synopsis, Dutton "joins an elite unit of U.S. Marshals, combining his skills as a cowboy and Navy SEAL to bring ranger justice to Montana, where he and his teammates must balance family, duty and the high psychological cost that comes with serving as the last line of defense in the region's war on violence."