Apparently, it's been the gossip going around the Montana locals for weeks ... Apparently, Ripken had come home to find his wife in bed with Kevin Costner, and he got into a huge scrap that ...

We need to talk about Kevin. When seen earlier ... was trolling his former pal by portraying Costner’s character, the ruggedly handsome and stoic Montana patriarch John Dutton, as suicidal.

With Kevin Costner deciding ... an event rattles the state of Montana. While it’s possible the show might incorporate some previously unused extra footage of Costner, it’s more likely he ...