{"id":34777,"date":"2025-07-31T11:09:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T11:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/34777\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T11:09:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T11:09:11","slug":"yellowstone-star-neal-mcdonough-lost-everything-after-his-refusal-to-do-one-thing-on-screen-hollywood-turned-on-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/34777\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellowstone star Neal McDonough ‘lost everything’ after his refusal to do one thing on screen: ‘Hollywood turned on me’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yellowstone<\/a> star \ufeffNeal McDonough is the quintessential Hollywood bad guy, but admits the typecast came at a heartbreaking cost.<\/p>\n

The actor\ufeff, 59, said “Hollywood completely turned on” him after his refusal to kiss another woman, other than his wife, on screen.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the Nothing Left Unsaid<\/a> podcast this week, \ufeffMcDonough revealed that for years he struggled to book roles: “I couldn’t get a job and I lost everything.”<\/p>\n

\"YellowstoneNeal McDonough played one half of the Beck brothers, Malcom, in Yellowstone. (Stan)<\/p>\n

In the video above, \ufeff\ufeffMcDonough explained.<\/p>\n

The actor reveled that he always had a no-kiss rule in his contract. He clarified it had nothing to do with his wife of 22 years, Ruv\u00e9 McDonough.<\/p>\n

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“\ufeffIt was me really who had a problem,” he explained to host Tim Green. A choice that came at a time when they started having kids, the couple now share five children.<\/p>\n

“When I couldn’t do it, and they couldn’t understand it, Hollywood just completely turned on me. They wouldn’t let me be part of the show anymore.”<\/p>\n

\"YellowstoneHe starred alongside Kevin Costner (John Dutton). (Stan)<\/p>\n

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The actor was at the height of his career with credits in Band of Brothers, Desperate Housewives and Flags of Our Fathers.<\/p>\n

Soon everything “got taken away”.<\/p>\n

\"ActorMcDonough has been married to wife Ruv\u00e9 for 22 years. (Instagram \/ @ neal_mcdonough)<\/p>\n

“Not just houses and material things, but your swagger, your cool, who you are, your identity, everything,” McDonough added.<\/p>\n

“And once you don’t have that identity, you’re kind of lost in a tail spin. And I was in a big ugly tail spin for a couple years.”<\/p>\n

EXCLUSIVE: Brittany Snow confirms 8-year truth about Aussie co-star<\/a><\/p>\n

The actor revealed he turned to “villain” roles and decided then he was going to be the best villain in the industry.<\/p>\n

And what a great villain he’s been most recently as the infamous Malcom Beck in Season 2 of hit-drama Yellowstone.<\/p>\n

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McDonough returns to screens and the Western scene as both writer and lead actor in feature film The Last Rodeo.<\/p>\n

Joining the A-list cast is his real-life wife Ruv\u00e9 McDonough, reportedly playing McDonough’s love interest. \ufeff<\/p>\n

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