Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler are one of TV's hottest ride-or-die couples, but how do the actors get along when the cameras stop rolling? Here's what we know about their relationship behind-the-scenes.
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00:00Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler are one of TV's hottest ride-or-die couples, but how do the
00:04actors get along when the cameras stop rolling? Here's what we know about their relationship
00:09behind the scenes.
00:10Good News fans Cole Hauser and Kelly Riley appear to have developed what just might be
00:14a lifelong friendship while filming Yellowstone.
00:17"'Kelly and I are just, at this point, great friends. In between takes, her and I are like
00:22brother and sister. We joke, we have fun.'"
00:25Their relationship onscreen can definitely be tumultuous at times, so it's good to hear
00:29they can turn off the intensity at cut and have a laugh together.
00:33Riley has also dished about how she and Hauser are close in real life. In an interview with
00:37Looper in 2021, Riley revealed,
00:40"'Cole's my buddy. We're such good friends and honestly we're so lucky to have found
00:43each other. We get to go on this journey with these two incredible characters with each
00:47other.'"
00:48The bond between Riley and Hauser was clear as day to the crew as well. Emerson Miller,
00:53an on-set photographer, told Us Weekly,
00:55Their connection off-camera is like, we got each other's back, we know that this is beautiful,
01:00how can we work together to translate that?
01:02We love to see that kind of support and friendship, and their off-screen closeness seems likely
01:06to have only made the show better. It takes a lot of trust in your fellow actor to play
01:10so many intense, dramatic scenes. And if you've seen Yellowstone, you know that there are
01:14plenty of those with Beth and Rip. The actors then have to bring a totally different vibe
01:19for their sweet, romantic scenes. It takes a lot of skill from Hauser and Riley to play
01:23that range, and it helps that they trust each other as actors and have careers that started
01:27long before Yellowstone.
01:29Hauser's first Hollywood role was in School Ties in 1992, while Riley started her career
01:34on British TV in 1995. Riley shared with Looper,
01:38We're both at a point in our careers where we found roles that we could put our soul
01:42and heart into. We really feel blessed, both of us. We don't take it for granted. We share
01:46that."
01:47It's a mutual admiration society, with Hauser also raving about Riley as an actress and
01:52how lucky he is getting to work with her. Clearly, these two show business pros know
01:56a good thing when they see it.
01:57Working with her is just — I mean, her ability as an actress is phenomenal."
02:03Even though they play a committed couple onscreen with chemistry so good that some people might
02:07think they're married in real life, Hauser and Riley are each married to other people.
02:11Hauser married former Child star Cynthia Daniel in 2006, and they have three children together.
02:16Kelly Riley's been married to financier Kyle Bauer since 2012.
02:20Yellowstone came to an end after five seasons in December 2024, but Beth and Rip are such
02:26a beloved, fun-to-watch couple that there's already a spinoff in the works. Deadline reports
02:30that Riley and Hauser recently signed deals to star in a still-untitled follow-up.