Yellowstone star Forrie J. Smith is definitely in the celebration mood as 2023 opens up with news from his ranch. As you can tell, there’s a new addition to the ranch family. Smith announces with an Instagram photo that a new bull is taking his place on the land. He wrote in the caption, “First calf of 2023…a little bull on my ranch! (Corriente Angus cross ).”
Fans were feeling the love themselves and giving it back to Smith, who plays Lloyd Pierce on the TV show. One fan wrote, “So cute, we had a new cafe 3 weeks ago”. Another fan said, “Congrats!” And this fan said, “Sooo handsome”. We get one more response from this fan who wrote, “Always good to have a lil bull…..” We tend to agree that it’s never a bad thing to have a little bull on your ranch.
Forrie J. Smith Of ‘Yellowstone’ Talked About How Animals Are Treated On The Set
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While we get it that Smith loves his animals on his ranch, what about the treatment of animals on his TV show’s set? That’s one issue that can bring about different opinions. But Smith has his own thoughts about the situation on Yellowstone. In a video that he shared on Instagram, Smith wrote in the caption area, “Not one horse or animal has been harmed or put down on YellowstoneTV! [Series creator] Taylor Sheridan is very conscientious about the animals we use in our scenes!” That’s good news because fans love to see horses and other animals roam around the ranch on the TV show.
Meanwhile, there have been some words passed around about age. So, back in Episode 3 of Season 5, there was a celebration for Lloyd’s birthday. While there was some good-natured ribbing between Colby and Rip, we finally do hear about Lloyd’s age on the show. Rip gives it up that he’s 58 years old. While Smith looks all of his years of age, Smith actually is 62 years old. No, he’s not 58 but he’s not way too old to be on a horse and active on a ranch.
Now, would you believe there was a scene that might have driven fans away from the hit show? It happened during Season 4 and it involved Lloyd and Walker, played by Ryan Bingham. Well, they had been having issues ever since Laramie came between them. Lloyd was sweet on her but that didn’t last and Walker picked it up with her. They ended up in a fight. Rip had to lay down the law with Lloyd because there is no fighting in the bunkhouse.
Forrie J. Smith on How Everything Is About to Change for Rip & Lloyd
Up to this point in Yellowstone, two characters have shared an incredibly strong bond, the pair rarely seen apart while working the ranch. And that’s despite a significant difference in age. For the last five seasons, we’ve watched the brotherly relationship between Cole Hauser’s Rip Wheeler and Forrie J. Smith’s Lloyd Pierce grow and thrive. Now though, as Yellowstone fans dig deeper into season 5, Forrie J. Smith says things are about to change for his character and Hauser’s in a major way.
Thinking about Rip’s departure, not to mention that of ranch hands Teeter, Ryan, Jake, and Walker, Forrie J. Smith said in one of Yellowstone’s ‘Behind the Story‘, “There’s a lot of anxiety going with that, not just John, [but] all of us.”
Of their characters, he continued, “I don’t know that me and Rip have ever been apart since he came to the ranch that long.”
It will be interesting to see the effect Rip’s departure has on he and Lloyd’s relationship. This marks a major turning point especially as we recall the end of last season. Fans truly saw the characters’ friendship put to the test. Lloyd briefly became a man that we didn’t know he could become. Eventually, his feud with Ryan Bingham’s Walker came to a bloody hear.
Still, despite all the conflict, Lloyd put his issues with Walker behind him. He repaired their professional relationship, and further solidified his brotherhood with Rip. Further, the upcoming split, which will send half of the ranch down south and leave the Dutton ranch half-staffed, will be a unique experience for fans. To this point, we’ve never seen Rip any further away from the ranch than the bar. Truthfully, we can’t even be certain he’s strayed that far from the ranch since arriving there as a teen. As such, not only will this problem cast a new light on Rip and Lloyd’s friendship, but we’ll perhaps get to see Rip struggle with new problems as he faces an unknown environment.