Yellowstone’s Kelsey Asbille on Monica’s ‘Tragic Loss’ in Premiere

Yellowstone is again — and darker than ever for Kelsey Asbille’s Monica. The actress opened up completely to Us Weekly about her character’s being pregnant loss following a automotive accident within the season 5 premiere.

“It’s such a tragic loss,” Asbille, 31, advised Us forward of the Sunday, November 13, episode. “I believe you actually see Monica at her rock-bottom and in a spot the place I believe she begins questioning her personal beliefs and her personal id. … I believe there’s a extremely definitive second the place she chooses life and works towards therapeutic.”

The One Tree Hill alum added that season 5 is her “favourite” to this point, citing scenes within the premiere with Kelly Reilly’s Beth Dutton and Kevin Costner’s John Dutton as standouts.

“There are literally numerous scenes on this one which I actually, actually love. I believe that definitive second I used to be talking about earlier, it actually comes after talking with John Dutton,” Asbille continued. “So it’s a really form of unlikely individual in her life to have that second with. However she additionally has a beautiful second with Beth that I’ve been aching for as a result of I simply love [that] they create out a distinct aspect of one another and so I like when the 2 of them are on display.”

Followers have watched Monica and Kayce Dutton’s (Luke Grimes) love story since season 1, which debuted in 2018.

“I like that once you meet them, they’re each form of outcasts they usually’ve given up a lot for one another and the truth that they select one another each time,” she advised Us when requested what she loves concerning the couple earlier than including with fun: “However Lord have mercy, I might love for them to have a better go at life.”

Viewers realized about Monica’s being pregnant in season 4. The twosome are additionally mother and father of son Tate.

“A lot of her id is as a mom,” Asbille advised Us. “I believe her energy is her softness and her compassion and her empathy and her willingness to only — it doesn’t matter what she faces, she retains her head up and he or she retains going. And I believe that that’s all you are able to do. And so I believe that’s positively one thing I look as much as in her.”

Yellowstone airs on Paramount Community Sundays at 8 p.m. ET.

With reporting by Leanne Aciz Stanton