Yellowstone’s Wes Bentley sparks concern with injury

Wes Bentley and his co-stars have been busy promoting the highly-anticipated fifth season of the hit Western drama Yellowstone. Ahead of the exciting premiere coming to the Paramount Network this Sunday, and Monday on Paramount+ in the UK, the star best known for portraying Jamie Dutton made an outlandish claim on the latest episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show.Main Yellowstone cast member Wes has sarcastically claimed he broke his ankle by kicking a bear during a family camping trip.The American actor initially made the claim at the series’ fifth season premiere in New York.He has now reiterated his story to a stunned Kelly Clarkson when he appeared on the pop star’s talk show earlier in the week.’Do you want the real story or do you want the cool story?’ he asked when he sat down with his co-star Luke Grimes.READ MORE: Outlander’s Sam Heughan opens up on body image struggles Yellowstone’s Wes Bentley sparks concern with injury on talk show appearance (Image: Paramount) Yellowstone: Wes and Luke tease the next season (Image: Paramount) Yellowstone: Season five premieres this Sunday (Image: Paramount) Yellowstone: Wes shows off his recent injury (Image: Paramount)Unfortunately, Wes apparently did more damage to himself than his family’s supposed furry attacker.’I didn’t physically hurt the bear,’ he admitted. ‘But I think I emotionally hurt the bear.’It started crying and I started crying because I cry… We talked it out and everything was okay.’So I just, I learned not to kick bears,’ he added as the audience burst into applause.DON’T MISS:James Corden on marriage struggles with wife of 10 years [INSIGHT]NCIS LA ditches Sunday slot as CBS confirms crossover date [LATEST]Below Deck Adventure Captain removed crew after on-board rows [INTERVIEW]Kelly laughed appreciatively and added: ‘I love this story you’ve worked on, I love that.’Clearly, Wes wasn’t able to fend off a fully grown bear with just a kick, but the true story behind his injury has remained unknown.Nevertheless, his anecdote has sparked some concern for the actor within the Yellowstone fanbase.YouTube user Kendra Atcherson commented: “Please be careful and you have to take good care of your right foot, Wes.’