"Yellowstone" creator Taylor Sheridan said buying a $330 million ranch kept him from retiring.
On Tuesday's episode of the "Rodeo Time" podcast hosted by Dale Brisby, Sheridan said his purchase of the Four Sixes Ranch prompted him to sign a deal with Paramount and continue working.
"I was set up to retire. I was going to be done after 'Yellowstone,'" Sheridan said.
The writer and producer said he had already paid cash for another ranch in Weatherford, Texas, and "didn't owe anybody anything."
"I was going to put my feet up and show horses, and have my little hobby herd over here, and that was it," Sheridan said.
However, buying the Four Sixes Ranch meant Sheridan couldn't retire just yet. "I knew that if I bought this ranch, I was not going to be quitting my day job for a while," he said.
The opportunity to buy the ranch came after its then-owner, Anne Marion, died.
Sheridan, who had met her while filming "Yellowstone" there, said the ranch was set to be divided and sold, but Marion had asked her estate to find someone who would "maintain her vision."
"And, so, the person they came up with was me," Sheridan said.
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When they approached Sheridan about buying the ranch, the property came with a hefty price tag. "I said, 'Well, boys, I'm a little short. In fact, I'm about $300 million short,'" Sheridan said, recalling his response.
He said the prospect of buying the ranch led him to reconsider an "exclusive deal" with Paramount, which he had previously resisted.
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