“Marshals”' Luke Grimes says Montana locals are 'not happy' he moved there from Hollywood: 'People are super weird'
“Marshals”' Luke Grimes says Montana locals are 'not happy' he moved there from Hollywood: 'People are super weird'
Shania RussellSun, March 15, 2026 at 10:00 PM UTC
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Luke Grimes on 'Marshals'Credit: Sonja Flemming/CBS
Luke Grimes has had a tough time with some of his Montana neighbors.
The Yellowstone and Marshals actor previously revealed that he and his wife, Bianca Rodrigues Grimes, left Hollywood to live in Montana full-time with their 17-month old son, Rigel. But unfortunately, nearly a decade of playing a Big Sky Country resident onscreen wasn't enough for Grimes to get in good with the locals.
"The valley that I live in, we had some people come visit us," Grimes told Joe Rogan during his Friday appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast. "Our friends from California drove out, and we went on a hike, and we were in their car. And they had, you know, Cali plates."
He continued, "We get off the hike, and someone had written 'go back' in the dust on their car. Like, people are super weird about it. So I don't tell anyone exactly where I'm at because they would get really mad at me."
Luke Grimes and Logan Marshall-Green on 'Marshals'Credit: Sonja Flemming/CBS
When Rogan pointed out that the popularity of Yellowstone encouraged plenty of California types to make the move to Montana, Grimes agreed, adding that locals are "not happy about it."
The actor revealed that the tension is sometimes palpable in public spaces. "I can't go to bars there anymore," he said, "because whatever that one idiot is, is at that bar, and he can't wait to start a fight with me."
He continued, "Just, like, can't wait to do it because it's, like, a win-win for him, you know? He gets to sue me or something. I don't know, but it's a lose-lose for me."
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Grimes pointed out that while he lived in Los Angeles for 16 years before making the big move, he isn't the first to relocate. Appealing to Montana locals, he argued that once upon a time, someone in their family was new to the area and deserved to be welcomed like they should welcome him and his family now. "Someone moved there at some point. Somewhere along the line someone moved there and all you did was stay," he said. "You didn't do anything that cool."
Despite his complex relationship with his neighbors, Grimes said life in Montana is still a step up from the nonstop bustle of Hollywood.
Luke Grimes at the Los Angeles premiere of 'Marshals' on Feb. 24, 2026Credit: Kayla Oaddams/WireImage
"I have no FOMO about anything anymore," he said. "I can just think and sleep and read and watch films, and it's the best."
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Grimes previously explained his move to Fox News, explaining that at a certain point, after years of filming Yellowstone there, he began to consider Montana his true home. "It was just a gear change that slowly happened over a course of a few years and then, yeah, my wife and I just fell in love with it and decided to live here."
Grimes stars as Kayce Dutton in the TV franchise. After playing a major role in the flagship series, he is now the lead of its spinoff Marshals, in which the former rancher joins a specialized group of Montana Marshals.
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