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\"It was a really important moment in her life and her career and we'll always be locked together that way,\" Costner said.

Costner will also be appearing in a documentary on the late star titled, \"Whitney.\"

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\"There's something about Whitney for the worldwide fame that she had...there were times when she didn't think she was pretty enough, she didn't think she was good enough and the rest of us are going, 'Really? Whitney, you have it,'\" Costner recalled. \"I'm always really careful the things I do say about her simply because sometimes, things are just yours.\"

\"Yellowstone\" premieres Wednesday on Paramount Network.

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