'McBee Dynasty' cowboys say dad's 'difficult' legal woes brought family 'closer'

New York Post

27-06-2025

Saddle up.
Season 2 of the reality series 'The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys' premieres Monday, June 30 (9 p.m. on Bravo), bringing back brothers Steven McBee Jr, Jesse McBee, and Cole McBee as they preside over their multimillion-dollar family business, McBee Farm and Cattle Co, deal with relationship issues, and their father's legal drama.
'Before we even started doing this reality show, 'Yellowstone' came out a few years prior to it. And we had people coming up to us saying, 'You guys are literally 'Yellowstone.' You should have your own reality show!' Cole exclusively told The Post.
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15 The McBee family in Season 2 of 'The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys.'
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15 Steven McBee Jr.
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Steven Jr. added that he finds the hit Kevin Costner cowboy drama – which ended in December – 'very accurate, as far as waking up every single day to the external pressures.'
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He explained, 'It feels like you're fighting so many forces. You're fighting Mother Nature, you're fighting the government, you are fighting the locals. You're just fighting the unexpected on any given day. That's how it is, on a real farm and ranch.'
Their father, Steve McBee, was in Season 1 (which aired on Peacock before the show moved to Bravo), but he's not in Season 2 amid his legal drama. In November of 2024, he pleaded guilty in a multimillion-dollar crop insurance fraud case, for which he could face up to 30 years in prison.
15 Jesse McBee in 'The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys.'
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'It is a real-life situation that we were dealing with throughout filming season two. Obviously, right now, we're still dealing with it,' Steven Jr. exclusively told The Post.
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Steven Jr., who also appeared on Fox's 'Joe Millionaire: For Richer or Poorer,' added that his dad's legal woes have 'made us come together closer as a family.'
He explained that they try not to pay attention to negative comments on social media because those people 'have never interacted with us.'
Steven Jr. said, 'Anyone who knows us on a personal or professional level sees how hard we work, sees the real businesses, the real jobs that we provide.'
15 Steven McBee Jr. and Calah Jackson in 'The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys.'
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15 Jesse McBee in 'The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys.'
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Regarding his father, he said, 'Yes, we're dealing with that, and yes, it is a really difficult situation. But, we're going to focus on the good, positive things that are going on.'
Season 2 also covers the brothers' personal lives. Steven Jr., has a rocky relationship with his girlfriend Calah Jackson, Cole is expecting a baby with girlfriend Kacie Adkison, and Jesse is getting ready to marry Alli Ventresca (they've since tied the knot, but it hadn't happened yet when Season 2 was filmed).
Jesse told The Post, 'We work all day, and then in the evenings, we eat dinner together and we hang out together. So if there's a fight going on between the girls, it affects us in our relationship as brothers.'
15 Their father, Steve McBee, in Season 1.
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The population of Gallatin, Missouri is under 2,000 – and the show covers how that can be difficult for a woman dating a McBee brother.
'I love it up here. I love where I live. It's not for everybody,' said Cole.
He added, 'I don't think it's in the middle of nowhere. Some people say it is. For the girls, our girlfriends and wives, I see it's a little harder for them. They don't have as much to do. There's not a lot of jobs to find. There's shopping an hour and a half away.'
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15 Kristi McBee, Kacie Adkison and Cole McBee.
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15 Cole McBee in 'The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys.'
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15 Cole McBee and Kacie Adkison in 'The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys.'
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Since their father is no longer on the show, their mother, Kristi, is now part of 'The McBee Dynasty' in Season 2.
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Steven Jr. explained that she wasn't in Season 1 because she's 'a private person.'
'And it was a little bit sad to see comments come in, like, 'Where's the mom? Do they not have a good relationship with their mom?' We are very close with our mom. And so, we're extremely excited to get to showcase that in Season 2 and get to introduce our mom to the world.'
15 Kristi McBee in Season 2.
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15 Calah Jackson and Steven McBee Jr in 'The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys.'
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15 Calah Jackson in 'The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys.'
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Cowboys are all the rage at the moment in pop culture, between 'The McBee Dynasty,' the popular 'Yellowstone' universe continuing with spinoff shows, Beyonce doing a country album, and even cowboy fashion.
Steven Jr. quipped, 'We're finally on the leading edge of fashion, for once in our lives! We've been wearing Carhartts, blue jeans, boots, and cowboy hats for decades now. And they seem to have come back around and become popular here in the last three, four, or five years.'
Cole added that they don't feel exclusionary over who gets to join in on the trend.
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'I want everybody to get involved with it. It's a fun culture. It's a fun lifestyle.'
15 Jesse McBee on 'The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys.'
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15 Alli Ventresca in 'The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys.'
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15 Steven McBee Jr and Brayden McBee on 'The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys.'
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Jesse explained that he wouldn't say the brothers are 'the most cowboy out there,' but 'anybody who wants to get into the cowboy lifestyle or the farming style, ranch style, are more than open to, do it. I'll never understand why people are against people trying to learn about it or go out there and buy a cowboy hat for the first time.'
He said, 'We're all for it…the more, the merrier.'