Kevin Costner wears a wedding ring as he cuddles women in Vegas just one day before his wife filed for divorce
Kevin Costner was pictured wearing his wedding ring as he cuddled two women in Las Vegas just a day before his wife filed for divorce.
Christine Baumgartner, who tied the knot with Costner in 2004, filed the petition to separate from the Oscar and Emmy-winning actor on Monday.
It comes six months after she told him to quit Yellowstone because his busy filming schedule was impacting their family.
The split is said to be due to ‘irreconcilable differences,’ with Baumgartner asking for joint custody of their three children – Cayden, 15, Hayes, 14, and Grace, 12.
Costner, 68, has taken on a new Western project that he is set to direct, produce and star in and has a mammoth shooting schedule of 220 days.
And there are rumors he may star in the sixth season of the hit series Yellowstone.
Baumgartner reportedly gave Costner an ultimatum in October to quit the popular neo-Western show, Yellowstone, because he would be filming in Montana for months at a time and away from their family who live in Los Angeles.
‘It’s really knocked a hole in their family life,’ a friend of hers told Radar.
‘She wants a firm commitment this is his last season — or he might have to hit the dusty trail!’
But Costner continues to lead a busy lifestyle as he finished filming the first of four installments for his new western Horizon: An American Saga in November before he started shooting again the following spring.
Production for the second film began in mid-April in southern Utah before Baumgartner filed for divorce on Monday.
Costner wanted to shoot all four parts of the project, which involves 170 speaking roles, back to back.
‘So, I’ll probably shoot for eight months,’ he previously told Variety. ‘It’s a mountain — a mountain of time.’
‘I’m as pressed as I’ve ever been in my life in terms of the responsibilities and the amount of decisions I’m having to make every day, between doing what I’m doing every day for ‘Yellowstone’ and my own [work].
‘There’s a lot of people standing behind me waiting for me to make decisions and things like that.’
Baumgartner’s filing for divorce comes after Costner revealed the coronavirus pandemic strengthened their marriage.
The couple were in quarantine together with their children at their Los Angeles home when everything was shut down.
‘Our partnership has really come into focus about what we do for each other and how we deal with our family,’ he told People in June 2020.
‘Our house is like a river: You’ve just got to get into the flow of it. And whatever you thought it was going to be, maybe it still can, but it’s going to have to work with what the day brings.’
And he opened up about getting his kids to watch his kids grow up and added: ‘I can feel them working me. I can tell when they come to me about something that they’ve been already told “no” by their mother.’
Who is Kevin Costner’s wife Christine Baumgartner, why are they divorcing and how many children do they have?
Kevin Costner’s wife called it quits after 18 years of marriage, as the Yellowstone actor claimed he didn’t want their love to end.
Christine Baumgartner, 49, filed for divorce on Monday after tying the knot to Costner, 68, in 2004.
The two led a private life, and one of the last public appearances they made together was at the Academy Awards in March 2022.
Who is Christine Baumgartner?
Baumgartner is a model and fashion designer with expertise in handbags. She launched her own business known as Cat Bag Couture in the early 2000s with her friend Tamara Muro.
Her collection, which initially consisted of laptop bags, was commonly available near the sprawling ranch she lived at with Costner in Aspen, Colorado.
Speaking about the early days of her career in a 2005 interview with the Denver Post, she recalled Costner being a ‘supportive’ in her career aspirations.
‘When I came up with some samples, I showed them to Kevin, and he said they were beautiful and amazing,’ she told the news outlet.
‘He told me I should take it to the next step and he’d help me. I’ve always loved fashion and style, and if you can mix it with function, it’s perfect.’
Where did they meet?
Baumgartner and Costner initially met in the 1990s when the Hollywood Heartthrob was filming the 1996 film Tin Cup alongside Rene Russo on a golf course.
At the time, The Bodyguard actor was married to his first wife, Cindy Silva – but they rekindled their spark once Costner and Silva divorced in 1994 after about 16 years of marriage. Silva and Costner share three kids together: Anne, Lily and Joe.
In a 2003 interview with PEOPLE, Costner recalled running into Baumgartner at a restaurant in 1999.
‘We exchanged numbers, and I told her that I would – did she mind if I called her in two weeks. I did not realize that was like an insult to a woman,’ he told the news outlet.
It wasn’t long until the two started dating.
Why are they divorcing?
The divorce papers filed by Baumgartner listed the reason for the split due to ‘irreconcilable differences.’
She also requested split custody of the three kids she shares with the actor: Cayden, 15, Hayes, 14, and Grace, 12.
Heartbroken Costner filed his response to the divorce Tuesday, and he is also seeking joint custody of their children.
A representative for Costner claimed the divorce was out of the actor’s hands and ‘beyond his control.’
‘It is with great sadness that circumstances beyond his control have transpired which have resulted in Mr. Costner having to participate in a dissolution of marriage action,’ the statement read.
‘We ask that his, Christine’s and their children’s privacy be respected as they navigate this difficult time,’ the statement concluded.
Baumgartner is not said to be filing for spousal support, with Costner’s response filed by Laura Wasser.
‘Spousal support to be payable to petitioner pursuant to the terms of the parties’ Premarital Agreement,’ Wasser said, indicating there is a pre-nuptial agreement between Costner and Baumgartner.
How many kids do they have?
The broken pair share three kids together – Cayden, 15, Hayes, 14, and Grace, 12.
They welcomed their first born Cayden in 2007. Two years later in February 2009, they had Hayes.
It appeared Baumgartner and Costner couldn’t keep themselves off of each other because a year later, in 2010, the two had Grace.
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