Now he dances alone…
Marriage for film legend Kevin Costner (68, “Dances With Wolves”)! After 18 years of marriage, his wife Christine Baumgartner (49) filed for divorce.
The US Magazine TMZ quotes Costner’s wife, who speaks of “irreparable differences” in their divorce papers. It is not known exactly why she is now separating from her long-term partner.
Kevin Costner’s rep revealed to TMZ, “It is with great sadness that circumstances have arisen that are beyond his control.”
Kevin with Christine (l.) 2004 and his daughter Anne, whom he has from his first marriage
Does she have a new one? Between the lines, the statement sounds as if she has moved away from the Hollywood darling in love terms. He himself is said to be devastated.
It has also been said in recent months from industry circles that Baumgartner has asked Costner to withdraw from his successful series “Yellowstone”. Because that’s why he’s often separated from his family for months. The series is filmed in Montana.
Still totally in love: Costner and Baumgart at a basketball game in 2003, the couple married a year later
Not only the divorce is a hammer! There are already more details WHAT is in the documents.
Baumgartner therefore wants shared custody of their children, and she and her husband also agree on this. That doesn’t sound like a mud fight.
During their marriage, sons Cayden (15) and Hayes (14) and daughter Grace (12) were born.
As in the film: the couple seemed inseparable for a long time
After 18 years of picture book love, the separation is a real hammer. Costner and Baumgart were considered a model couple, scandal-free and extremely infatuated. In addition, the perfect family with three children.
It’s not the first time that Costner has suffered the fate of a divorce. It is his second marriage, which is now failing. Until 1994 he was married to his first wife Cindy Silva (66) for 16 years.
This first marriage also produced three children: daughters Lily (36) and Annie (39) and son Joe (35). But this marriage ended not happily, but dramatically. Allegedly because of an affair Kevin is said to have had during the production of his flop “Waterworld”, Cindy drew the line.
Costner and his first wife Cindy in the noble restaurant in 1991
The legal bills were almost as expensive as his nightmare film. The divorce cost Kevin an unbelievable 80 million US dollars at the time.
Costner said in an interview with Parade magazine at the time: “It’s been hard for Cindy and our kids. It didn’t improve things. The only thing it did was pain. The failure of my marriage was the hardest thing of all for me.”
Costner enjoyed love life with Christine, their marriage was to last 18 long years
In 1999 he met the designer Christine Baumgartner for the first time professionally. The relationship ended in the meantime, but in 2004 both finally said yes. And their love was to last 18 long years. Until now for the big breakup bang!
Is the expensive drama of his first marriage about to repeat itself for Costner? No. Because the financial seems to be clearly divided: Christine Baumgartner does not require spousal maintenance. Kevin’s lawyer, Laura Wasser, explained that this was regulated by the marriage contract.
