Kevin Costner is using off into the sunset by itself.
The Yellowstone star and his spouse, Christine Baumgartner, have gone their individual methods after 18 yrs of marriage, his rep confirms to E! Information.
“It is with terrific unhappiness that situations over and above his management have transpired which have resulted in Mr. Costner possessing to take part in a dissolution of marriage action,” a spokesperson for Costner stated in a Might 2 statement. “We ask that his, Christine’s and their children’s privateness be respected as they navigate this hard time.”
In their respective divorce papers, Costner and Baumgartner asked for joint custody of their kids—sons Cayden, 15, and Hayes, 14, as well as daughter Grace, 12—according the files obtained by TMZ, who was 1st to report the breakup news. (The Field of Goals alum is also father to four grownup children—sons Joe and Liam and daughters Annie and Lily—from his past associations.)
For each the outlet, Baumgartner cited “irreconcilable discrepancies” as the rationale for split in her filing, when Costner’s mentioned that that there is a prenuptial settlement in area.
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Costner first satisfied Baumgartner when golfing in the early ’90s but the two failed to begin courting until eventually 1998, just after reconnecting at a cafe, according to Persons. “We exchanged numbers, and I advised her that…did she brain if I referred to as her in two months,” Costner recalled to the publication in 2003. “I did not know that was like an insult to a female.”
In 2004, the two tied the knot at the actor’s Colorado ranch in front of relatives and friends, which includes Tim Allen and Costner’s Dances with Wolves co-star Mary McDonnell.
“Concern stored me from marrying Baumgartner,” Costner admitted in a 2018 interview with Closer Weekly, conveying that she was open up about her desires to have youngsters but he originally experienced uncertainties to getting an “effective father” and acquiring far more small children. “I woke up and thought, ‘Am I likely to get rid of a wonderful lady who is prepared to be with me to my pretty final breath because I am fearful to say indeed to a boy or girl?'”
But for Costner, he claimed at the time “that’s all it took” for him to want to marry the handbag designer. “Occasionally,” he observed, “you understand the point you’re most concerned of will help you save your existence.”
Prior to Christine, Costner was married to Cindy Silva from 1978 to 1994.
