Kevin Costner and wife Christine Baumgartner are divorcing after 18 years of marriage.
Costner’s team confirmed the split in a statement shared with The Hollywood Reporter. The 68-year-old Oscar winner married handbag designer Baumgartner in September 2004 and they share three children.
“It is with great sadness that circumstances beyond his control have occurred which have resulted in Mr. Costner having to participate in a dissolution of the marriage,” the message read. “We ask that the privacy of him, Christine and their children be respected as they navigate this difficult time.”
The couple tied the knot with a wedding ceremony at Costner’s ranch near Aspen, Colorado. Costner also has four adult children from previous relationships. This is his second marriage after he and first wife Cindy Silva divorced in 1994.
In February, Costner posted a video to social media of him unwrapping the Golden Globe Award he won the previous month for his role as patriarch John Dutton on the Paramount Network series. Yellowstone. The actor explained in the video that he and Baumgartner had every intention of attending the ceremony in Los Angeles, and she even picked out a dress, but flooding in Southern California made it impossible for the couple to get there .
That same month, Costner was at the center of reports from anonymous sources that claimed the actor refused to work more than a single week on the second half of yellowstone’the fifth season. Insiders at the time noted that he was focused on shooting his western movie Horizon.
