Singer Jewel has gushed that her rumored boyfriend Kevin Costner is a “great person” but admitted she finds the public’s “fascination” with their relationship “intense.”
The musician, 49, and the Yellowstone actor, 69, were first revealed to be dating in November, six months after he split from his longtime wife, Christine Baumgartner.
While the couple has remained silent about their romance until now, the artist has now spoken about it for the first time while chatting with she magazine.
“He’s a great person,” she told the publication while blushing. ‘[But] Without a doubt, the public’s fascination is intense.”
Singer Jewel has gushed that her rumored boyfriend Kevin Costner is a “great person” but admitted she finds the public’s “fascination” with their relationship “intense.”
The musician, 49, and the Yellowstone actor, 69, were first revealed to be dating in November, six months after he split from his longtime wife, Christine Baumgartner.
“She’s a great person,” Jewel told Elle recently. ‘[But] Without a doubt, the public’s fascination is intense.” Kevin is seen with his ex-wife and his three children.
The couple were first linked during Thanksgiving last year, when they were spotted together on a private island in the Caribbean.
‘Something was definitely going on. “They were flirty, and when they were together, it was like they both just lit up,” said one viewer. TMZ At the time.
“You could tell they were trying to be discreet, but anyone who saw them would know something was going on.”
The vacation photos showed Jewel sitting on the star’s lap while he wrapped his arms around her waist.
Jewel’s son Kase, 12, whom she had with ex-husband Ty Murray, appeared to be along for the trip and was seen on the beach with the star in her Instagram photos.
A source later told DailyMail.com that the couple had their mutual friend Richard Branson to thank for their blossoming romance, after the billionaire invited them both to his private island.
The source said he fell in love with the actor’s ‘country western vibe’ during the trip, but added that while they are ‘having fun’, they’re not ‘serious.’
A separate source also said that Kevin’s ex Christine wasn’t surprised he had moved on so quickly, but was glad it was with Jewel and not a ‘fame-seeking bimbo.’
The couple were first linked during Thanksgiving last year, when they were spotted getting cozy together on a private island in the Caribbean.
A source said the couple had their mutual friend Richard Branson (seen with Kevin) to thank for their blossoming romance, after the billionaire invited them both to his island.
“She said she’s happy for him, but it’s still not a great feeling to see your ex with someone new,” the friend added.
The 68-year-old actor was said to have been “shocked” when his 49-year-old wife of 19 years filed for divorce in May.
In the following months, they became embroiled in a nasty legal war, but it came to an end in September.
The former couple, who share three children: Cayden, 16, Hayes, 14, and Grace, 13, filed for joint custody of their three children, with Christine receiving $63,209 a month in child support from her ex.
DailyMail.com exclusively revealed in January that Christine had moved on with Kevin’s banker friend Josh Connor.
A source later said Us weekly that Kevin had long suspected that “something was going on between Christine and Josh,” adding that their “close relationship [bond] “There was a real elephant in the room.”
Jewel’s son Kase, 12, whom she had with ex-husband Ty Murray, appeared to be along for the trip and was seen on the beach with the star in her Instagram photos.
The source said Jewel (seen on the trip) fell in love with the actor’s ‘country western vibe’ during the trip, but added that while they are ‘having fun,’ they’re not ‘serious.’
In addition to opening up about her relationship with Kevin, Jewel addressed several more painful topics during her conversation with Elle, namely her difficult ties with her parents.
Last year, the singer claimed that her estranged mother Lenedra had embezzled more than $100 million of the profits from her music career, leaving her bankrupt and brutally in debt at the age of 34.
Speaking about her estrangement, Jewel said she doesn’t think she’ll ever have a relationship with her mother, telling the publication that she feels like she can “heal” without experiencing a “movie moment where [her mother] “He comes back and apologizes.”
However, the singer, who appeared on stage alongside Gen Z singing sensation Olivia Rodrigo on the final night of her tour at Madison Square Garden, says she has taken steps to mend the rift with her father. , whom he previously accused. of being an “alcoholic” and an “abuser.”
“My father was a volatile alcoholic who beat me, a very relatable ‘bad boy,'” he said during a podcast interview in March 2023.
‘My mom seemed the complete opposite. She was calm, she was gentle, she never screamed, obviously she never hit me. And at that time I didn’t realize that she was being abused in any other way.”
Now, Jewel says her father is working on his sobriety, adding that she has since learned more about her father’s troubled childhood, which has given her a better understanding of the way he behaved during his youth.
“Finding out about my dad’s childhood, I couldn’t believe how well he raised us,” she told Elle.