Kevin Costner’s spouse, purse designer Christine Baumgartner, has filed for divorce after 18 years of marriage to the “Yellowstone” star, The Put up has realized.
“It’s with nice disappointment that circumstances past his management have transpired which have resulted in Mr. Costner having to take part in a dissolution of marriage motion,” a consultant for the 68-year-old actor — already caught up in ongoing drama on his Paramount Community present – confirmed to The Put up.
“We ask that his, Christine’s and their youngsters’s privateness be revered as they navigate this troublesome time,” the rep added.
The couple shares three children: Cayden Wyatt, 15; Hayes Logan, 14; and Grace Avery, 12.
Baumgartner, 49, is asking for joint custody of the youngsters, according to a TMZ report.
Costner allegedly filed his response Tuesday, wherein he additionally requested for joint custody.
Baumgartner just isn’t asking for spousal help, based on TMZ, although Costner’s response, filed by divorce lawyer Laura Wasser, reportedly states there was a prenup: “Spousal help to be payable to petitioner pursuant to the phrases of the events’ Premarital Settlement.”
The Put up additionally contacted Wasser for remark.
Costner’s marriage to Baumgartner was his second.
The “My Bodyguard” star beforehand married actress Cindy Silva, now 66, in 1978, they usually had three youngsters: Annie, now 39, Lily, 36, and Joe, 35, and divorced in 1994.
He additionally shares a son, Liam, now 27, with actress Bridget Rooney, 61.
For months, Costner has been immersed in different drama — of the backstage type — on “Yellowstone,” which The Post previously reported will finish after 5 seasons amid alleged stress between the actor and sequence creator Taylor Sheridan, 52.
Cancellation rumors swirled earlier this 12 months about supposed disagreements over taking pictures schedules that reportedly prompted morale points between Costner and different actors on the present, which additionally stars Luke Grimes, Kelly Reilly, Wes Bentley, Cole Hauser, Kelsey Asbille and Gil Birmingham.
Early final month, Paramount govt Keith Cox urged that Costner still might return to the Western drama.
“What I can say is our star, the face of our present, and govt producer, are very assured he’s going to proceed with our present,” Cox mentioned on the occasion, based on a report.
Sheridan’s hit present spawned a number of spinoffs, together with “1883” starring Sam Elliott, Tim McGraw and Religion Hill; “1923” with Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren; the upcoming “6666,” and one other spinoff, whose title has but to be introduced, starring Matthew McConaughey.
