Kevin Costner, widely recognized for his roles in Dances With Wolves and The Bodyguard, recently announced the end of his 18-year marriage to Christine Baumgartner. Following this news, DailyMail.com delved deep into the actor’s romantic history, which has been marked by colorful controversies.
Costner’s first marriage, to Cindy Silva, lasted for 16 years until she filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences. Tabloids claimed that Costner was having an affair with a hula dancer named Michele Amaral during the filming of Waterworld in Hawaii, one of his box-office failures. Although Costner denied the accusations, they contributed to the divorce settlement, costing him around $80 million. In a 1995 interview, he took full responsibility for the collapse of his marriage and expressed his love for his first wife.
Soon after his divorce from Silva, Costner had a brief affair with Bridget Rooney, heiress to the Pittsburgh Steelers, with whom he had a son named Liam. Rooney insisted on a paternity test, which confirmed Costner’s paternity. Liam is now 27 years old.
After these affairs, Costner re-entered the dating scene and met Baumgartner around 1996 while filming Tin Cup. Costner was initially hesitant to get into another relationship because he was not sure if he wanted more children. In 2004, the couple married in Aspen, Colorado, where Costner owns a 160-acre ranch. They have three children together: Grace, Hayes, and Cayden. As recently as 2020, Costner praised how the Covid-19 pandemic brought he and Baumgartner closer as a couple.
However, tabloids reported in 2022 that Baumgartner demanded Costner to quit his hit show Yellowstone as he was away from home too often. On May 2, 2022, Baumgartner filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. The couple filed for joint custody of their children, and they have a prenup in place.
