Kevin Costner’s Ups and Downs Over the Years: Divorces, More

Take the good with the bad. Kevin Costner he received critical acclaim as both an actor and a director, but faced a considerable amount of personal hardship.

During an interview in July 1995 with Seattle Times, Postman star opened up about her 1994 divorce Cindy Silva after 16 years of marriage. At that time his film Water world – which he co-produced and starred in – had just hit theaters and failed to recoup its massive budget.

“This has been the hardest year of my life. I’m no longer with Cindy, my partner since childhood,” Costner told the newspaper at the time. “And I was working on this very difficult picture. A series of events conspired to happen at the same time. I know some people were hurt that I failed in my marriage. And the marriage was my own failure.”

The California native and Silva exchanged vows in 1978 and welcomed three children during their marriage: daughters Annie and Lily, born in 1984 and 1986, and son Joe, born in 1988. Costner o danger of divorce during a May 2012 interview with The Hollywood Reporter.

“My faith was shaken,” he admitted. “Nobody wants their marriage to end, and it did. You will only see the people you love the most, your children half as much. That’s a huge loss.”

After the split, Field of dreams the actor continued Bridget Rooney. Although their relationship was short-lived, they welcomed a son, Liam, in 1996. Costner married s Christine Baumgartner in 2004. The pair went on to I welcome three children together: daughter Grace, born in 2010, and sons Cayden and Hayes, born in 2007 and 2014, respectively.

Baumgartner was at Dragonfly alongside the star for several of his career achievements, including his 2012 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie (The Hatfields & McCoys) and his 2023 Golden Globe win for Best Actor – TV Series Drama (Yellowstone).

However, after almost 19 years of marriage, the former model filed for divorce in May 2023 citing “irreconcilable differences”. Costner’s rep hinted as much in a statement TMZ at a time when the director was unhappy with his estranged wife’s decision.

“It is with great sadness that circumstances beyond his control occurred which resulted in Mr. Costner having to participate in the dissolution of the marriage,” the statement said. “We ask that his privacy, Christine’s and their children’s privacy be respected as they go through this difficult time.”

The Thirteen days the actor previously admitted that his fears of being a divorced father again nearly stopped him from marrying Baumgartner.

“Finally the moment has come where maybe this. it doesn’t go forward“, he recalled Other in July 2020. “Because I thought I might be divorced againbut what I couldn’t be, she is again divorced with children. That crushed me. I had to face life and go, ‘Are you going to miss life, are you going to miss love because you’re afraid?’ And the answer finally came back: ‘I won’t lose her because I’ll be afraid.'”

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