In a last-minute 2023 plot twist none of Us noticed coming, Kevin Costner was once noticed spending time with Jewel on holiday following his divorce from ex-wife Christine Baumgartner.
Costner, 68, and Jewel, 49, had been noticed getting comfy on Necker Island within the British Virgin Islands whilst attending a tennis fundraiser for Jewel’s Inspiring Youngsters Basis. In pictures revealed by means of TMZ on Friday, December 8, Costner had his hands wrapped round Jewel’s waist as she held a microphone whilst apparently addressing a crowd. The pair additionally posed for a gaggle picture, matching in all-white ensembles.
Costner was once a visitor on the match, and TMZ reported that he flew to the Caribbean with Jewel. The twosome had been “flirty” all through the discuss with and later left the island in combination, in line with the opening.
Jewel gave Costner a shout-out final month in an Instagram publish recapping her group’s “incredible” accomplishment. “A little late posting,” she captioned the November 28 add. “Every year, my foundation @inspiringchildren and I go to Necker Island to help host a tennis event w @richardbranson to raise funds for our kids. … @kevincostnermodernwest was kind enough to mentor our kids this year, and Sir Richard was his usual inspiring self- who also plays a mean game of doubles!”
Costner and Baumgartner, who tied the knot in 2004, finalized their divorce in September after a messy four-month prison combat. Baumgartner to begin with filed for divorce in Might, which got here as a surprise to the pair’s internal circle.
“Everyone thought Kevin and his wife were super happy. … He’s been blindsided by this,” a supply solely instructed Us Weekly on the time.
Following a September courtroom listening to, Costner spoke publicly for the primary time about his break up, telling Get entry to Hollywood, “This is a horrible place to be, but this is where we’re at.”
He went directly to element his combined feelings concerning the lawsuits, including, “It feels so bad, and we’re talking about somebody I love on the other side, I just can’t.”
Coster asserted that he “of course” nonetheless has love for Baumgartner, noting that “everybody” concerned sought after the prison dispute to be over with briefly.
Prior to attaining their settlement, Costner and Baumgartner had been locked in a long back-and-forth that even integrated a squabble over their kids’s talent to fly non-public. The twosome percentage Cayden, 15, Hayes, 14, and Grace, 13. (Costner additionally stocks Annie, 39, and Lily, 36, and son Joe, 35, with ex-wife Cindy Silva and son Liam, 27, with ex Bridget Rooney.)
Baumgartner requested for almost $200,000 monthly in kid give a boost to from Costner, together with her prison crew claiming in an August submitting that the children will have to be capable of “live a lifestyle relatively comparable to the one they enjoy when they are with their father.” Costner was once briefly ordered to pay $129,755 monthly ahead of a pass judgement on dominated in September for kid give a boost to to be set at $63,209 monthly.
Jewel, in the meantime, was once married to rodeo famous person Ty Murray from 2008 to 2014. The previous couple welcomed their son, Kase, in 2011.
Us has reached out to reps for each Costner and Jewel for remark in regards to the standing in their dating.