What's going on between actor Kevin Costner and his wife Christine could scare any bachelor away from marriage. First, it emerged that she refused to move out of her Southern California home, even though a prenuptial agreement required her to do so. Then Costner's estranged wife said she was angry about how the Yellowstone and Hollywood star broke the news of the divorce to their three children. She also allegedly had an affair with her subtenant.
The War of the Roses between Kevin Costner and his wife
In obtained court documents, Christine, 49, claims that Kevin, 68, told her children about the divorce without her present. This happened in a short call on the video calling platform Zoom during filming on location in Las Vegas.
“The children's well-being was always my top priority and I was afraid that they would find out about the divorce before Kevin and I could tell them. It was important to me that we didchildren personallyand tell it together,” Christine says in the documents.
Kevin Costner's wife also said she expressed concerns to him that the children would find out the news from an "outside source." She sent him “several articles about the importance of speaking to the children as a unit” and believed they would break the news to them together.
“He ignored my suggestion that we do what I thought was right based on my research and my relationship with the children. Instead, he insisted that he had the right to tell them first that we were getting divorced and to tell them privately without my presence,” writes Christine.
The divorce drama continues
In May 2023, a representative for the actor from the films “Dances with Wolves” and “Bodyguard” confirmed that he and his wife were separating after 18 years. This happened after Christine filed for divorce. She cited “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for her divorce filing in court documents. Another source close to Kevin Costner reported that Christine filed for divorce while her husband was filming. The couple married in September 2004 and have three children together - Cayden (16), Hayes (14) and Grace (13). TheAmerican actorsis also the father of four older children from previous relationships: Lily, Joe, Annie and Liam.
