When asked about his ex-wife Christine Baumgartner’s relationship with a former neighbor, Kevin Costner responded in a coy way.
When questioned about Christine Baumgartner’s affair with her former neighbor Josh Connor, Kevin Costner responded in a sly manner. When asked if he believed Baumgartner, 49, should date his “neighbor,” Costner, 69, responded, “I don’t have a next-door neighbor,” in video released by Entertainment Tonight on Thursday, January 25. Costner refused to answer more as the paparazzo tried to rephrase the query.
After Baumgartner and Costner’s divorce was finalized, several media sites reported earlier this month that Baumgartner had moved on with Connor. Although Costner had “strong suspicions that something was going on between” his ex-partner and former neighbor, their connection didn’t become sexual until “relatively recently,” an insider previously told Us Weekly exclusively.
Baumgartner isn’t worried by Costner’s suspicions, the insider told Us, because her ex-husband doesn’t have “anything to complain about” given that he has been connected to Jewel since December 2023. The source went on, “Josh has been Christine’s rock throughout the divorce ordeal.” “Kevin is to blame if he has an issue with that.”
” After nearly 19 years of marriage, Baumgartner filed for divorce from Costner in May 2023, citing irreconcilable differences as the cause of the separation. Before formally divorcing in September 2023, the couple—who have sons Cayden, 16, and Hayes, 14, and daughter Grace, 13—engaged in a protracted and difficult court battle over matters such as assets and child support. (Costner also has son Liam, 27, with ex-wife Bridget Rooney, and daughters Annie, 39, and Lily, 37, as well as son Joe, 35, with ex-wife Cindy Silva.)
