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One of the most prominent actors in Hollywood for several decades is undoubtedly Kevin Costnerwho this Wednesday, January 18, is turning 68.
The Californian has had a very outstanding career with films like “The bodyguard”“Hidden talents”, “Robin Hood: the prince of thieves”, among others.
In recent years, to be more specific since 2018, the actor has shone again, this time on television thanks to the series “yellowstone“, which recently awarded him an award Golden Globes.
This would be his fourth award of said award, although in this 2023 edition he could not attend due to the storms that affected Californiaso he could not travel.
As for his personal life, although he had already married Cindy Silva In 1978, they had three children, Lily McCall, Anne Clayton and Joseph Tedrick, although they divorced in 1994 after 16 years together.
After this, he began dating the model Bridget Rooney, with whom he had his son named Liam, although by 1999 he was already single and ready to give himself another chance at love.
The marriage of Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgarten
The actor began his relationship with Christine Baumgarten in 2000, whom he married in 2004 in Aspen, Colorado, and with whom he has raised a family with his three children, Cayden, Hayes and Grace.
Although from the beginning they have maintained their relationship in privatethere are few occasions in which they are seen together and in which Costner talks about her, always saying good things about his wife.
According to the media, the current couple would have met between 1993 and 1994 when she was a model, while he was still married to Silva.
It should be noted that both they are about 19 years apart in age. “They are 20 years apart. But they look like children together. They are really in love,” a close friend told Closer.
“We met at a restaurant, exchanged numbers, and I told her I’d call her in two weeks,” the actor told People magazine.
Things were not so easy at first and even separatedbecause she wanted a son and he did not feel sure of being a good father after having four children.
“Fear prevented me from marrying Christine. She wanted a child and I was afraid that I would not be a good father. But one day I woke up and thought ‘am I going to lose a beautiful woman, who is willing to be with me until my death? last breath, why am I afraid to say yes to a child?’ That’s all she took. Sometimes you learn that what you fear the most will save your life,” she told the outlet.
Baumgarten is 48, is originally from California and studied Business, although she is currently dedicated to design handbags for the brand Cat Bag Couture.
“I made some samples, I showed them to Kevin and he told me they were amazing, that I should take the next step and he would help me. And I did, because I’ve always loved fashion and style… And if you can! mixing it with functionality is perfect!” Christine told the Denver Post in 2005.
It should be noted that Kevin Costner assured that the pandemic It helped their marriage get even stronger, she told People. “Our house is like a river: you just have to immerse yourself in the flow. And whatever you thought it was going to be, maybe it still can, but it will have to work with what the day brings.”
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