Struggling to manage. Kevin Costner is “deeply saddened” by way of his split from wife Christine Baumgartner, an insider solely tells Us Weekly.
“He is it appears still trying to save his marriage,” the source says of the Oscar winner, 68. “Kevin loves his wife and youngsters so this has been very onerous on him. He is saying that this is his worst nightmare and he would do the rest for his circle of relatives.”
Baumgartner, 49, filed for divorce from the Dances With Wolves director on May 1 after nearly 19 years of marriage, mentioning irreconcilable differences for the split. The couple, who tied the knot in 2004, percentage sons Cayden, 16, and Hayes, 14, and daughter Grace, 12. (The Yellowstone big name additionally shares daughters Annie, 39, and Lily, 36, and son Joe, 35, with ex-wife Cindy Silva and son Liam, 27, with ex Bridget Rooney.)

Costner gushed in regards to the purse dressmaker earlier this 12 months, revealing that she planned a Golden Globes viewing party for him after they have been not able to wait the January rite as a result of flooding in Southern California. “Christine discovered that my heart was just a little bit low,” the Field of Dreams megastar mentioned in a February Instagram video, including that Baumgartner and their children stood up and clapped for him at home when his title was once known as because the winner of Best Actor in a Drama Series for Yellowstone.
“Everyone idea Kevin and his wife had been tremendous satisfied, so it’s all surprising,” the insider continues. “He truly loves her and is seeking to get her again. He’s been blindsided by way of this.”
News of the couple’s split comes amid big changes in Costner’s professional life as neatly. The Waterworld superstar has led Yellowstone as rancher John Dutton for the reason that display premiered in June 2018, but Paramount Network just lately confirmed that the cowboy drama will end after the second one half of season 5 airs later this 12 months.

New episodes were originally set to premiere this summer, but production was driven back amid reports that Costner was unhappy concerning the display’s filming time table. His legal professional, however, slammed those rumors in February, telling Puck: “The concept that Kevin was once most effective willing to work one week on the second one part of season Five of Yellowstone is an absolute lie. It’s ridiculous — and any individual suggesting it shouldn’t be believed for one second. As everybody who knows the rest about Kevin is smartly conscious, he is incredibly passionate about the display and has always long past method above and beyond to verify its success.”
The Untouchables star is set to appear in the drama’s final episodes, however the insider tells Us that the display’s production problems were one reason why for Costner and Baumgartner’s split. “Everything issues to his schedule and the show’s delays as the straw that broke the camel’s back in their marriage,” the supply says. “He’s taking it very laborious.”

Earlier this week, an insider informed Us that the Bodyguard actor used to be to begin with hesitant to accept the role of John Dutton, as it might take him away from his family for long periods of time. He and Baumgartner are based in California, while Yellowstone films in Montana and Utah.
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“Kevin’s staff even asked about the potential of transferring the show to California so he could movie positive scenes,” the supply defined, including that the gap “led to a large number of problems” with Baumgartner. “It’s been a discussion over time, nevertheless it by no means worked out. Kevin has been making a large number of effort to make it work for his circle of relatives.”
After Yellowstone‘s flagship display wraps up, the Dutton saga will proceed with a still-untitled sequel series. The derivative sequence 1923 is set for a second season, and an 1883 by-product titled Lawman: Bass Reeves is due sometime someday. Yellowstone cocreator Taylor Sheridan is additionally at paintings on a by-product titled 6666, about the Four Sixes Ranch in Texas the place Jimmy (Jefferson White) has been working.
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