Confirmed: Kevin Costner’s Ex-Wife Is Dating Her Ex-Husband’s Friend
It’s been four months since Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner’s divorce has been finalized. It appears that Christine is moving on and has found love again.
Christine was spotted several days ago in her Range Rover. At the time, she appeared to be dropping off her new beau at his Montecito home, which is a mere five minutes from her own home.
Many are raising eyebrows at Christine’s new man because it is no other than 49-year-old Josh Conner, Kevin’s banker and the person she was rumored to be dating. This comes after her vehement denials that they are romantically involved.
During the drop-off, Josh sported a black sweater and cap, which he paired with blue jeans. As he left the vehicle, he was seen carrying an overnight bag. Later that day, he went to Christine’s house for a quick visit and buzzed himself in with his door clicker.
It was also reported that the two were popping in and out of each other’s homes despite having their children at home with them.
Josh is a divorced father with three children. He became single again last year. Ironically, his divorce pushed through just five months before Christine blindsided her 68-year-old ex-husband with a divorce.
More recently, the couple has made no effort to hide their relationship. They even traveled together when Josh flew Christine to Hawaii on a private jet last Christmas.
The pair were photographed laughing together while on another vacation last year. They were accompanied by Josh’s daughter, Abigail, and Christine’s daughter, Grace. The two kids are 13 years old. It was then revealed that Josh loaned Christine $20,000.
Recall that during the height of their divorce, an irate Kevin accused Christine of having a new boyfriend. Under oath in a Santa Barbara evidentiary hearing last August, Christine denied that she was seeing anyone.
A source close to the couple revealed that their relationship has been going on for some time now and that they even went to New York last year in addition to trips to Hawaii.
The insider claimed, “They’re together, and they have been for a while. They spent time before Christmas together in Hawaii while Kevin was presumably in Aspen with the kids. They also made a trip to New York together. She hasn’t been doing much to hide what’s going on from her friends.”
It was revealed that the lovebirds met and became close because of their daughters who are close friends. Their friendship caused Josh and his wife, Patricia, to become close friends with the Costner family. Having both their homes in Montecito also made it easy and convenient to spend time together.
Nowadays, Christine and Josh are definitely more than friends. Their once-platonic friendship evolved into a romantic relationship, eliciting mixed reactions from their family and friends.
Due to recent events, Christine had no choice but to explain the $20,000 loan given by Josh, where $10,000 was given to her mother while the other half was allegedly returned.
She then admitted and revealed that Kevin had been giving her parents monthly payments of $5,000 which stopped when she filed for divorce. She explained to the court that she gave 10,000 to her parents to make up for the amounts that Kevin withheld.
