Why Kevin Costner and Estranged Wife Christine Baumgartner Briefly Split Before 2004 Nuptials

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Previous tension. Kevin Costner and estranged wife Christine Baumgartner recently called it quits, but this isn’t the first time the duo have split.One year before the Oscar winner, 68, and the fashion designer, 49, tied the knot in 2004, the pair briefly broke up. “Fear kept me from marrying Christine,” the Yellowstone actor told Closer Weekly in June 2018. “[She] wanted a child, but I was afraid I couldn’t be an effective father.”After some consideration, however, Costner changed his mind, and the pair rekindled their romance. “I woke up and thought, ‘Am I going to lose a beautiful woman who is willing to be with me to my very last breath because I am afraid to say yes to a child?’ That’s all it took,” the Dances With Wolves director recalled. “Sometimes you learn the thing you’re most afraid of will save your life.”The Silverado actor and Baumgartner went on to welcome three children: sons Cayden, 15, and Hayes, 14, and daughter Grace, 12.

Costner also shares daughters Annie, 39, and Lily, 36, and son Joe, 35, with ex-wife Cindy Silva and son Liam, 27, with ex Bridget Rooney.In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesIn 2020, the Field of Dreams star revealed that Baumgartner opened up about her desire for children early on in their relationship. “She said, ‘If you’re going to be with me, you need to know that kids are at the end of the road for me with you, if that’s going to happen,'” Costner told Extra at the time. “It was unusual that somebody puts the news out right there the first day.”The Tin Cup actor noted that it took him “about six years” to get on the same page as the Cat Bag Couture founder. “Finally, there came a moment where maybe this doesn’t go forward,” Costner recalled. “Because I