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Kevin Costner is casually dating director Kelly Noonan Gores, multiple sources tell people.
The two have been seen together recently and met through mutual friends, sources say.
“Kelly watches Kevin, but it’s very casual,” the source continues. “She finds him wonderful and funny.”
Gores, 46, divorced in 2024. The former couple tied the knot in October 2016.
“It was unbearable. Neither of us wanted this when we started a conversation, and it was very heartbreaking,” she healed on the Kelly Podcast in January, explaining the “strictest year” of her life. Gores shares his daughter, Riley, 6, with her ex-husband, 72.
“Dating is not a major priority for her,” one source said of Gore. “Last year was a turbulent thing for her. She left her husband last summer and lived in a burnt-out Pacific house in Pallisard. She focuses on her daughter and her own health.”
Costner, 70, and Christine Baumgartner, were finalised their divorce in February 2024 after a controversial legal battle. Baumgartner, 51, filed for divorce from Yellowstone Star on May 1, 2023, citing “irreconcilable differences.” The former couple have been married since 2004.
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Baumgartner is currently working with longtime friend and former neighbour of the currently visited couple, financier Josh Connor. The pair have been together “since she split from Kevin.”
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Sources told people in January that Kevin turned 70 when he was “in a good place and having fun with his family and friends… he’s not seriously involved with anyone and isn’t necessarily looking for anything more.”
Costner and Baumgartner share three children. Cayden Wyatt Costner, 18, Hayes Logan Costner, 16, Grace Avery Costner, 16.
The former couple recently saw them posing separately with their son Kaden, who graduated from high school in Santa Barbara, California.
