Kevin Costner, 71, is ‘being cautious’ with new 46-year-old girlfriend
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Kevin Costner is reportedly being ‘cautious’ about his new romance with 46-year-old Kelly Noonan Gores. Costner, who is 71 — making Gore 25 years his junior — has allegedly been dating the author and filmmaker since August 2025 after meeting through mutual friends. (Picture: Getty Images/@kellygores)
Sources told US Weekly Costner is keen to keep the relationship ‘private and casual’ following his 2023 public divorce from model Christine Baumgartner, 51, which was finalised in February 2024. The former couple, who were married for 18 years, share three children together: Cayden, 18, Hayes, 16, and Grace, 15. (Picture: Getty Images)
Baumgartner is now married to Costner’s former friend Josh Connor, which the actor ‘remains resentful’ about, the source claims. ‘Part of him wishes they could have made it work. It stings that she remarried, but he tries not focus on it,’ they added. (Picture: David Livingston/Getty Images)
In terms of Costner’s personal life now, the insider revealed that Gores has been a ‘grounding’ force for the Oscar winner. They stated that the pair ‘see each other when schedules allow, often spending time at his Santa Barbara estate.’ The new couple also reportedly ‘love dinners at home, walks on the beach and quiet nights in.’ (Picture: Instagram/kellygores)
A source previously told Daily Mail: ‘Kevin is dating and happy again after a very dark time in his life. He has been seeing Kelly. They were together in Aspen in late July. He has tried to keep it very hush-hush because he doesn’t want this to go off the rails.’ The insider stated that Gores is ‘exactly his type and they have a lot in common,’ including the outdoors, sports, surfing, and taking long walks with dogs. (Picture: Getty Images)
Costner was recently spotted out with his daughter, Lily (left), 39, who was born to the actor and his ex-wife, Cindy Silva. The couple, who divorced in 1994 after 16 years of marriage, also share another daughter, Annie, 41, and a son, Joe, 37. Costner has another son, Liam, 30, with former partner Bridget Rooney. (Picture: Getty Images)
As for Gores, she was married to billionaire Alec Gores from 2016 to 2024, and shares a six-year-old daughter, Riley Grace Gores. The Daily Mail source added that ‘she has young kids,’ which Costner ‘loves’ and thinks is ‘cute.’ The insider concluded: ‘He says she is just “chill” which is what he needs right now.’ (Picture: Instagram/kellygores)
Costner’s flourishing romantic life comes after his self-funded film Horizon: An American Saga — which he invested $38 million of his own money, including a mortgage on his Santa Barbara beach house — flopped. The Western drama was initially planned as a four-part franchise, but the first instalment failed to recoup its large budget. Another US Weekly source said: ‘Of course, he was disappointed that Horizon wasn’t more successful. He put his all into it.’ But they revealed that he’s not ‘giving up’ on the project. (Picture: Getty Images)
Elsewhere, Costner joined forces with icon Morgan Freeman to produce The Gray House, an American historical drama television miniseries for Amazon Prime. Based on a true story, the eight-episode series follows the secret work carried out by Union spies during the American Civil War. It will begin streaming on February 26, 2026. (Picture: Getty Images)
Costner isn’t the only celebrity in a age gap relationship. From Dick Van Dyke’s 46-year age gap with wife Arlene to the new Katy Perry-Justin Trudeau 12-year gap, there’s also Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor’s 32-year gap, plus Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi’s 15 years, to name a few. (Picture: Getty Images)
