‘Yellowstone’ Creator Taylor Sheridan ‘Disappointed’ About Kevin Costner’s Early Exit, But Defends Actor: ‘He Took A Lot On The Chin’

Whelp, Kevin Costner must be hating the fact that Yellowstone is coming to an end after season 5! Because he allegedly might not have enough funds when the show is done to cover his child support payments if his estranged wife, Christine Baumgartner, gets her way in their divorce battle.

Kevin Costner claimed he cannot afford to pay estranged wife Christine Baumgartner $248,000 a month in child support now that he is no longer “under contract” for Yellowstone.

Kevin Costner‘s estranged wife has filed new documents in court claiming she’ll move out of their $145 million beachfront compound in Carpinteria, California, provided that he agrees to her child support request.

Kevin Costner's estranged wife has filed new documents in court claiming she'll move out of their $145 million beachfront compound in Carpinteria, California, provided that he agrees to her child support request.Christine Baumgartner filed the legal documents Wednesday morning in the Superior Court of California in Santa Barbara County. In those documents, obtained by ET, Christine claims the former couple's three children — son Cayden, 13, son Hayes, 14, and daughter Grace, 13 — have been in her care since the end of March as «Kevin has been working in another state.»She goes on to claim that the  star «has admitted that the children will continue to be in her care for at least half the time in the future.» For this reason, the court documents state that «by seeking to evict Christine, Kevin, as a practical matter, also seeks to evict the children, given that Christine's new home will also be the children's new home more than 50% of the time.»With that being said, Christine has agreed to move out by Aug.

Kevin Costner has faced difficulties while finding a filming location in Utah for the second installment of his upcoming film series, "Horizon: An American Saga." Costner opened up about his latest passion project in an interview with local outlet St. George News. "Every day, my dream was to film at this other place.

Watch Below: Kevin Coster is selling his home for $60 millionNews first broke in May 2023 that Yellowstone actor Kevin Costner, 68, and Christine Baumgartner, 49, were filing for divorce after 18 years of marriage. Christine Baumgartner filed for divorce, citing "irreconcilable differences." The couple had been together for over two decades and have three children together, with both parents asking for joint custody.“It is with great sadness that circumstances beyond his control have transpired which have resulted in Mr. Costner having to participate in a dissolution of marriage action,” a rep for the actor, 68, confirmed to TMZ. The couple announced their separation in May 2023.Soon after news of their separation broke, media publications quickly began reporting that things weren't quite civil between the pair, with reports that, according to court documents, Kevin was now "homeless" after his estranged wife refused to move out of their family home. Their prenuptial agreement gave Christine 30 days to vacate the $145 million property they shared, but Kevin solely owns, following her divorce filing on May 1, but she has yet to leave the home.In court documents obtained by the Daily Mail, Kevin's lawyers have claimed that he no longer has a home to return to after he wraps filming for a project.“This is surprising and disheartening to me,” Daily Mail quotes Costner as saying in court documents.“I was married once before and, upon separation, found myself without home base and unable to live in my own home.

A rumor about Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner‘s divorce was just denied by another person directly involved in it.

Kevin Costner’s former tenant Daniel Starr shut down rumors that he was romantically involved with the actor’s estranged wife, Christine Baumgartner — and wished the pair well amid their divorce.

Kevin Costner's former tenant is vehemently denying he ever had an intimate relationship with the star's estranged wife, Christine. Daniel Starr, a real estate developer, spoke to just days after  reported that a furious Costner found out Christine had been regularly hanging out with Starr while the actor was away filming. According to the outlet, Costner also angrily confronted Daniel about it. reported that Daniel, 42, eventually cut his 12-month lease short when he moved out of the former couple's beachfront guest house in nearby Santa Barbara, California, back in March.

Kevin Costner’s former tenant Daniel Starr has insisted nothing happened with him and the “Yellowstone” actor’s estranged wife, Christine Baumgartner.

With “Special Ops: Lioness” arriving on Paramount+ next month, that marks six shows created by Taylor Sheridan on TV right now. And there’s more where than came from.

Before Yellowstone landed at Paramount, Taylor Sheridan pitched the modern Western series to a handful of other networks, including HBO.

.Paramount Network announced in May that the popular flagship series would be ending after the current fifth season, following the impending departure of series star and executive producer Kevin Costner amid ongoing tensions. While it's unclear when the remaining episodes will air due to the writers' strike and uncertainty over when production will be allowed to resume, the drama surrounding Costner's future on has been nonstop.Created by Taylor Sheridan, chronicles the Dutton family, led by Costner's patriarch John Dutton, who controls the largest contiguous cattle ranch in the United States.

Taylor Sheridan is finally speaking out about the end of Yellowstone and Kevin Costner‘s exit.

Kevin Costner’s estranged wife, Christine Baumgartner, is asking for some big bucks on behalf of the couple’s three children.

Kevin Costner’s divorce from estranged wife Christine Baumgartner got off to a messy start.

"Yellowstone" co-creator Taylor Sheridan revealed Kevin Costner's beloved John Dutton will meet his end before the Paramount+ series comes to a close. Sheridan didn't reveal exactly how Dutton's chapter would finish but did clarify some of the rumblings about how the end of "Yellowstone" came to be in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter.

Kevin Costner's estranged wife claims she was not the driving force behind the 68-year-old actor leaving . According to new court documents filed in the Superior Court of California in Santa Barbara County and obtained by ET, Christine brings up Kevin's exit from the Paramount hit show while explaining «our separation.»«I have avoided being public about the reasons for our divorce,» Christine says in the court documents.

 creator Taylor Sheridan is sharing how he feels about Kevin Costner leaving the hit Paramount show.In a lengthy profile in, Sheridan expressed that his opinion of Costner as an actor hasn't «altered» but he's «disappointed» with what his exit means to the character in the hit series that has spawned, at least for now, two hugely successful spinoffs in and .«My opinion of Kevin as an actor hasn't altered,» Sheridan tells the outlet. «His creation of John Dutton is symbolic and powerful… and I've never had an issue with Kevin that he and I couldn't work out on the phone.

Kevin Costner‘s estranged wife Christine has filed new court documents that lay out exactly how much money she wants per month in child support, if Yellowstone played a role in their split, and more.