Kevin Costner Finally Shuts Down Singer Jewel Romance Rumors

The “Yellowstone” actor just lately addressed the viral speculations a couple of potential romance with the 50-year-old singer-songwriter. Whereas followers fortunately shipped them as a pair, the entertainer claims there are fireworks between them.

Kevin Costner sparked romance rumors with Jewel final yr after the pair had been photographed cozying up on a personal island.

Costner cleared up the relationship rumors on his newest look on “The Howard Stern Show,” confessing that he didn’t tackle the matter sooner as a result of he wished to protect the pair’s friendship. In his phrases:

“Jewel and I are associates — we have by no means gone out. She’s particular, and I do not need these rumors to destroy our friendship as a result of that is what we now have.”

Costner and Jewel made waves final November when the “Silly Video games” singer shared footage from her annual tennis fundraiser on Sir Richard Branson’s Necker Island. The snaps included a gaggle image that featured company, together with the actor, all wearing white.

Nevertheless, this group image didn’t spark the romance rumors because the pair weren’t collectively. As an alternative, a snap shared by sources captured Costner cozying as much as Jewel as she spoke right into a microphone, trying very very similar to a doting couple.

Regardless of giving off romantic vibes within the viral image, Costner claimed he met Jewel for the primary time on the journey to Branson’s island. “I obtained on a airplane with 9 folks — Jewel was considered one of them. She was anyone I simply had some super conversations with,” he defined.

The 69-year-old doubled down on his want to protect his friendship with Jewel, saying, “I do not need the press to destroy this for us. As a result of I’ve had conversations together with her, text-wise, and he or she’s so sensible, and he or she’s been by lots herself.”

“We now have a friendship, we do not have a romance, and we have by no means dated,” Costner continued. He seemingly hinted that there was hope for a romance between them, noting they hadn’t discovered the precise spark but.

“She’s stunning and sensible sufficient for all these issues, nevertheless it simply has by no means occurred for us,” Coster raved about Jewel. “She’s every part you would possibly assume, nevertheless it hasn’t occurred.”

Final yr, The Blast reported that insiders claimed Costner may need discovered a brand new flame after finalizing his contentious divorce from ex-wife Christine Baumgartner.

His look on Branson’s island with Jewel sparked attention-grabbing observations, with one supply noting: “There was undoubtedly one thing occurring. They had been flirty, and once they had been collectively, it was like they each simply lit up.”

One other asserted, “You would inform they had been making an attempt to be discreet, however anyone who noticed them may inform one thing was occurring.”

The blossoming romance claims did not finish there, as informants additional alleged the pair teamed up for doubles with Sir Richard in the course of the fundraiser.

Based on sources, Costner and Jewel traveled to the Caribbean collectively, the place they spent greater than per week in one another’s firm. The pair additionally flew again collectively, with one insider claiming the singer-songwriter “desires an excellent man, and Kevin matches the invoice.”

Information of Costner and Jewel’s speculated romance got here two months after he finalized his divorce from Baumgartner. The actor and his second ex-wife reportedly ended issues on a bitter observe regardless of earlier claims of a “associates with advantages” association.

A supply near Baumgartner refuted the “associates with advantages” rumors, stating the pair weren’t on amicable phrases. “First off, they barely converse to one another, and secondly, she’s moved on,” the insider confused.

In November, The Blast shared that “Yellowstone” followers may rejoice as Costner would proceed his function as John Dutton within the beloved drama sequence. The actor was rumored to be exiting the present in its fifth season over a scheduling battle with the Western film “Horizon.”

Sources claimed Costner allegedly wished to give attention to taking pictures scenes for the two-part film, which might have negatively impacted his look on the Paramount sequence.

Luckily, “Yellowstone” manufacturing couldn’t proceed due to the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes.

The suspension of all manufacturing actions was a blessing in disguise for Costner as the ultimate episodes of “Yellowstone” had been rescheduled to air in November 2024, thereby resolving his clashing commitments to the Paramount sequence and the “Horizon” film.