{"id":532563,"date":"2026-01-21T16:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T16:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/532563\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T16:37:12","slug":"inside-kevin-costners-grounding-romance-with-kelly-noonan-gores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/532563\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Kevin Costner&#8217;s &#8216;grounding&#8217; romance with Kelly Noonan Gores"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Costner\u2019s new <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/29\/celebrity-news\/kevin-costner-dating-billionaires-ex-wife-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">relationship with Kelly Noonan Gores<\/a> has been a \u201cgrounding\u201d force in the actor\u2019s life amid career woes.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/11\/11\/entertainment\/why-kevin-costner-is-not-in-a-rush-to-see-his-final-yellowstone-episode\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cYellowstone\u201d alum<\/a> and billionaire Alec Gores\u2019 ex-wife met through mutual friends and have kept their romance \u201cprivate and casual,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/inside-kevin-costners-career-reset-and-new-romance-excl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Us Weekly reported<\/a> Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet claimed, \u201cAfter such a public and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/05\/02\/kevin-costners-wife-files-for-divorce-after-18-years-of-marriage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expensive divorce<\/a> [from Christine Baumgartner], he\u2019s being cautious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Costner, (pictured above in December 2025), and Kelly Noonan Gores\u2019s romance is \u201cgrounding\u201d for the actor, according to a new report. @NIKOTYLER \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cYellowstone\u201d alum\u2019s relationship with Gores, (pictured above in September 2025), is \u201cprivate but casual.\u201d kellygores\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>Costner and Kelly \u201csee each other when schedules allow, often spending time at his Santa Barbara estate,\u201d a source claimed.<\/p>\n<p>The duo reportedly \u201clove dinners at home, walks on the beach and quiet nights in.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Another insider clarified that Costner, 71, is \u201cnot looking for a serious relationship or marriage any time soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pair, (pictured above in December 2025), \u201clove dinners at home, walks on the beach and quiet nights in.\u201d @NIKOTYLER \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n<p>Costner and Gores, (pictured above in September 2025), \u201csee each other when schedules allow.\u201d kellygores\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Costner\u2019s rep did not immediately respond to Page Six\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>News broke in August 2025 that the \u201cHorizon\u201d star was <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/02\/celebrity-news\/kevin-costners-new-girlfriend-looks-like-actors-ex-wife-christine-baumgartner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dating Kelly<\/a>, who was previously married to Alec from 2016 to 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Her relationship with Costner made headlines two years after the Golden Globe winner <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/09\/19\/kevin-costner-and-christine-baumgartner-settle-brutal-divorce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">settled his divorce<\/a> from Baumgartner, whom he split from in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The duo <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/article\/who-are-kevin-costner-kids-mothers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">welcomed three children<\/a> \u2014 Cayden, 18, Hayes, 16, and Grace, 15 \u2014 during their time together.<\/p>\n<p>Costner, however, isn\u2019t looking to wed Gores, (pictured above in August 2025), \u201canytime soon.\u201d kellygores\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cHorizon\u201d star was previously married to Christine Baumgartner, (pictured above in March 2022). Getty Images for Vanity Fair<\/p>\n<p>Baumgartner, 51, has since <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/10\/20\/celebrity-news\/christine-baumgartner-marries-josh-connor-a-year-and-a-half-after-kevin-costner-divorce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">married Costner\u2019s former pal Josh O\u2019Connor<\/a> \u2014 and Costner reportedly \u201cremains resentful of the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Us Weekly claimed, \u201cPart of him \u2026 wishes they could have made it work. It stings that she remarried, but he tries not focus on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Oscar winner is reportedly treating 2026 like his \u201credemption year\u201d despite \u201cthe Hollywood sentiment toward [him] changing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A source said, \u201c[He] is kind of in a polite decline mode. \u2026 No one\u2019s blackballing him, but the phone has stopped ringing for leading-man money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baumgartner, with whom Costner welcomed three kids, (pictured above in August 2019), has since remarried. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Costner, pictured above in March 2022, reportedly still feels \u201cresentful\u201d over their 2023 splkit. WireImage,<\/p>\n<p>Costner, notably, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/10\/08\/entertainment\/kevin-costner-and-yellowstone-co-star-got-into-heated-physical-altercation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">made headlines for confrontational behavior<\/a> on the \u201cYellowstone\u201d set before he was written off the show in 2024 \u2014 and he is being <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/05\/28\/celebrity-news\/kevin-costner-sued-over-alleged-violent-unscripted-rape-scene-by-horizon-2-stunt-double\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sued over an allegedly violent unscripted rape scene<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/06\/26\/entertainment\/horizon-an-american-saga-chapter-1-review-kevin-costner-quit-yellowstone-for-this\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his \u201cHorizon\u201d Western<\/a>, which flopped.<\/p>\n<p>The filmmaker, who <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/20\/entertainment\/kevin-costner-reacts-to-lawsuit-over-horizon-2-rape-scene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called the claims \u201cfalse\u201d<\/a> and \u201cdisappointing,\u201d has \u201ca lot in the works\u201d these days, another insider told Us Weekly. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe knows he\u2019ll have a comeback but would never call it that. 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