Kevin Costner’s Filming Schedule Blamed for ‘Surprise’ Divorce Filing by Christine Baumgartner

Kevin Costner and his wife Christine Baumgartner announced an “unpleasant surprise” to all. The couple are getting divorced.

According to People, Kevin Costner’s demanding work schedule was difficult for his wife Christine to deal with. Christine filed for divorce last week according to the news reports.

“Christine wants them to spend family time at their Santa Barbara home. During filming, Kevin is not around very much. His absence has been very hard for her.” According to people

“Christine doesn’t want him to throw himself into another project. He has been obsessed with filming Horizon since last year. She wasn’t happy about it.” they added.

“Kevin hasn’t been home very much for quite some time due to filming, the popularity of Yellowstone, and the time necessary for his other projects. He has been in demand,” according to an entertainment source.

“All of this success and excitement over the new project probably took his attention away from his family more than he realized. Since it didn’t look like that would change and likely could get worse, it caused tension at home,” the entertainment source added.

Christine had filed for divorce from Kevin last week and the couple were together for 18 years.