Kevin Costner has revealed what he is looking for in a woman, after denying rumors he was dating Jewel.
The 69-year-old movie star finalized his divorce with his second wife Christine Baumgartner in February after a bitter legal battle.
However he recently declared that he is ‘not going to let anything harden my heart’ and remains open to finding love again.
Now, he has finally disclosed the sort of relationship he wants to have – and the type of person with whom he hopes to have it.
The star – who has seven children – shared that he is hoping to find a ‘person who wants to be loved, and they want to be, you know…feel like they’re at their very best. And that love helps that and doesn’t hinder it,’ in an interview with Fox News.
Costner, who was married to his first wife Cindy Silva for 16 years and Baumgartner for 18 years, remarked: ‘I had two unique relationships.’
Last week, he shot down rumors on The Howard Stern Showthat he has dated Jewel.
Kevin insisted they were ‘friends’ who had ‘never gone out ever.’
Costner and Jewel ignited speculation about the nature of their relationship when they spent this past Thanksgiving together.
They then poured fuel on the conjecture when they were seen at a charity event in the British Virgin Islands near the end of last year.
As for falling in love again, he said that he ‘[loves] the idea of that possibility’ in his People cover story published last week.
When asked about how he has been navigating life after his ex filed for divorce in May 2023 after nearly 20 years of marriage, he replied: ‘You just do it.’
‘You just keep talking, you keep coaching [the kids], you keep interested in what they’re interested in,’ he continued. ‘I had to.’
The father of seven — who shares sons Cayden, 17, Hayes, 15, and 14-year-old daughter Grace with Baumgartner — also added that he is hopeful of finding love again.
‘Yeah, I think everybody would like to be in love,’ said the three-time Golden Globe winner — who also has four adult children: Annie, 40, Lily, 37, Joe, 36, and Liam, 27.
‘There’s such a good feeling that’s associated with that,’ he continued.
‘It may have to be defined in a different way,’ he added. ‘But yeah, I love the idea of that possibility.’
Meanwhile, he has been channeling his passion into Horizon: An American Saga, the debut movie in his upcoming four-part Western epic.
Horizon: An American Saga is a film directed and produced by as well as starring himself in a screenplay he co-wrote. The movie opens in theaters on June 28.
He fronted $38 million of his own money and mortgaged property to help fund the film, but he shared his excitement for his life.
‘I’ve had an incredibly unusual — and, for the most part, beautiful — life,’ Costner said.
‘I’ve taken some really big bites out of life, and life has taken some really big ones out of me, and I’ve never let it harden me and I’m not going to,’ he added.
He also said that his top priority remains with his kids.
‘It’s really about the children,’ the actor and filmmaker says. ‘I am still teaching my kids. And by the way, I’m still learning.’
In his cover story, he insisted that they aren’t dating amid the rampant romance rumors.
‘No, Jewel and I are friends,’ he told People. ‘We’ve never gone out ever.’
Costner also added: ‘She’s special, and I don’t want — I don’t want these rumors to ruin our friendship because that’s what we have. She’s special to me. She’s beautiful enough to go out with.’
He then explained how the rumors began when he visited Sir Richard Branson’s Necker Island for a charity event Jewel was involved in.
Recalling how he became friends with Jewel, Costner recalled: ‘Richard Branson had been asking me for years to come down to Necker Island, and so I finally did.
‘I’m divorced all of a sudden. I’m a single father, and he’s ask me for, you know, 10 years to come down there. I said, “Well, I guess I’ll go down.”‘
On his friendship with Jewel, he added: ‘She was somebody I just had some tremendous conversations with, and along with Emma [Watson].
‘I was on [the plane] with nine people and, I don’t want the press to ruin this for us, because I’ve had conversations with her, text wise and she’s so smart, and she’s been through a lot herself, and so we have a friendship.
‘We don’t have a romance, and we’ve not dated,’ he added. ‘She’s beautiful and smart enough for all those things.’
Costner has been going through a bitter divorce battle from Baumgartner since their split in May 2023, while Jewel was previously married to rodeo champion Ty Murray.