COSTNER DREADING HOLIDAY SHOWDOWN!

CURMUDGEONLY Kevin Costner avoids former wife Christine Baumgartner like the plague since their ugly September 2023 divorce -and the temperamental TV cowboy is getting hot under the collar about having to once again navigate the holiday season with his baby mama ex, sources spill.

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The former Yellowstone stud, 69, is especially uneasy over the prospect of coming face-to-face with 50-year-old Christine's financier beau - his ex-pal Josh Connor, tipsters dish.

"He's the last person Kevin wants to lay eyes on," an insider squeals.

"Kevin can't stand the thought of spending time and breaking bread with Christine after everything she put him through."