MAKING UP for LOST TIME !

SUDDENLY HOLLYWOOD'S MOST ELIGIBLE BACHELOR AT AGE 70, KEVIN COSTNER HAS QUIETLY REENTERED THE DATING SCENE.

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THE headlines were breathless. On April 21, Kevin Costner was spotted having lunch with a “mystery woman” in L.A. The newly divorced star, dapper in a half-zip sweater, slim-cut pants and shades, was a gentleman, holding the door for his date. Of course, the 70-year-old’s “date” turned out to be his assistant. But that doesn’t mean the Oscar winner hasn't been on the prowl — or that women haven't been lining up to date him (we see you, Kristin Cavallari!). “Right now, he’s making up for lost time and letting friends introduce him to women and flirting up a storm with any gal who shows interest in him,” an insider tells Star. “Becoming single again at his age has taken a bit of adjustment, to put it mildly. It’s taken him a while to get back into that dating mindset.”

CONFIDENCE DESTROYED

No wonder. The Yellowstone star was caught off guard when his wife of 18 years, Christine Baumgartner, 51, filed for divorce in May 2023. The longtime couple, who share three kids—Cayden, 18, Hayes, 16, and Grace, 14—cited “irreconcilable differences” and requested joint custody in separate filings. (In addition to his younger children, Kevin's also father to Annie, 41, Lily, 38, Joe, 37, and Liam, 29, from previous relationships.)