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Kevin Costner claimed he can’t afford his estranged wife’s hefty child support demands now that he’s no longer on the hit show “Yellowstone.”
Christine Baumgartner is requesting Costner pay her $248,000 per month — but the “Field of Dreams” star responded that she has an inaccurate picture of his finances.
“I will earn substantially less in 2023 than I did in 2022. This is because I am no longer under contract for Yellowstone, the principal source of my income last year,” Costner, 68, stated in documents filed this week and obtained by Us Weekly.
Paramount Network announced in May that “Yellowstone” would end with its fifth season.
Costner, who portrayed patriarch John Dutton since the series premiered in 2018, claimed that Baumgartner’s assessment of his finances were inaccurate as his earnings are “variable and can change quite dramatically” each year, according to the documents.
Calling Baumgartner’s request 6-figure request “astonishing,” Costner added that he can’t “afford to pay those amounts and pay my living and business expenses without liquidating assets.”
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The “Hidden Figures” actor, who shares children Cayden 16, Hayden 14, and Grace, 13, with Baumgartner, also noted that the model said she “understood” that this upcoming year would be “a difficult year financially.”
Baumgartner, 49, filed for divorce from Costner in early May after 18 years of marriage. The split quickly became acrimonious, with the Oscar-winning actor claiming Baumgartner was refusing to move out of their marital home.
The former TV host fired back claiming Costner had no “legal basis” to evict her — but a month later agreed to move out only if he agreed to cough up more money — leading to her nearly $250,000 monthly payday request.
The “Dances With Wolves” star claimed her enormous child support payment would go toward her plastic surgery — not the children.
Shortly thereafter, Baumgartner was photographed with her kids skipping town, presumably to escape the divorce drama.
