Kevin Costner Opens Up About Finding Love After Years of the Single Life
When it comes to his love life, Kevin Costner has been through it all. He’s dealt with falling in love, heartbreak, deception, infidelity, and divorce. These days, however, it seems as though the actor has finally found the woman who has caused him to change his ways. While he once embraced the single life and struggled to remain faithful to any of his romantic encounters, Costner is now quite the family man with a loving wife and several children. Things weren’t always this way, though, Costner went through quite the journey to get to where he is today.
Savoring The Single Life
It’s been a wild ride for Kevin Costner. After going through a rough divorce right when his career was taking off, the Dances with Wolves actor spent years trying to find that one special someone.
Costner spent most of the ’90s enjoying the single life, dating girl after girl with little time in between, ultimately earning himself a reputation as an A-list womanizer. Now, however, it seems that the Hollywood actor has changed his ways.
A One-Woman Man
Kevin Costner’s wild and unpredictable lifestyle has led him to become the subject of numerous tabloid headlines and Hollywood rumors. While he has never been shy when it comes to admitting his wrongdoings, Costner has kept quiet regarding certain aspects of his personal life.
Believe it or not, before all the fame and fortune, Costner was once a one-woman man, happily married to his college sweetheart. However, with success came the temptations of being a celebrity, some of which he simply couldn’t resist…
His First Love
Kevin Costner first met Cindy Silva while the two were college students attending California State University at Fullerton. “She was beautiful, she was sweet, she was smarter than me,” said Costner in a 1989 interview.
“She represented everything about women that I like.” Costner and Cindy tied the knot in 1978. For several years, the newlyweds were happy together and even had three kids together – Annie, Lily, and Joe. Unfortunately, their relationship wouldn’t stay this way for very long.
Calling It Quits
Not long after Silva worked together with Costner on his critically-acclaimed film Dances With Wolves, rumors began to emerge regarding infidelity on Costner’s side. The two did what they could to keep their marriage afloat, but eventually decided to call it quits.
In 1994, Cindy and Kevin announced their divorce in a statement which read, “After 16 years together, we are ending our marriage. We have amicably resolved all issues regarding our children and financial affairs and a full marital settlement has been reached.”