Kevin Costner has insisted he and Jewel are simply mates.
The Bodyguard actor was romantically linked to the singer-songwriter in December after TMZ printed pictures of Kevin wrapping his arms round Jewel’s waist throughout an occasion on Richard Branson’s Necker Island within the British Virgin Islands.
After months of hypothesis, the actor lastly shut down the rumours on The Howard Stern Present on Tuesday.
“Jewel and I are mates – we have by no means gone out, ever,” he insisted. “She’s particular, and I do not need these rumours to wreck our friendship as a result of that is what we now have.”
He went on to elucidate that he and Jewel had been a part of a gaggle of 9 folks – together with Harry Potter star Emma Watson – who spent three days on the non-public island in December.
“I obtained on a aircraft with 9 folks – Jewel was considered one of them. She was someone I simply had some super conversations with,” he continued.
“The hearsay was I went down there on a non-public aircraft along with her, I went again on a non-public aircraft (however) I used to be on with 9 folks. I do not need the press to wreck this for us as a result of I’ve had conversations along with her text-wise and he or she’s so sensible and he or she’s been by means of rather a lot herself and so we now have a friendship, we do not have a romance and we have not dated. She’s stunning and sensible sufficient for all these issues, it simply has by no means occurred for us.”
The 69-year-old, who has seven kids, added that he is needed to clarify the rumours to his kids as a result of they’ve requested the place Jewel is.
Kevin break up from Christine Baumgartner, his spouse of virtually 20 years, in 2023 and their divorce was finalised in February.
