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Kevin Costner has insisted he and Jewel are simply mates.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
After months of hypothesis, the actor lastly shut down the rumours on The Howard Stern Present on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
“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.”<\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
“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. <\/p>\n
“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.” <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
Kevin break up from Christine Baumgartner, his spouse of virtually 20 years, in 2023 and their divorce was finalised in February.<\/p>\n