[post_page_title]The media ruins everything[/post_page_title]
Joan Lunden reported that Costner had apparently pulled out all the stops taking her out on their first date. She described how he organized a yacht to take them around the harbor in New York City, and they had dinner on the boat.
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She said that the date had been “quite romantic and quite beautiful.” However, it was not enough to just have beautiful dates with a charming actor, and the pressure from the media abruptly ended the relationship.