Olivia Wilde is setting the narrative straight for the umpteenth time.
The “Don’t Worry Darling” director and actress is on the cover of Elle’s November issue and opened up about the parenting rumors that she can’t seem to shake.
In recent months, especially leading up to the premiere of ‘DWD,’ Wilde has faced major backlash about her role as a mother, director, and intimate partner.
Olivia Wilde Sets The Narrative Straight About Her Role As A Mother
The actress has two children, Otis (8) and Daisy (5) with Jason Sudeikis from their seven-year relationship.
Following their breakup in November 2020, Wilde moved on with Harry Styles in January 2021.
Of course, the rumor began churning and infidelity on Wilde’s part became the narrative. She was also seen yachting in Italy with Styles in the months after and her kids were nowhere in sight.
This has led many to believe she’s an absent mother.
Wilde Is Not A Mom Who Would Leave Her Kids In A Hot Car
“I share custody of my kids with my ex,” she started off. “If I’m photographed not with my kids, people assume I have abandoned them, like my kids are just somewhere in a hot car without me. The suggestion is that I have abandoned my role as a mother.”
Well, Wilde has a reason we never seen her with her children.
“You know why you don’t see me with my kids? Because I don’t let them get photographed,” she stated. “Do you know the lengths that I go to to protect my kids from being seen by you?”
Wilde has been very vocal about her thoughts on her ex-fiancé, and she explained to Variety that her two young children are among the many reasons why she left Sudeikis.
Upon realizing they would be better parents apart from one another, Wilde had an open and honest conversation with her kids.
“They understand the concept of making decisions to protect yourself and to live an authentic, happy life. They really do. I evolved a lot between when I was 27 and 35,” she admitted. “I found myself as a director. And I think I found myself as an individual. And sometimes when you evolve, you evolve out of relationships that were based on an earlier version of yourself.”
She also recently appeared on the October cover of Vanity Fair.
In the cover issue she opened up about her previous relationship and once again took a big dump on Sudeikis.
Olivia Thinks The Idea She Cheated is “Complete Horses**t”
“The complete horses**t idea that I left Jason for Harry is completely inaccurate,” she told the publication. “Our relationship was over long before I met Harry.”
Wilde suggested there had been trouble in their relationship for months leading up to 2020.
“Like any relationship that ends, it doesn’t end overnight. Unfortunately, Jason and I had a very bumpy road, and we officially dissolved the relationship towards the beginning of the pandemic (March 2020),” she said. “We were raising two kids during lockdown, so we co-parented through that time. Once it became clear that cohabitating was no longer beneficial for the children, it became the responsible thing to not, because we could be better parents as friends who live in different houses.”
In an interview with Variety she explained “there was a reason” why she left the relationship with the “Ted Lasso” star.
She reiterated the same sentiment in her VF interview.
In April, Sudeikis had someone serve Wilde with custody papers while she was presenting onstage at CinemaCon
“So many people were shocked on my behalf,” she said. “Unfortunately, I wasn’t that shocked. There’s a reason that I didn’t stay in that relationship. Unfortunately, that was consistent with my experience of the relationship. So I was probably the least shocked. But I was also deeply saddened by it—and disturbed by it in lots of ways…. “
Sudeikis claims he had no clue she would be served in such a public manner, but Wilde has called and continues to call his BS.
“I know it took an extraordinary amount of energy [for the server] to get in that room. It took a tremendous amount of forethought. And I will tell you, there are so many other ways to do that,” Wilde explained. “I am not someone who lives in hiding. If that experience hadn’t been public, I never would have spoken of it, because I never would want my kids to know that happened. Unfortunately, they will know that happened.”
