Tired of the constant speculation and rumors floating around, Olivia Wilde says her ended relationship with Jason Sudeikis had nothing to do with Harry Styles.
So, Wilde is setting the record straight once and for all by speaking out.
In a new cover story for Vanity Fair‘s October issue, Wilde, 38, spoke candidly about Harry Styles and how her relationship with ex Jason Sudeikis had ended before she and the musician got together.
“The complete horses idea that I left Jason for Harry is completely inaccurate,” Wilde said about rumors that she had left her ex-fiancé, 46, to date Styles, 28. “Our relationship was over long before I met Harry.”
“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 COVID-19 pandemic,” she continued. “We were raising two kids during lockdown, so we co-parented through that time.”
Wilde added, “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.”
Wilde and Sudeikis began dating in 2011 and were engaged for several years. In November 2020 the couple had officially called it quits on their relationship.
“The split happened at the beginning of the year,” a source close to the couple said. “It’s been amicable and they’ve transitioned into a great co-parenting routine. The children are the priority and the heart of the family’s relationship.”
While the pair have been embroiled in a legal battle pertaining to where they will parent their children, daughter Daisy, 5, and son Otis, 8, Wilde told Vanity Fair that her two kids understand her situation with Sudeikis because she is “very up front” with them about it.
“They understand the concept of making decisions to protect yourself and to live an authentic, happy life. They really do,” she explained.
“I evolved a lot between when I was 27 and 35. I found myself as a director. And I think I found myself as an individual,” Wilde continued. “And sometimes when you evolve, you evolve out of relationships that were based on an earlier version of yourself.”
Sudeikis previously served Wilde custody papers onstage in the middle of a CinemaCon presentation back in April. Months later, Wilde successfully filed to dismiss Sudeikis’ New York petition for custody of their two children.
Wilde accused Sudeikis of embarrassing her professionally and said his method of delivery was aggressive.
Sudeikis reiterated in his own filing, that he did not intend for Wilde to receive the papers onstage at CinemaCon, but instead requested that they be served at Heathrow Airport and that plans to serve them at the hotel she was staying at for CinemaCon in Las Vegas went awry.
“I understand that the process server had only done her job; however, I deeply regret what happened,” said Sudeikis. “Olivia’s talk was an important event for Olivia, both professionally and personally, and I am very, very sorry that the incident marred her special moment.”
