In a new cover story for Variety , the 38-year-old actress and director addressed the April incident in which she was handed an envelope in Manila by a woman in the front row at CinemaCon, interrupting a screening of Wilde’s upcoming film Don’t Worry My Love. to theater exhibitors at a ticketed industry event. The file was initially reported to contain a script and was later revealed to hold legal documents related to her custody dispute with ex-partner Jason Sudeikis. Wilde and his co-star Ted Lasso, who dated from 2011 to 2020 and were once engaged, have two young children, eight and five. Shortly after the delivery, a representative for Sudeikis said the actor had no idea the cards would be served in such a public forum, in front of industry insiders at the star-studded convention in Las Vegas. “Mr Sudeikis had no prior knowledge of the time or place of delivery of the file as this would be entirely up to the service provider involved and he would never condone serving it in such an inappropriate manner,” the spokesperson told Deadline. . “It was my workplace,” Wilde told Variety of the incident, without naming Sudeikis. “In any other workplace, it would be considered assault. It was really upsetting. It shouldn’t have been. There was a huge security breach, which is really scary. The obstacles you had to go through to get into this room with lots of badges, as well as special Covid tests that had to be done days in advance which gave you wristbands that were necessary to gain access to the event – this was something that required forethought .” Wilde continued her presentation holding the envelope, marked “personal and confidential.” “I hated that this nastiness was distracting from the work of so many different people and the studio that I was representing up there,” she said of her introduction to Don’t Worry Darling, her first film since her directorial debut at Booksmart in 2019. “Trying to sabotage that was really mean. But I had a job to do. I’m not easily distracted.” He added: “But, you know, unfortunately, it wasn’t something that was a complete surprise to me. I mean, there’s a reason I left that relationship.” Olivia Wilde, Jason Sudeikis and kids. Photo: Presley Ann/WireImage A judge recently ruled in Wilde’s favor that their children reside in California, not New York, as Sudeikis requested. According to Variety, Wilde, who is currently dating pop star and Don’t Worry Darling actor Harry Styles, now splits her time between Los Angeles and the UK, where she first moved a few years ago while Sudeikis was filming Ted Lasso. “The only people who suffered were my children, because they would have to see this, and they would never have to know that it happened,” she said. “For me, it was horrible, but the victims were an eight-year-old and a five-year-old, and that’s really sad.” “I chose to be an actor. I willingly entered the limelight,” he added. “But it’s not something my kids asked for. And when my children are drawn into it, it’s deeply painful.” Wilde also denied reports of an alleged pay discrepancy between Styles and Don’t Worry Darling co-star Florence Pugh, saying there was “absolutely no validity” to such claims. (The website that first reported the alleged pay disparity, Showbiz Galore, cited no source or provided any support for its report, which claimed Pugh earned $700,000 of Styles’ $2.5 million.) “The absurdity of the contrived clickbait and the subsequent backlash about a non-existent pay gap between our lead actors and our supporting actors really upset me,” Wilde said. “I’m a woman who’s been in this business for over 20 years and it’s something I’ve fought for myself and others, especially as a director.” Don’t Worry Darling, a 1950s thriller starring Wilde, is set to premiere at this year’s Venice Film Festival. The director revealed that she decided to delay her upcoming third feature, Perfect, which was due to go into production this summer, to spend more time with her children. “It became clear to me that this year was a time for me to be a stay-at-home mom,” she said. “It wasn’t the year for me to be in a set, which is all inclusive. It was time to take a break and devote myself to the children when I have them.” Perfect, a ’90s biopic starring Thomasin Mackenzie as Olympic gold medalist Kerri Strug, has returned to retooling to better reflect recent developments with the USA Gymnastics sexual abuse scandal. First announced in 2020.
