Olivia Wilde made a rare comment about her co-parenting relationship with ex Jason Sudeikis in a new interview and admitted it’s harder than it seems.
“I’m really proud of our ability to raise our children in my family. We’ve achieved this healthy balance. It’s so difficult,” Wilde, 42, told the New York Times in an interview published Saturday.
“Anyone who claims it’s easy – like, ‘Oh, you consciously disconnect and then you find a way’ – that’s nonsense. I feel relieved that I can give them a life with parents where there’s a real sense of authenticity in terms of what each person feels and does,” she explained.
The two share two children: son Otis Alexander, 12, and daughter Daisy Josephine, 10.
During the interview, Wilde shared that children are more perceptive than they let on, especially when it comes to divorce.
“When you try to hide it from your kids, they sense it. They’re the most intuitive people in the house. And then people start wondering: What is real? Because I can tell something is being played for me. I wouldn’t wish that on anyone,” the “Don’t Worry Darling” star admitted.
She also admitted that you can feel like a “failure” when your relationship isn’t working, and called her split one of the “most painful decisions” she’s ever had to make.
“It feels like a failure when you can’t make a relationship work, especially if it’s with the person you have kids with,” Wilde said.
“…This is by far the hardest and most painful decision I have ever made in my life, realizing that it was not best for my children to live in a home where their parents were not aligned. »
Wilde and Sudeikis were never married, but were engaged for seven years. They split in 2020 and later entered into a highly contentious custody dispute.
The director received legal documents from Sudeikis while on stage at CinemaCon in April 2022.
A source told Page Six at the time that Wilde was mortified. “It seemed unthinkable to her, and it took a while to sink in, but as mortifying as it was, she didn’t want to react,” the source explained.
A year later, in 2023, the former couple settled the bitter battle. The “Ted Lasso” star agreed to pay Wilde $27,500 per month in child support.
During a June appearance on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast this summer, Wilde revealed the latest breaking point in his relationship with Sudeikis.
She explained that the two had largely drifted apart, but things really came to a head while they were driving home from a birthday party her friends had thrown for her.
The “Booksmart” director asked his now ex if he gave her a gift and received a surprising response.
“He said, ‘What would I get you, Olivia? I don’t know you,'” Wilde recalled. “And he wasn’t wrong. We didn’t know each other anymore.”
“That’s when we realized it was over, and it was really hard. It made us say, ‘OK, it’s done. We’re going to end it,'” she said.
Currently, Wilde is dating British art dealer Caspar Jopling.
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