- Olivia Wilde spoke about getting served custody papers from ex-fiancé Jason Sudeikis on stage at CinemaCon.
- Wilde told Variety that "it was really upsetting" and wasn't "entirely surprising" to her.
Olivia Wilde reacted to getting served custody papers from ex-fiancé Jason Sudeikis while on stage at CinemaCon in April and called the action "really vicious."
"It was my workplace," Wilde told Variety in a new cover story."In any other workplace, it would be seen as an attack. It was really upsetting. It shouldn't have been able to happen."
Wilde and Sudeikis started dating in 2011, revealed their engagement in 2013, and welcomed two kids together: son Otis Alexander and daughter Daisy Josephine.
In November 2020, People reported that the longtime couple ended their engagement. According to a source that spoke to the publication, the stars had an "amicable" split "at the beginning of the year."
In a cover story for a 2021 issue of GQ, Sudeikis said that he didn't fully understand their breakup.
"I'll have a better understanding of why in a year," he said, "and an even better one in two, and an even greater one in five."
Wilde, who is now dating her "Don't Worry Darling" costar Harry Styles, appeared to be on amicable terms with Sudeikis until her presentation at CinemaCon was interrupted.
The actress-turned-director was on stage at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas speaking about "Don't Worry Darling," which hits theaters on September 23, during the presentation for Warner Bros.
Mid-presentation, she was handed an envelope labeled "personal and confidential" by an unidentified woman wearing a mask.
Deadline later reported that the contents may have been custody papers from Sudeikis.
Variety, citing an anonymous source, reported that although "papers were drawn up" for a custody arrangement, Sudeikis "had no prior knowledge" that Wilde would get served with the papers during her onstage appearance. Insider was not able to independently confirm those details.
"There was a huge breach in security, which is really scary," Wilde told Variety. "The hurdles that you had to jump through to get into that room with several badges, plus special COVID tests that had to be taken days in advance, which gave you wristbands that were necessary to gain access to the event — this was something that required forethought."
Wilde added: "I hated that this nastiness distracted from the work of so many different people and the studio that I was up there representing."
"To try to sabotage that was really vicious," she said. "But I had a job to do; I'm not easily distracted." She adds, "But, you know, sadly, it was not something that was entirely surprising to me. I mean, there's a reason I left that relationship."
Wilde said that her kids, whom she shares joint custody of with Sudeikis, were the "only people who suffered" from the incident.
"They'll have to see that, and they shouldn't ever have to know that happened," she said. "For me, it was appalling, but the victims were an 8 and 5 year-old, and that's really sad. I chose to become an actress; I willingly walked into the spotlight. But it's not something my children have asked for. And when my kids are dragged into it, it's deeply painful."