Olivia Wilde says rumors she left Jason Sudeikis for Harry Styles are 'completely inaccurate': 'Our relationship was over long before I met Harry'
- Olivia Wilde disputed rumors that she left her ex-fiancé, Jason Sudeikis, for Harry Styles.
- Sudeikis said he and Wilde split in November 2020. Wilde was spotted with Styles two months later.
Olivia Wilde disputed rumors that she "left" her ex-fiancé Jason Sudeikis for Harry Styles in a new interview with Vanity Fair.
Wilde and Styles became romantically linked in January 2021, two months after Wilde and Sudeikis, who share two kids, split and ended their engagement in November 2020. This led to internet speculation about whether there was an overlap between the two relationships.
"The complete horseshit idea that I left Jason for Harry is completely inaccurate," Wilde told Vanity Fair. "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 pandemic."
Wilde said that problems started to appear between her and Sudeikis after they lived together in lockdown in 2020.
"We were raising two kids during lockdown, so we co-parented through that time," she said. "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 added: "I don't understand the need to create false narratives and drama around this kind of stuff. It's like, haven't the kids been through enough?"
Wilde said she was "very up front" with her children about the situation.
Over the last couple of weeks, Wilde has been at the center of online gossip due to her upcoming film,"Don't Worry Darling," which stars Styles. Wilde and Styles began dating after the pop star joined the film to replace Shia LaBeouf.
Last month, Wilde told Variety that LaBeouf had to be replaced because his "combative energy" was "not conducive to the ethos that I demand in my productions."
LaBeouf, however, claimed to the publication via email that he quit the movie on August 17, 2020, due to insufficient rehearsal time. The "Transformers" actor provided screenshots of texts and a video that he said were sent between him and the director at the time of his exit.
Wilde told Vanity Fair: "This issue is so much more nuanced than can be explained in private texts released out of context. All I'll say is he was replaced, and there was no going forward with him. I wish him the best in his recovery."