Olivia Wilde Understand Why People Keep Asking About Don’t Worry Darling

Olivia Wilde has starred in three of the most provocative movies this year, and she wants you to know that her Don’t Worry Darling drama is the least interesting thing about her. She told The New York Times about the rumors surrounding the film’s behind-the-scenes drama, where, at her “rock bottom,” she was separating from her ex and the father of her two kids, Jason Sudeikis. While she acknowledged that the scale of her heartbreak and criticism is something most people don’t experience, she broke it down to the bare bones of it all: a separation between two parents. “For me, the real heartbreak has nothing to do with public scrutiny or anything in the media. I went through a rupture in my own life,” she explained. “I went through a separation that was incredibly heartbreaking. So to go through that and then to avoid dealing with the real pain of what was happening to then launch into a movie in Covid, that’s an insane thing to do. All of that personal stuff being warped and twisted and used in this public way, that’s the part that’s specific to this industry.”

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She found frustration in talking about parts of her life that happened four years ago but understood how it impacts the stories she tells today — The Invite follows a married couple who’s staying together for the sake of their daughter. Wilde added, “The crazy thing is, that was four years ago, and it is the least interesting thing about me. And yet I find myself having to talk about it over and over again. The annoying thing is that we could have a conversation about so many things, and the pull quotes and headlines will be about the past. That’s the part that bums me out.”

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