Jordan Karlesson
Olivia Wilde is finally opening up about her very public split with Jason Sudeikis — and it isn’t pretty.
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The actor/filmmaker says a woman frightened her by serving papers onstage during a ComicCon discussion with Wilde.
In the much-publicized April incident, a woman approached the actor/writer/director, dropped an envelope, and told informed her that they were court papers.
Olivia Wilde didn’t refer to Sudeikis by name in her recent interview with Variety. She called the environment where she received the papers “my workplace” and said it amounted to “an attack.”
“In any other workplace, it would be seen as an attack,” Wilde said. “It was really upsetting. It shouldn’t have been able to happen. There was a huge breach in security, which is really scary. The hurdles that you had to jump through to get into that room with several badges, plus special COVID tests … taken days in advance, which gave you wristbands that were necessary to gain access to the event — this was something that required forethought.”
Deadline reported that the papers related to the custody battle over two children she shares with Sudeikis.
Olivia Wilde Vs. Jason Sudeikis: The History So Far
Wilde and Sudekis’ friendly co-parenting agreement morphed into a nasty fight. The row involves her plans to move to London, home to her new boyfriend, Harry Styles, according to Daily Mail.
In April, Sudeikis’ representatives said he didn’t know that the serving would happen as it did.
“Mr. Sudeikis [didn’t know] the time or place that the envelope would have been delivered as this would solely be up to the process service company involved,” the statement reads. “He would never condone her [receiving the papers] in such an inappropriate manner.”
Meanwhile, Wilde, who split with Sudeikis in 2020 after they had two children, disputes that characterization.
The couple disagree over the children’s permanent home state.
Additionally, Wednesday’s report notes that a judge recently ruled in favor of Wilde. The judge decided that the children’s home state is California — not New York, as Sudeikis argued.
Wilde previously claimed in court documents that Sudekis sought to “embarrass” her. He orchestrated her receiving the papers in the “most aggressive way possible,” Daily Mail reports.
