Olivia Wilde Slams ‘Horses–t Idea’ She Left Jason Sudeikis for Harry Styles: We Had a ‘Very Bumpy Road’

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After speculation about the timing of Olivia Wilde and Harry Styles’ style on-set romance, the Booksmart director is telling her side of the story.“The complete horses–t idea that I left Jason [Sudeikis] for Harry is completely inaccurate,” Wilde, 38, told Vanity Fair in an interview published on Thursday, September 8. “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.”The New York native and the Ted Lasso star, 46, started dating in 2011 before they got engaged nearly two years later.

The pair — who share son Otis, 8, and daughter Daisy, 5 — announced their split in November 2020.“We were raising two kids during lockdown, so we coparented through that time,” Wilde told the magazine. “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.”After the pair’s split, Wilde eventually moved on with the 28-year-old “Sweet Creature” crooner after they connected on the set of Don’t Worry Darling, which Wilde directed.“I have that piece of notebook paper where I had written my top three ideas.

Harry was the first one and it was circled a bunch of times,” the O.C. alum told Vanity Fair of her interest in casting Styles after Shia LaBeouf left the project. “Then I’d written in another pen on another day, like, ‘Unavailable.