Olivia Wilde Tries To Backtrack On Previous ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ Sex Scene Comments But The Internet Never Forgets

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Olivia Wilde recently gave an interview about her movie “Don’t Worry Darling” that appears to be at odds with earlier comments she’s made about the film’s erotic sex scenes.

As BuzzFeed News points out, Wilde has made numerous remarks in various interviews over the past few months focusing on the importance of the sex scenes. “I kept saying, ‘Why isn’t there any good sex in film anymore?’” Olivia told Vogue last December. READ MORE: 40 Members Of ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ Crew Issue Statement Refuting Rumoured ‘Screaming Match’ Between Florence Pugh & Olivia Wilde “I think it’s integral to the story itself and how the audience is meant to connect to them,” she said of the sex scenes while speaking with Variety.

She doubled down in an interview with Associated Press, decrying the “lack of eroticism in American film” while lamenting that the Motion Picture Association — which sets ratings for movies — forced her to cut sex scenes from the trailer. “I mean, people are upset with me already over this.

I think it’s a testament to the film. We want to be provocative. The idea is not to make you feel safe,” she explained. READ MORE: Olivia Wilde ‘Upset’ Over Sex Acts Being Cut From ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ Trailer In the midst of those interviews, however, star Florence Pugh took an opposing viewpoint, which she expressed in an interview with Harper’s Bazaar complaining about the hypersexualized way that “Don’t Worry Darling” was being marketed. “When it’s reduced to your sex scenes, or to watch the most famous man in the world go down on someone, it’s not why we do it.