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\tThis past April, Olivia Wilde was excited to introduce her upcoming movie, \u201cDon’t Worry Darling,\u201d to theater exhibitors at CinemaCon, a ticketed industry convention.<\/p>\n

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\tWilde was onstage and ready to show the first footage from her second directorial project, a psychological thriller starring Florence Pugh and Harry Styles. Suddenly, she was handed a mysterious manila envelope, which was first reported to have had a script inside \u2014 soon after, it was reported that the contents of the envelope were actually child custody papers from each former partner, Jason Sudeikis.<\/p>\n

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\tAt the time, Sudeikis declined having anything to do with the incident, stating he had no prior knowledge that Wilde would be served at the event.<\/p>\n

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\t\u201cPapers were drawn up to establish jurisdiction relating to the children of Ms. Wilde and Mr. Sudeikis,\u201d a statement read on behalf of Sudeikis. \u201cMr. Sudeikis had no prior knowledge of the time or place that the envelope would have been delivered as this would solely be up to the process service company involved and he would never condone her being served in such an inappropriate manner.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\tNow, Wilde speaks about the CinemaCon incident for the first time. <\/p>\n

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\tIn this week’s variety<\/em> cover story, she says it is \u201cdeeply painful\u201d for her children to be involved in a public matter that should have remained private. (Wilde and Sudeikis, who were in a relationship from 2011 to 2020 and previously engaged, share two young children, Otis, 8, and Daisy, 5.)<\/p>\n

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\t\u201cIt was my workplace,\u201d Wilde says, referring to the CinemaCon incident without naming Sudeikis. \u201cIn any other workplace, it would be seen as an attack. 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 that had to be taken days in advance, which gave you wristbands that were necessary to gain access to the event \u2014 this was something that required forethought \u201d <\/p>\n

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\tWilde didn’t miss a beat when she was interrupted by the mysterious envelope, carrying on with her presentation at the Las Vegas convention. <\/p>\n

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\t\u201cI hated that this nastiness distracted from the work of so many different people and the studio that I was up there representing,\u201d Wilde says. \u201cTo try to sabotage that was really vicious. But I had a job to do; I’m not easily distracted.\u201d <\/p>\n

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\tShe adds, \u201cBut, you know, sadly, it was not something that was entirely surprising to me. I mean, there’s a reason I left that relationship.\u201d <\/p>\n

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\tA judge recently ruled in Wilde’s favor that California is their children’s home state; not New York for which Sudeikis petitioned. Wilde first moved to London a few years ago with her family because that’s where Sudeikis films \u201cTed Lasso,\u201d and she now splits every time between the UK and LA<\/p>\n

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\t\u201cThe only people who happened were my kids, because they’ll have to see that, and they shouldn’t ever have to know that. For me, it was appalling, but the victims were an 8- and 5-year-old, and that’s really sad,\u201d Wilde says of the CinemaCon incident. \u201cI chose to become an actress; I willingly walked into the spotlight. But it’s not something my children have asked for. And when my kids are dragged into it, it’s deeply painful.\u201d <\/p>\n

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\tIn her cover story, Wilde also reveals to variety <\/em>that she made the decision to push back her next directorial project, \u201cPerfect,\u201d which was originally supposed to be in production this summer. Wilde says she realized this was not the right time to be away from her children with the long hours on-set that are required of a director.<\/p>\n

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\t\u201cPerfect\u201d is a 1990s-set biopic about Olympic gold medalist Kerri Strug, who will be played by Thomasin McKenzie. The Searchlight Pictures movie was first announced in 2020.<\/p>\n

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\tWilde says that the movie recently went back into re-development, so that the script could be re-worked to reflect all that’s transpired with the USA Gymnastics sex-abuse scandal, which involved hundreds of victims and resulted in brave testimony from Olympians like Aly Raisman and Simone Biles. The film will still be based in the ’90s and not in current times, but is being further developed to better portray the characters involved in USA Gymnastics, with all that has come to light over the past few years.<\/p>\n

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\tWith the film going back into development, Wilde decided that she also needed a break. \u201cIt became clear to me that this year was a time for me to be a stay-at-home mom,\u201d she says. \u201cIt was not the year for me to be on a set, which is totally all-encompassing. It was time for me to pause and devote myself to the kids when I have them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\tOf her two children, Wilde says, \u201cThey are my world\u2026 They are my best friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n