Olivia Wilde Claps Back At Wendy Williams Calling Her The ‘Worst Mother’: It ‘Broke Her Heart’

Olivia Wilde, 38, bared her psyche successful a caller interview. The Don’t Worry Darling manager graced the cover of Vanity Fair for its October contented and opened up astir her feelings connected Wendy Williams, 58, calling Olivia the “worst mother” backmost successful February 2021. The histrion told the outlet that the clip of Wendy making those comments “broke” her bosom and that she does not “care deeply” astir the speech amusement host’s opinion, but alternatively she cares astir the audience’s reaction.

Olivia Wilde (L) clapped backmost astatine Wendy Williams (R) for her remark astir her arsenic a mom. (Shutterstock)

The Booksmart manager told Vanity Fair, “It broke my heart, not due to the fact that I attraction profoundly astir the sentiment of Wendy Williams, but the applause from the assemblage made maine sick. I was like, ‘Why are these women uncovering pleasance successful this moment? Is it due to the fact that it someway makes them consciousness amended astir their lives, judgments, and choices without ever wondering wherefore I mightiness person made those choices?’” She besides added that not galore radical cognize the existent ins and outs of her idiosyncratic life. “I conscionable retrieve that cipher knows my backstage beingness but my precise small, trusted circle,” she said. “And my self-worth tin successful nary mode beryllium connected to perception, due to the fact that that’s conscionable a losing battle.”

During the February 2021 episode, Wendy talked astir Olivia’s split from her former-boyfriend, Jason Sudeikis, 46, and her new romance with popular star, Harry Styles, 28. At the time, Wendy said, “Olivia, you’re going to look similar the worst parent that’s ever done it, similar erstwhile they spot that footage, ‘You near dada [Jason] for Harry?’ Harry’s going to permission you- ohio sorry. He’s young like, ‘She’s my boss. She’s directing my movie. You cognize we’ll beforehand it. Wendy volition speech astir it. As soon arsenic the movie’s done I’m going backmost with a young miss my ain age.’ But she’s hot, though. She’s hot. But not blistery capable to sacrifice your youth.” Olivia and Jason were engaged for a full of 7 years earlier calling it quits successful aboriginal 2020, a root confirmed to PEOPLE in November that year.

Olivia Wilde graces the screen of ‘Vanity Fair’ for the October issue. (Emma Summerton/Vanity Fair)

The erstwhile personage mates stock two children together: girl Daisy Josephine Sudeikis, 5, and lad Otis Sudeikis, 8. Drama surrounding the custody of their children broke backmost successful April, erstwhile Jason had Olivia served with custody papers portion she was connected signifier astatine CinemaCon successful Las Vegas. She told Variety for the Venice Film Festival contented that she was not amazed by Jason’s actions. “But, you know, sadly, it was not thing that was wholly astonishing to me,” she said successful part. “I mean, there’s a crushed I near that relationship.”

And contempt Olivia attempting to emergence supra the idiosyncratic drama, it seems that it has lone followed her into the property tally for the film, Don’t Worry Darling, which premiered astatine the Venice International Film Festival connected Sept. 5. From radical claiming that Harry spit connected his costar, Chris Pine, 42, to the continuous online alleged play astir Olivia and the film’s star, Florence Pugh, 26, it is wide that the online sleuths emotion to disturbance the pot!

However, Olivia did shutdown the rumors astir her and Florence’s reported feud. The 38-year-old told VF’s Julie Miller that it is “very uncommon that radical presume the champion from women successful power,” and added that, “Florence did the occupation I hired her to do, and she did it exquisitely. She blew maine away. Every time I was successful awe of her, and we worked precise good together.” Olivia besides told the outlet that she simply had nary clip to beryllium distracted by online play and called the full concern “laughable.”