Olivia Wilde makes surprising admission about co-parenting with Jason Sudeikis after bitter split

See more of our coverage in your search results. Olivia Wilde made a rare comment about her co-parenting relationship with ex Jason Sudeikis in a new interview, and admitted that it’s harder than it may seem. “I really take pride in how good we are at co-parenting our kids in my family. We have reached this healthy equilibrium. It’s so hard,” Wilde, 42, told the New York Times in an interview published Saturday. “Anyone who pretends it’s easy — like, ‘Oh, you just consciously uncouple, and then you find a way’ — that’s BS. I feel relieved that I’m able to give them a life with parents where there’s a real sense of authenticity in terms of how everyone’s feeling and doing,” she explained. Olivia Wilde made a rare comment about her co-parenting relationship with ex Jason Sudeikis. The two are seen above in 2019. Getty Images for iHeartMedia The exes share two kids, son Otis Alexander, 12, and daughter Daisy Josephine, 10. The family is pictured above in February 2020. John Photography / Shutterstock The two share two children together — son Otis Alexander, 12, and daughter Daisy Josephine, 10. During the interview, Wilde shared that kids are more perceptive than they may let on, especially when it comes to divorce. “When you’re trying to hide it from your kids, they sense it. They’re the most intuitive people in the house. And then people start to feel, like, What is real? Because I can tell that something’s being performed for me. I wouldn’t wish that on anyone,” the “Don’t Worry Darling” star admitted. The two have come together in the past to watch their son’s soccer games. The exes are seen here in 2023. / SplashNews.com The couple, seen above in 2018, split in 2020. Getty Images for Veuve Clicquot She also admitted that it can make you feel like a “failure” when your relationship doesn’t work out, and called her split one of the most “painful decisions” that she’d ever had to make. “It feels like a failure when you can’t make a relationship work, particularly if it’s with the person you have children with,” Wilde said. “…That is by far the most difficult, painful decision I’ve ever made in my life, to understand that it was not better for my kids to live in a house where their parents were not aligned.” Wilde shared that she and her ex are actually quite good co-parents. Sudeikis is seen above with their two children in July. Variety via Getty Images Wilde shared what her breaking point in the relationship was during a podcast appearance over the summer. The two are seen above in 2020. WireImage Wilde and Sudeikis were never married, but were engaged for seven years. They split in 2020, and later entered a very contentious custody dispute. The director was infamously served legal papers from Sudeikis while on stage at CinemaCon in April 2022. A source told Page Six at the time that Wilde was mortified. “It seemed unthinkable to her, and it took a moment to set in, but as mortifying as it was, she did not want to give a reaction,” the insider explained. “I really take pride in how good we are at co-parenting our kids in my family. We have reached this healthy equilibrium. It’s so hard,” Wilde told the NYT of their co-parenting relationship. WireImage Wilde admitted that the couple barely knew each other by the end of their relationship. They are pictured above in 2019. Getty Images Want more celebrity and pop culture news? Start your day with Page Six Daily. Thanks for signing up! A year later, in 2023, the former couple settled the bitter battle. The “Ted Lasso” star agreed to pay Wilde $27,500 per month in child support. During a June appearance on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast this summer, Wilde revealed the final breaking point in her relationship with Sudeikis. She explained that the two had largely grown apart, but things really came to a head when they were driving home from a birthday party her friends had thrown for her. The two come together for their children’s special events. / SplashNews.com “He said, ‘What would I get you, Olivia? I don’t know you,'” Wilde recalled, as the two are pictured with their child last summer. “And he wasn’t wrong. We didn’t know each other anymore.” BACKGRID The “Booksmart” director asked her now-ex if he had gotten her a present, and received a surprising answer. “He said, ‘What would I get you Olivia? I don’t know you,'” Wilde recalled. “And he wasn’t wrong. We didn’t know each other anymore.” “That was when we realized it was over, and it was f****ng tough. It brought us to the place of, like, ‘OK, this is done. We’re going to end this,'” she said. 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