Exes Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis have a unified mindset about coparenting their two children years after their breakup.
“I really take pride in how good we are at coparenting our kids in my family,” Wilde, 42, told The New York Times in a profile published Saturday, November 14. “We have reached this healthy equilibrium.”
Wilde and Sudeikis, 51, were together from 2011 to 2020, during which period they welcomed son Otis, now 12, and daughter Daisy, now 10. After their breakup, the two actors agreed to share joint custody.
Speaking to The Times, Wilde acknowledged that jointly raising kids is rarely an easy feat.
“It’s so hard. Anyone who pretends it’s easy — like, ‘Oh, you just consciously uncouple, and then you find a way — that’s BS,” The Invite star noted. “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 continued, “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.”
In the six years since Wilde and the Ted Lasso star called it quits, they’ve each been candid about putting Otis and Daisy first.
“I’m a very present mom even when I’m not able to be consistently present. I’m a coparent. I share custody,” Wilde previously said on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast in June. “I am really grateful for the opportunity to have this space when I am completely with my kids, completely engaged with them and they are the focus.”
Olivia Wilde is offering rare insight into how she coparents her two children with her ex-fiancé, Jason Sudeikis. “I’m a very present mom even when I’m not able to be consistently present,” Wilde, 42, said on the Wednesday, June 17, episode of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast. “I’m a coparent. I share custody, and I […]
Wilde further noted how alternating custody affected her parenting plans.
“It’s an interesting thing, like, once you are sharing custody with someone. It shifts the way you think about parenting,” she acknowledged to podcast host Alex Cooper. “I really value the opportunity to be completely present with them and then to hand them to a very capable coparent, very present with them when he’s with them.”
At the time, Wilde stressed that she only tackles new jobs during Sudeikis’ time with Otis and Daisy. The Saturday Night Live alum has similarly praised her efforts.
“I know Olivia loves what she does and is very, very good — and always has been,” Sudeikis said on the “Talk Easy” podcast last month, specifically referring to the recent accolades in her Hollywood career. “I’m thrilled for her, and I feel very fortunate doing what I’m supposed to be doing.”
