Olivia Wilde on public serving of custody papers: ‘It was really upsetting’

Olivia Wilde has spoken publicly for the first time about the “vicious” serving of custody papers during a CinemaCon presentation

In a new Variety cover story, the 38-year-old actor and director referred to the April incident in which she was handed a manila envelope by a woman in the front row at CinemaCon

interrupting Wilde’s presentation of her upcoming film, Don’t Worry Darling, to theater exhibitors at a ticketed industry event

The envelope was first reported to contain a script, then revealed to hold legal papers pertaining to her custody dispute with former partner Jason Sudeikis

Wilde and the Ted Lasso star, who dated from 2011 to 2020 and were once engaged, have two young children, eight and five

Shortly after the delivery, a representative for Sudeikis said the actor did not know the papers would be served in such a public forum

“Mr 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,”