Olivia Wilde Opens Up About Raising Her Kids in the Spotlight: 'People Assume I Abandoned Them'
Olivia Wilde talks candidly about her life as a single mother. The actor and director split from former fiancé Jason Sudeikis in November 2020, and lately the exes and parents of two have been making headlines for their back and forth custody battle over their children, sons. Otis and daughter Daisy. In Wilde's November cover story with Elle, she opened up about how motherhood has come into the spotlight.
"You know why you don't see me with my kids? Because I don't let them have their picture taken."
"I share custody of my kids with my ex. If I'm not pictured with my kids, people assume I abandoned them, like my kids are just somewhere in a hot car without me", she shared. "The suggestion is that I've given up my role as a mother. You know why you don't see me with my children? Because I don't let them have their pictures taken. Do you know how far I go to protect my children from 'to be seen by you?'
Wilde previously opened up about life with her kids after the breakup during a Sept. 21 appearance on "The Kelly Clarkson Show." "I think reshaping a family is tricky," she told the daytime talk show host. "The only benefit is that it allows me to have very deep conversations with my children about emotions, happiness, what family means and love, and it's actually allowed me to get to know them better. 'a different way."
Wilde's children, she says, always come first. "My priority is them. That's it. It's as long as they're happy and healthy, so my ex and I are in agreement on that," she said. declared. "They are everything to us." She also said raising her children in the public eye added an extra level of complexity to her family life. "If you can surround them with so much love, then that's fine," Wilde added. "But, you know, it's tricky because we don't do it privately."
Even still, fame and all, Wilde told Clarkson that his family helps him keep everything in perspective. "The thing is, it's hard. It's hard sometimes," she said. "But at the end of the day, I'm so lucky... There are people everywhere facing real health crises, and, you know, my stuff is out there, but I'm alive and. ..
Olivia Wilde talks candidly about her life as a single mother. The actor and director split from former fiancé Jason Sudeikis in November 2020, and lately the exes and parents of two have been making headlines for their back and forth custody battle over their children, sons. Otis and daughter Daisy. In Wilde's November cover story with Elle, she opened up about how motherhood has come into the spotlight.
"You know why you don't see me with my kids? Because I don't let them have their picture taken."
"I share custody of my kids with my ex. If I'm not pictured with my kids, people assume I abandoned them, like my kids are just somewhere in a hot car without me", she shared. "The suggestion is that I've given up my role as a mother. You know why you don't see me with my children? Because I don't let them have their pictures taken. Do you know how far I go to protect my children from 'to be seen by you?'
Wilde previously opened up about life with her kids after the breakup during a Sept. 21 appearance on "The Kelly Clarkson Show." "I think reshaping a family is tricky," she told the daytime talk show host. "The only benefit is that it allows me to have very deep conversations with my children about emotions, happiness, what family means and love, and it's actually allowed me to get to know them better. 'a different way."
Wilde's children, she says, always come first. "My priority is them. That's it. It's as long as they're happy and healthy, so my ex and I are in agreement on that," she said. declared. "They are everything to us." She also said raising her children in the public eye added an extra level of complexity to her family life. "If you can surround them with so much love, then that's fine," Wilde added. "But, you know, it's tricky because we don't do it privately."
Even still, fame and all, Wilde told Clarkson that his family helps him keep everything in perspective. "The thing is, it's hard. It's hard sometimes," she said. "But at the end of the day, I'm so lucky... There are people everywhere facing real health crises, and, you know, my stuff is out there, but I'm alive and. ..
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