Olivia Wilde covers Marie Claire, talks a lot about her ex-husband & Jason Sudeikis

Olivia Wilde (Ol’ Cockburn) is the April cover girl for Marie Claire magazine, likely to promote her supporting role in The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, which stars Jim Carrey and Steve Carell. While I think Carell looks funny, Jim Carrey’s inclusion is making me wonder about the film, and Olivia’s casting is just… ugh. Why does Hollywood keep trying to make her into a thing?! Anyway, do you remember how Olivia used to be a PRINCESS until her vadge died while she was married to Tao Ruspoli and now that she’s with Jason Sudeikis her vadge is alive and they “have sex like Kenyan marathon runners”? Yeah. This Marie Claire interview is a lot like that.

She keeps talking about her ex-husband: “I had grown up with Tao; we had just drifted. I felt I had something to prove. If you fall off a horse, you get back up. I am not a quitter. I hung on for as long as possible, until it was more hurtful to stay … I’m so grateful for the pain and the heartbreak. It gave me the courage to leave and brought me the great love of my life.”

Marrying Tao in 2003: “I grew up being told by my parents each time they went off to war that they may explode, so I needed to know how things like the gadgets in the kitchen worked. When we got married, Iraq had just been invaded. My parents said marrying was an optimistic thing to do in pessimistic times.”

Meeting Jason Sudeikis in 2011: “I was just learning to be by myself. We were both seeing people but were single. He seemed to really see me, see through the b––t. He said very few words and couldn’t keep eye contact. He was so handsome and he could dance… I thought, ‘He won’t be interested in me; I’m not a contender.’ He was so cool, so funny – I was such a fan of his and had always fancied his speed and his intelligence. He’s a brilliant actor with a brain like lightening… I thought ‘I’m not beautiful enough or his type.’ I couldn’t wait to sit down and hear him talk.”

Her first date with Jason: On our first date, in New York City, we closed the restaurant down at 2 a.m.! He didn’t kiss me, and I was madly in love. I was overwhelmed.” What attracted her to Sudeikis the most? “He was never overly flirtatious. He had patience and sincerity and kindness. No presumptuousness. He didn’t ever exhibit any signs of sh–tiness; he was always considerate.”

She wants babies: “I can’t wait for children. I’m open-minded about how many, but three, which I love, is like a little party. I am not trying to have kids now – there’s no strict plan for anything in my life. What happens, happens. He’s so good with kids … I’ve never before experienced looking at someone and thinking, ‘That’s who I want to raise a child with.’ ”

Early days in Hollywood: “It was helpful to have the confidence of youth that came from a lack of desperation. I thought, If I don’t succeed I’ll go back to school and study.” Taken on by casting director Mali Finn, Wilde sorted headshots and made coffee until Finn eventually suggested — “probably just as a favor to me” — that Wilde, a veteran of theater camps and school plays, audition for her.

Being cast in Skin, a failed drama at the age of 19: “It was the worst thing you’ve ever seen in your life,” Wilde says vehemently. “I learned on the job, which was a gift. All actors should experience public failure. It took me back to square one. I was only 19, but I never took the bulls–t that surrounds the business seriously again. I’ll never believe in it. It was false love, fickle, I will never fall prey to it.”

She’s a walking self-help book: “It is so clichéd, but communication, that both of us should never stop talking. Trust. Jason has a very trusting way. There is no other way to go through life. I trust work, directors — I don’t live in fear. All good experiences have come from trusting the universe. There is no other way to live or love. Otherwise, you create your own prison.”

[From Marie Claire]

Olivia also touches upon the controversy surrounding her “dying vagina” comments last year, although I think in the wake of this interview – in which she seems on the verge of describing exactly what Jason’s dong looks like – is moot. Olivia had no claim to privacy last year during her “performance art” speech which was given in public, and after which she spoke to a member of the media. And she has no real claim to privacy now – she’s telling us everything about her relationship with Jason, for the love of God. But I imagine she’ll still complain about how people are invading her space, etc.

Photos courtesy of Marie Claire.

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  1. virginia5 says:

    I think they photoshopped her jaw to be more square :/

  2. RocketMerry says:

    Wow, she really is classless.
    Throwing-someone-you-used-to-love-under-the-bus much?!
    Enough already: that horse is dead, someone please take the club outta her hands.

    • TheOriginalKitten says:

      Hi Rocketmerry-
      YES to everything you said. I find Olivia to be stunningly gorgeous, but I’m really starting to dislike her.

      In fact, I find her rather insufferable.

    • flor says:

      I know right? So disrespectful. Mostly because she talks about Jason in such a loving way and highlights his values just to bring down her EX-HUSBAND.

    • Annie says:

      She has issues. This entire “I’m not pretty enough. He’s amazing. I don’t deserve him. I’m shit. He’s perfect.” is not healthy.

      • Cool Phosphorescent Shimmer says:

        Plus, it all sounds like a big, phony-baloney lie.

      • T says:

        Especially phoney since Jason could hardly be considered a handsome man in hollywood. He is the nerd, slightly overweight and mid aged looking. I used to really like her but the way she talks about her ex is just uncalled for. he isnt a famous person people arent that interested in him, so she doesnt need to explain the ins and outs of their marriage.

      • Liv says:

        I actually think she said this to prove to us she got the best man ever. Do you really think Olivia Wilde thinks she’s not the most intelligent and beautiful woman in the world? She’s so full of herself! Ugh!

      • Chordy says:

        Oh hey, the other lady on here who has a real understanding of abuse psychology noticed that too!

    • Dubois says:

      She sounds insufferable.

    • OhDear says:

      She’s lucky the ex-husband is/has been classy about the situation.

  3. Suzy from Ontario says:

    Why do they make her take her engagement ring off to shoot the cover? I mean, the headline clearly states she’s engaged, why not let her wear her ring in the cover shoot? I don’t get why actresses take their engagement/wedding rings off (unless it’s for an acting role).

    • Alexandra Bananarama says:

      Jewelry that the actress might bring/wear to a shoot could clash with the clothes or cause a distraction in the photo. Clearly the photographer is going for something and even the tiniest distraction could ruin what they’re trying to create.

    • Dutch says:

      Remember these photoshoots are also commercials for the clothes and designers, which includes jewelry. You can’t have Tiffany supplying jewelry and the celeb/model wearing her Harry Winston engagement ring. Bad for business.

  4. Faye says:

    Gah. First saw her in “House,” hated her character and her interviews. Thought I’d give her another chance since maybe it was her character influencing me . . .but no, I haven’t liked her at all based on everything I’ve seen since.

    She just strikes me as so full of herself and such a poser. She used to ramble on about the objectification of women, then she posed in Maxim and a lot of other sexy shoots . . .she talked about the need for privacy in her life, then gave performances describing her vaginal death and rejuvination (thanks for sharing!) . . .I just can’t. And I’m sorry, but the pretentiousness of talking about how “brave” she was to get married during the Iraq war – what was that? She didn’t fight in it, her husband didn’t either.

    And IMO, she’s not that talented. If she was, maybe I’d find her other crap less objectionable. I honestly don’t understand why people keep giving this woman parts.

    • Alexandra Bananarama says:

      She’s beautiful! Even though her jawline bothers me a bit she’s still very pretty. Her acting skills are kind of terrible though.

      In House she was suppose to push the limits and bring the how more out of the hospital. The whole Bi story line was tacky and transparent. That’s funny considering House was originally suppose to be a show about the disease and diagnoses/treatment process and specifically NOT about the personal lives of the Doctors.

      My guess is she got this Burt Wonderstone role because she’s banging a comedian… (who may or may not be a dead beat dad…)

    • deehunny says:

      LOL I was waiting for someone to bring up the Iraqi war quote. I think when everyone read that there was a collective eyeroll.

  5. Agnes says:

    I can’t quite put my finger on it, but this interview seems rather tacky.

    • Tulip Garden says:

      Yeah which kinda suggests Wilde tacky….no, take that back, it SCREAMS that Wilde is tacky!

  6. Apsutter says:

    Her jaw could cut glass. When I look at her I just see another bland Jessica Biel. I did like her when she was on House though but there is no way that they should be trying to make her a movie actress. She’s television all the way.

    • virginia5 says:

      I don’t think I have ever seen a movie with Olivia in it lol

      • Hoya_chick says:

        I know Virginia! I have never seen her in a movie (I stopped watching House before she joined the cast) what has she been in? Why is she a thing?! Stop trying to make fetch happen!

        She seems so bland and this interview is terrible. Stop talking crap about your ex! And as someone who has relatives in the military I find that comment on the Iraq war über tacky! Have a seat!

    • anonymous fan says:

      +1 I was writing almost the exact same comment at the same time you were Apsutter. lol

  7. littlestar says:

    If she had never talked about her sex life to the media in the first place, she wouldn’t have to “set the record straight”…

    And is it just me, or does it sound like she’s trying to put some of the blame on her parents for marrying so young? Ridiculous.

    • Alexandra Bananarama says:

      I thought she was trying to showcase how supportive and progressive her parents were of her for doing something amazingly positive while the world was being so hateful and negative.
      Simply put, gloating.

  8. anonymous fan says:

    Does anyone really believe for a second that she didn’t think she was beautiful enough for Jason Sudekis?I swear someone is giving Olivia and Megan Fox a book on what to say in interviews so that women will like them.Olivia always talks way too much about her business and doesn’t know when to shut up about her divorce.I wish Hollywood would stop trying to make her and Jesica Biel happen.They both need more acting lessons and less make up commercials.

  9. Marty says:

    I think it’s really sad when pretty women put themselves down as not “good looking enough” to be with a certain guy. She comes off as extremely insecure in this interview.

    • epiphany says:

      Please, that’s just affectation. She knows she’s good looking, so has to employ false modesty so she doesn’t come off as too full of herself – at least, that was her plan. Didn’t work.

  10. Hannah says:

    I feel like I now know everything about her and Jason…

    • danielle says:

      Sad and a bit gross. Even if i thought that i wouldnt share. Is she building up his self esteem acting like he’s b. Pitt? So gross

  11. aims says:

    If I were her, I’d keep my mouth shut about my private life. I’d want to protect it as much as posible, instead of play fast and loose with the intimate details. Also, really tacky to talk about the ex. You might be a public person, but he’s not. So leave him alone.

  12. Justyna says:

    I feel sorry for her ex-husband. There is no sign that he is an awful person or that he treated her badly in any way. She was seen with him many times after the divorce, so she still considered him a worthy person to be around. That’s why I don’t understand why she keeps humiliating him in public. All we know about him now is that he was not able to satisfy her sexually and that she likes him as a person but she had to sacrifice so much to stay married to him because it was basically a torture and the only reason she got married to him is because it seemed safe and optimistic (plus he is a prince) in a time of war. Maybe it is true but she should just shut up. I imagine myself in that situation and it would be so horrible to know all people I know, including possible future partner, could read all that and judge me by her harsh words.

    • Tessa says:

      Maybe I’m not a good feminist, but I hate when women immasculate men for seemingly no reason. Hate it.

      • garvels says:

        I agree. He seemed like a really nice guy who really cared deeply for her. He fell in love with her before she became a star.I understand how people can grow apart but the way she keeps turning the knife is simply ugly.

      • oliveo says:

        I agree, too– I don’t think that “feminism” has to trump “decency.” This comes off as mean-spirited, not empowering.

      • TheOriginalKitten says:

        Immasculating men has nothing to do with feminism but I would think that would be obvious and I assume that is your point, Tess.

        Her words are just disrepectful and crass, PERIOD. I HATE when people talk sh*t about someone they were in a long-term relationship with, much less married to. It’s one thing to vent in private to a CLOSE friend, another thing entirely to make public comments about an ex’s virility.

        Out or respect for someone you purported to love deeply at some point in your life, just STFU. However you feel about him now, at one time you loved him and simply given that fact, you should respect the former relationship enough to not shit on the guy in public.

        She’s just trashy.

      • Tessa says:

        Yeah, basically. Trashing an ex doesn’t make you a feminist icon, Olivia. It just makes you seem like a bitch.

    • Kaiser says:

      I SO AGREE. Before they got divorced, Olivia was all sparkles & rainbows about her marriage (because she was a princess!) and now she throws Tao under the bus in interview after interview. His only fault was that she thought she needed a dong upgrade after she got famous.

      • Faye says:

        So true! She always used to talk about how supportive he was of her, and how creative he was, how he encouraged her to persist in her career; and actually, she hasn’t recanted any of that. She’s just thrown out the not sexually satisfied stuff (which could be on her as much as him, to be honest)a lot, in different variations.

        I know she can’t help it if people ask her questions. However, if she had an ounce of class, she could just say something vague like “we got married very young and grew apart, but he’s a great guy and I wish him well,” which would make sense to people and also be nice to Tao.

      • lee says:

        YES! and seriously, even the little aside comments come off as passive aggressively trying to erase her previous marriage.

        I mean seriously, “I’m so grateful for the pain and the heartbreak. It gave me the courage to leave and brought me the great love of my life.” ? As if leaving her husband was more painful than him being left? And the whole ‘the great love of my life’ comment, as though she never considered her ex to be a great love? Even if those things are true, they’re awful to say in public, especially since he’s not a public figure able to defend himself. Thank god they didn’t have any kids is all I can think now. Though maybe she would have had some more tact if that were the case. I actually used to like her too…

    • deehunny says:

      If you ladies have a chance you should check out his blog. It was surprising beautiful.

    • Alexandra Bananarama says:

      You said optimistic to get married, but i read oportunistic. Funny.

  13. Ginger says:

    Olivia is someone who needs to be photographs at more flattering angles. This photographer failed! And why is everything she’s wearing see through?? Ugh!

  14. Jayna says:

    Dear God, that interview was a mess. She talks in circles. I hate people that don’t talk in a straightforward manner when communicating. People like her exhaust me. My eyes glaze over.

  15. Annie says:

    Whenever a girl builds up her man so much, especially publicly, I don’t buy it. I find it contrived and insincere. Like those girls on FB who paint their men as perfection, and less than a year later it’s over. Then you add up those insecure comments on how she’s not good enough for him and he’s perfect and wow. Unhealthy.

    I think she has really low self-esteem. But God knows what she went through in her marriage so I shouldn’t judge. But she’s not what she wants us to think.

    • OhDear says:

      I suspect there may be trouble in paradise. The amount of bragging/public PDA always seems to be inversely proportional to how happy the person/couple is.

      • Ruffian9 says:

        “The amount of bragging/public PDA always seems to be inversely proportional to how happy the person/couple is.”

        I have totally found this to be true. To me it reeks of insecurity.

  16. I don’t really care what she has to say, I just like looking at her. One of the most beautiful women in Hollywood for sure.

  17. EmmaStoneWannabe says:

    “Why does Hollywood keep trying to make her into a thing?!”

    Question of the decade…along with Olivia Munn and a few others whom I just don’t get. I’ll take Emily Blunt or Kiera Knightly any day over this nonsense.

    • aims says:

      +10000

    • Miss M says:

      Exactly! But to be fair to her, she was actually OK in the movie produced by Jen Garner, “Butter”.

      I just wish she would stop talking about her ex.

      • Lulu says:

        Funny. Mr Lulu and I were looking for a movie on Netflix last night and ran across ‘Butter’. I specifically didn’t want to watch it because I find her so boring and irritating at the same time.

  18. Skeedsie says:

    I fixate on people’s brows… Olivia is one of my top offenders, but this seems like an improvement. Haven’t seen a candid photo of her in a while, but good lord, I hope she’s getting rid of that horrendous brow shape. So harsh with her face/jaw line.

  19. TG says:

    I agree with all the sentiment spoken on here about this “princess”. I have never even found her attractive but to each their own I guess. I really can’t stand it when celebs or anyone for that matter go on and on about how intelligent their significant other is. I immediately assume the opposite, especially when said celeb isn’t very smart themselves. Her acting like she didn’t’ think she was attractive enough or Jason was another reason not to like her. False modesty is so annoying. Which is why no one likes AnnE Hathaway. I mean this chick married a Prince for god’s sakes and so she had the confidence to bag a prince and we are supposed to believe she didn’t think she was good enough for Jason? Don’t get me wrong I like him on SNL, but he is not of the status she is trying to paint him in. They will not last.

  20. Amy says:

    I can’t wait until her relationship with Jason fails. You know it will, it’s only a matter of time.

  21. rebecca says:

    This is one celebrity who never ever has the right to complain about a lack of privacy. She’s told the whole world every detail of her relationship with Jason Sudeikis. She’s always crapping on about her ex-husband.

    It’s funny how she talks about Jason like he’s some kind of god, like she’s good not enough for him. WTF. He really must be amazing in bed for all of these women to have fallen for him.

  22. Talie says:

    Jesus Olivia, was it really necessary to blow Jason’s ego up that much?!

  23. LIVEALOT says:

    i like both blue dresses. that’s all.

  24. Avril says:

    Why does she keep trashing her former spouse all the time?
    This Jason Sudiekis is not attractive and he is only somewhat funny on SNL. Really she is acting like she is Katie Holmes and got Tom Cruise or someone like that.
    That prince guys seems far better just saying.

    • T says:

      The Prince guy (Tao) is also more handsome to be honest. I dont know what she is talking about, its like Sudekis is Brad Pitt , Daniel Day Lewis and Albert Einstein rolled in to one, sounds like she is just building up Sudekis ego to be honest.

  25. LittleDeadGirl says:

    Wow the whole interview is a mess. Saying she’s not a contender? You’re not on the fucking bachelor … you are just two people going on a date seeing if you have a connection and no one buys you don’t think you’re pretty enough for him.

    Massive eyeroll at the Iraq comment. That’d be one thing if you were in the war but you weren’t. She made it sound like it was world war II and she married some soldier just before he went off to war and when he came back found out they didn’t have much in common. Silliest comment I’ve ever read in my life.

  26. j.eyre says:

    She certainly is not one to shy away from hyperbole, is she?

    • la chica says:

      This! Hyperbolic is exactly what she is. If she had been interviewed while dating her ex, I’m sure she would have said similar superlatives about him. Jason is a cutie pie and he can do so much better than this idiotic, vain, humble-bragging creature.

  27. candigirl says:

    Yes, a Princess forever. Olivia is a spoiled little rich girl who still has not grown up. I don’t think she is insecure at all, I think she has a giant ego and tries to hide it with this false modesty. Jason is the perfect man and a genius because she chose him. I don’t think she even understands that talking about her ex is trashy or hurtful. It’s all about Olivia, so she must talk about it! Ugh, I agree, what trash will we hear about Jason when they break up in a few years?

    • Liv says:

      This!

      I really doubt that she’s insecure – girl is just plain arrogant! And the point of praising Sudeikis high is to make sure WE know she scored the best man we could wish for. She just boasts her ego.

  28. my .02 says:

    Those pictures really emphasize her massively square face. Not flattering at all.

    Also, I couldn’t remember who that guy was so I had to look him up. THAT is what she calls “so handsome”? I can understand thinking that because he’s funny and smart (if he is), but “so handsome”? Um, not so much.

  29. poppy says:

    the cover is serious photoshop fail.
    she’s dumb as rocks.

  30. Mrs.Krabapple says:

    She was never a “princess” because her husband was never a prince. Because, (1) the country no longer recognizes those types of titles, they simply don’t exist anymore; and (2) even more importantly, assuming just for argument that such families are somehow entitled to keep their titles, those titles NEVER went to illegitimate children.

    So her husband was never a prince, and she was never a princess. To try to use a title you were never entitled to is the height of tackiness.

  31. valleymiss says:

    I loved Olivia when she was Alex the Bisexual on The OC, but she’s been lame ever since. From talking about how she’s a princess, to now talking about her current guy…this chick talks about her lovelife way too much.

    Also…she center part doesn’t do much for her super strong jawline. Maybe a side part or some side bangs would be better. Yikes.

  32. SS says:

    Wow she is cruel

  33. bea says:

    Those last three photos are fantastic.

    IDK, she seems o.k. to me. Even though she’s gorgeous, she’s claiming to be insecure by thinking JS wouldn’t be into her. Obvsly, he’s the one who scored.

    And having been in an early failed relationship, I can relate to her “dead vag” comment and I’m sure she is sick of hearing about it. Sometimes you say something and it takes on a life of it’s own.

  34. lisa says:

    if jason was really that awesome, the ex husband wouldnt get into all the convos so easily. she reeks of unfinished business and overconfidence.

  35. Shira says:

    Yeah, Olivia Wilde thought she wasn’t pretty enough.
    That’s believable.

  36. Happymom says:

    Her parents were soldiers? What am I missing? Was she transported back in time to WW2? I’m not going to go into how tacky it is to bad mouth her ex husband since he appears to be a perfectly nice guy. And the whole angsty-neurotic first meetings with Sudekis seem either pathetic or disingenuous-either way ridiculous.

    • Liv says:

      They are journalists. There’s a quote that she’s a natural with celebritys because she met so many of them at her parent’s home when she was younger. She’s so stupid.

  37. JC says:

    I remember her as Mischa Barton’s “girlfriend” on The OC, and thought to myself, even way back then, “Who is this beat b*tch?” Did not like then, do not like now.

  38. anonymous fan says:

    What is she talking about wars for?Does anyone undertstand that comment about how she got married because of the war?She really came across as a Jessica Alba/Simpson/Biel sized idiot in this interview.

  39. mercy says:

    ‘My parents said marrying was an optimistic thing to do in pessimistic times’.

    Well at least she comes by her pretentiousness honestly.

    I’ve always had a weird feeling about her, but it seemed like her behaviour largely flew under the radar until the comments about her ex surfaced. Maybe no one cared enough about her to notice.

    I’ve never had strong feelings about Sudeikis one way or the other, but the more she talks the more I’m inclined to dislike him. Does he need to have his ego regularly and publicly stoked like this? Is he desperate to be seen as some kind of witty, intelligent alpha male who saved her from the mean old prince whatshisname? If so, it just makes him seem more like a schlubby, insecure sort.

  40. Meg says:

    she seems level headed

  41. Pop! says:

    Face. Palm.

  42. Patty says:

    I wonder how she feels about the fact that every seems to believe that Jason is the father of January Jones son. And that said kid is a dead ringer for him.

  43. TQB says:

    GO AWAY. Ugh, I just can’t with this one.

  44. Deedee says:

    she seems pretentious and not too bright, i get the feeling that she thinks of herself as intelligent and arty which is quite funny when she comes across as tacky. Jason sudeikis is a decent comedian but for olivia to act like he is some kind of hunky genius seems so fake, especially the hunky bit, its like she wants to build him up so that it reflects well on her

  45. ctkat1 says:

    Interestingly, the reporter of the Marie Claire article is Tamasin Day-Lewis, Daniel Day-Lewis’s sister.

    Hollywood!

  46. Yarrow says:

    So according to this pic, her jaw is the same width as her waist???? WTF??! If this is her real proportions, someone get her to emergency….

  47. Andrea says:

    There is so much privilege in this interview it makes me sick.

  48. Will says:

    I dont understand how anyone could be sexually attracted to Jason Sudeikis. But i have a theory that the only reason he ever gets girls is because he reminds them of their dad. He reminds everyone of their dads. The man is dad incarnate.

  49. scarlett says:

    It doesn’t matter how many times she tries to make Sudeikas out to be a sex God incarnate..to me he’s the very average looking character comedian from SNL.