Olivia Wilde: Jason Sudeikis’ shoe collection is ‘200 pairs of Air Jordans’

Olivia Wilde

Olivia Wilde received a feature in the July issue of O! magazine. She just gave birth to her first child with Jason Sudeikis, Otis Alexander, a month ago. She’s still been very visible and attended the CFDAs earlier this month. Livvy has several projects in the pike, but I don’t know what she’s promoting at the moment. Perhaps Black Dog, Red Dog? That’s a James Franco production, so let’s not discuss it.

Livvy doesn’t say too much to Oprah beyond a simple list. She sounds pretty low maintenance, and she reveals how the surprise shoe packrat in her relationship is Jason:

Best Obsession: “Miniature objects, anything tiny: furniture, cameras, trees — all of which you’ll find scattered around my home. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids is everything I could dream of in a film.”

Best hobby: “While shooting Cowboys & Aliens in New Mexico, Jon Favreau taught Daniel Craig and me how to paddleboard on a lake. Daniel sank because he was too muscly, but my girl parts helped me balance! Jon gave me a board as a parting gift, and it’s become a lovely pastime — like surfing with training wheels.”

Best fashion secret: “If you were to peek inside my closet, you’d think I was a newscaster or a politician — I have dozens of blazers. I always buy them, thinking they’ll pull together an outfit, but then never wear them. My assortment rivals Rachel Maddow’s.”

Best pick-me-up: “A solo reggae dance party. I fell in love with the music as a kid and was the girl who had Bob Marley posters in her boarding school dorm room. Whenever it’s sadville outside, I’ll blast Toots & the Maytals to create my own tropical island paradise.”

Best friend: “Paco, my 11-year-old mutt. He has an awesome habit of leaving his toys in a perfectly organized pile. It looks like I’ve trained him into submission, but he’s naturally orderly and well behaved. I’m praying that my child takes after him!”

Best collection: “It’s actually my fiance’s [Jason Sudeikis]. He’s a sneakerhead with about 200 pairs of Air Jordans. They make up an extraordinarily colorful wall in our apartment. Guests always expect me to have too many shoes!”

[From O! Magazine]

My girl parts helped me balance.” That quote is pretty much everything, right? Daniel Craig sank because of his rampant muscle tone, but Livvy’s “girl parts” acted as floatation devices. Her words, not mine!

As for the shoes, that’s not unusual. I’ve been through it. Dude has 53 pair of shoes sitting in a pile, and the girl has 4 pair wedged into one corner of a closet. It happens, but it must be particularly annoying in an NYC apartment where space is at a premium. 200 pair of Air Jordans? How excessive.

Here’s a picture of Olivia at the Moms for Social Good summit a few weeks ago. She’s a brand new mom! Mama works fast.

Olivia Wilde

Oprah

Photos courtesy of O! magazine & WENN

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  1. Tapioca says:

    Well it’s her – on average for women – increased percentage of body fat that helped her float, so “girl parts” isn’t that far off!

    Interesting, if sobering fact – at the height of his popularity Michael Jordan was paid more per year by Nike than ALL the sweatshop workers making his shoes COMBINED.

    • Bridget says:

      Aren’t boobs fatty tissue? I know Olivia isn’t a favorite of many around here, but I think once she realized what works in print and what gets lost (I hope that marathon sex comment was a joke…) her interviews are actually pretty funny.

      Sad quote but I believe it.

  2. Tanguerita says:

    I really, really like this girl. She has such a distinct voice I feel that she should write on a regular basis.

    • SpookySpooks says:

      I do too. She seems like someone I would want to be friends with.

      Having said that, I find it strange when people say their best friend is their dog.

      • TJ says:

        Paco is with Olivia since 11 years. You could develop a deep realtionship with a lovely dog. And she really loves Paco (just take a look at her twitter avatar as evindence).

    • Esmom says:

      She’s funnier than I realized. I can see why a comedian would be attracted to her.

    • Erinn says:

      I like her too. Occassionally, she’ll say something stupid, and I’ll just groan. But more often than not, I find her interesting, amusing, and the kind of person that would be fun to hang out with.

    • TheOriginalKitten says:

      I can’t read these articles because she’s making me like her. A LOT.

      She blasts Toots and The Maytals.
      For that alone, I love her. Next, she’ll be talking about how she smokes weed and that’s when I’ll have to stop the hate forever.

    • FLORC says:

      She has really improved her interview and general talking skills. She has a long road ahead of her for those of us who remember her before this. And that before this she wasn’t trained so that was likely her true personality coming out.
      Or maybe she’s changed. people can change.

      • Bridget says:

        If you look at her more cringe-y comments, they’re not as bad if she was joking, but that kind of shading gets lost incredibly easy in print. And the gaffes are what stick with you. But her interviews and forays into writing have been pretty funny.

      • wendi says:

        FLORC- just curious, what do you think of her acting? I ask because a) I’m not familiar with her beyond what I read in terms of dish/gossip and b) I don’t know the background of her (un)popularity on the site. I find that you are always candid and well-informed.. 🙂

  3. Abbott says:

    Oh, looks who is on the cover of O this month. Huh.

  4. Flounder says:

    I don’t know why, but she annoys me.

    • cath says:

      Same here. To be fair, I’ve never seen any of her acting work, I’m only familiar with her from sites like this. The way she’s being promoted recently, it seems like she’s a major star.

      • wendi says:

        not familiar with her either – until she was pregnant and became a daily feature on the web!

  5. Sullivan says:

    Only 200 pairs? What does the poor guy do for the remaining 165 days of the year?

  6. GoodNamesAllTaken says:

    She seems nice. I’m fascinated by tiny things, too. But I could never be with a man who had 200 pairs of shoes. Sorry.

    • TheOriginalKitten says:

      Ha ha..Vast Shoe Collection is on GNAT’s list of dealbreakers?

    • ORLY says:

      Perhaps it’s a collection, rather than “functioning”. I couldn’t date a man with 200 pairs that he wears all the time either.

      • Esmom says:

        It could be. I’ve just learned from my son that Air Jordans are highly coveted, certain models at least. The Nike store in Chicago has a museum-like display of them, I had no idea how many styles/models have been made. I could see someone with money to burn collecting them. Meanwhile my son wishes he had even one pair!

    • Jenna says:

      You might be surprised – trust me, if you had asked me at 21 if I would ever end up with a man who not only collects starwars items, but taught himself how to make combat capable custom lightsabors AND allow them to be a central feature in our wedding (he made them for all the groomsmen, the blade lights in royal blue, handles in black and silver – our wedding colors – and we walked under an arch of them after the service, and yes, to the imperial march. ) I would have laughed in your face AND been a bit horrified. Sometimes the one who matches up with you best WILL have a few quirks you really really didn’t plan for.

      Granted. I can’t say much. My personal library is well over 3,000 in just paperbacks (not including digital, hardbacks, magazines, etc) and my yarn and fabric stash… well. It ups our home’s insulation factors, so that’s okay, right?

  7. Rhiley says:

    I am surprised how much I enjoyed reading this list. It was rather down to earth and refreshing. Her observation about her excessive purchase of blazers is fantastic, and it was smart to tie it to Rachel Maddow. She has a lot more to offer than that bump, January Jones (sorry January, but child, you are boring).

  8. Annie says:

    That blue dress at the top of the page…I must have it. Anyone know who makes it?

    • Chicagogurl says:

      Ditto! This is one of the nicest pics/outfits I have ever seen on her. I love this dress. Anyone get an O subscription and can tell us who makes it?

    • TJ says:

      The blue dress is from Mary Katrantzou.

  9. Marlene says:

    If my boyfriend was richer he would have 200 pairs of Air Jordan too. He already has 8 or 10 of them.

  10. Mikeyangel says:

    Well I feel better about my husband having 10 pairs of sneakers whilst I only own about 5 different pairs of shoes (for all occasions).

  11. serena says:

    This makes me remember an episode of Hart of Dixie when one of the girls find out her new boyfriend owns 100 or more pair of sneakers and freaks out. I would do the same, I mean, it’s really too much..!

  12. Sarah says:

    I think it can be harder for really build guys to paddle board because if where their center of gravity is. On girls, it’s usually more in our rear ends which makes it easier for us to balance, where as for Daneil Craig, he’s probably more top heavy than Olivia is.

  13. Lydia says:

    What is going on with her face/head in the blue dress pic? Is it photoshopped or something? She looks like Eric Stoltz in that Mask movie.

  14. roxy750 says:

    (regarding the momsummit socialcrapthing) here we go, all of a sudden a famous actress just gives birth and is barely a mother and apparently now she is the expert! Just like Mila Kunis. She’s pregnant so now she is an expert on pregnancy even though she hasn’t given birth yet. Oh my gosh stay at home and just work on movies/TV and shut the hell up please. Let us people that have full time jobs, kids, have to do dishes, deal with our teens, toddlers, go to school conferences, wash the windows, take out the garbage, clean the garbage bin, fix a leaky pipe, pay bill, mow the lawn, buy ant killer for the damn ants in the basement and get our own gas in our car women handle the rest and do the speaking!

    • cynthia says:

      roxy, that seems to be a common theme among (some) celebs, doesn’t it?? and it isn’t limited to the ladies either — a specific name doesn’t come to mind, but I recall hearing a male actor going on and on about diaper changing and acting like he was the authority on everything baby-related after being a parent for a matter of weeks. I’m not talking about celebs who get up on their soap boxes and extoll the virtues of breastfeeding, I’m talking about them shooting their mouths off in an “I’m the expert”, “this stuff is old hat to me” kind of way.

    • Tiffany :) says:

      I know that before she was pregnant, she spent an incredible amount of time working with charities…especially in Haiti. I know through friends that she was there with them a lot, but she was more focused on doing the actual work there than promoting her charitable deeds on social media. Perhaps she was at this event to speak about the needs of children in areas of the world where there is extreme poverty.

      A person doesn’t have to be a middle class mother in order to have something insightful and meaningful to contribute to discussions about child welfare.

  15. TJ says:

    She is promoting Third Person which opens this weekend. It is in the Opragh article too, and she was at Letterman last night as well.

    She is so funny. And very humble. Great to see that, because it’s quite rare in this industry