Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis are shutting down claims from their formernanny about the details surrounding the pair’s split and the beginnings ofWilde’s relationship with Harry Styles.
After the actors’ former nanny alleged several new details about Wilde andSudeikis’ breakup in an interview with the Daily Mail Wilde and Sudeikis arecalling the accusations “false and scurrilous” in a joint statement sharedwith PEOPLE.
“As parents, it is incredibly upsetting to learn that a former nanny of ourtwo young children would choose to make such false and scurrilous accusationsabout us publicly,” the former couple said. “Her now 18 month long campaign ofharassing us, as well as loved ones, close friends and colleagues, has reachedits unfortunate apex.”
“We will continue to focus on raising and protecting our children with thesincere hope that she will now choose to leave our family alone.”
The nanny for Sudeikis and Wilde’s two kids, daughter Daisy, 5, and son Otis,8, alleged in the interview that Sudeikis was blindsided and “brokenhearted”by Wilde’s new relationship, sharing that there was “a lot of crying” afterlearning of the romance.
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Olivia Wilde (L) and actor Jason Sudeikis arrive at the 2016 Vanity Fair OscarParty Hosted By Graydon Carter at Wallis Annenberg Center for the PerformingArts on February 28, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California
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“On the Monday morning [of] Nov. 9, when I came back from a weekend off,[Jason] was crying a lot, crying and crying. I didn’t know what had happenedat all,” the nanny claimed. “After I’d got the kids ready, Jason came upstairsand was having some coffee. He was crying and a mess, saying, ‘She left us.She left us!’ “
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On one occasion, the nanny, whose name was not revealed, said Sudeikis, 47,”went outside and lay under her car so she wouldn’t leave.”
“She went back into the house and he went in, it was back and forth. He saidhe was doing it on purpose to make her late going to see Harry,” added thenanny.
According to the nanny, Sudeikis was upset after seeing Wilde prepare a salad,allegedly for Styles, with her “special dressing” in the family’s kitchen.
While Wilde, 38, has maintained that her relationship with Sudeikis “was overlong before I met Harry,” she told Vanity Fair in October, the nanny claimedthat the Ted Lasso actor discovered details of Wilde’s relationship withStyles on an Apple Watch she left behind while filming _Don ‘t Worry Darling_that contained messages between the pair.
Director and actress Olivia Wilde attends Warner Bros. Pictures “The BigPicture” presentation at Caesars Palace during CinemaCon 2022, the officialconvention of the National Association of Theater Owners, on April 26, 2022 inLas Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Gabe Ginsberg/WireImage; Jason Sudeikis, winnerof Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for ‘Ted Lasso’, poses in thepress room during the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards at LA LIVE on September 19,2021 in Los Angeles, California (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images)
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The nanny further claimed that Sudeikis banned them from playing any ofStyles’ music.
Wilde and Sudeikis began dating in 2011 and were engaged for several years,before PEOPLE reported in November 2020 that the couple had called it quits ontheir relationship.
After news of their split broke in November 2020, a source told PEOPLE thatthe pair’s children were their main concern. “It’s been amicable and they’vetransitioned into a great co-parenting routine. The children are the priorityand the heart of the family’s relationship,” the source explained.
Though things appeared amicable between the pair for some time after theirsplit, the co-parents made headlines in April when Sudeikis served Wilde withlegal documents regarding their children while onstage at CinemaCon in LasVegas.
the booksmart director touched on her co-parenting relationship withSudeikis during her cover interview with Vanity Fair. “When they are withtheir father, I trust him to be a great parent. So when they’re not with me, Icontinue to live my life,” she said in response to the judgment she’s facedwhen she’s photographed without her kids.
Despite the speculation, Wilde reiterated that Otis and Daisy are her mainfocus. “There’s nothing that is more important to me,” she said. “I lovedriving to school every morning. I love making pancakes. I love putting themto bed every night. They’re my best friends.”