Video has emerged of the now infamous moment when actor and director Olivia Wilde was served custody papers while onstage at an entertainment industry conference. People are impressed with how she handled things.
The incident occurred at CinemaCon, the industry's annual meeting for movie-theater owners and executives. While Wilde was presenting her forthcoming film Don't Worry Baby, she was handed an envelope that turned out to be the papers.
By all accounts, Wilde bravely soldiered on with her presentation, but the video clip reveals just how much of a consummate professional Wilde is. Not only does she soldier on, but she barely flinches. See the clip below.
Olivia Wilde got served legal docs in the most *creative* way See the infamous moment ... https://www.tmz.com/2022/05/02/olivia-wilde-getting-served-by-jason-sudeikis-caught-on-video/\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/Ie7x7Na26v— TMZ (@TMZ) 1651514401
The clip also shows just how out-of-nowhere the serving of the papers wa
As Wilde presented her new film, the follow-up to her 2019 directorial debut Booksmart, she was interrupted by someone who turned out to be a process server delivering custody papers from ex-partner Jason Sudeikis, with whom Wilde has two children.
After remarking on how "mysterious" the move was and presuming it to contain an unsolicited screenplay submission, Wilde opened the envelope, glanced at its contents and said simply, "Oh, okay, got it. Thank you."
She then looked back out into the crowd, smiled, and continued on with her speech about what was among the most hotly anticipated films to be presented at the annual conference.
Wilde's cool, calm and collected response is particularly notable given how "mortifying" she is said to have found the incident, as a source close to Wilde told Page Six.
"It seemed unthinkable to her, and it took a moment to set in, but as mortifying as it was, she did not want to give a reaction."
On Twitter, many applauded Wilde for her cool, calm and collected response.
handled it like a bosshttps://twitter.com/TMZ/status/1521187772467494914\u00a0\u2026— bethany (@bethany) 1651515906
"oh, ok got it"https://twitter.com/TMZ/status/1521187772467494914\u00a0\u2026— Waystar Royco CEO (@Waystar Royco CEO) 1651515350
She handled it like a pro. Went and move on with her presentation— Kevin (@Kevin) 1651517598
\u201cIs this a script? Oh ok, got it. Thank you.\u201d— kayla | harrys house month (@kayla | harrys house month) 1651515430
She handled that so well!— Sabrina Dandridge (@Sabrina Dandridge) 1651515690
she handled it like a champ tbhhttps://twitter.com/TMZ/status/1521187772467494914\u00a0\u2026— Tayonc\u00e9 Defense Attorney (@Tayonc\u00e9 Defense Attorney) 1651527778
But some others felt the clip only underlined what they see as a devious move on Sudeikis' part.
And you\u2019re telling me him and his team didn\u2019t know she would get this. When no cameras were allowed to film inside but they recorded right at this time and is releasing it an hour after the trailer to her new movie dropped even though this happened days ago. Interesting.— nic (@nic) 1651517412
Why was this released right after the trailer for DWD dropped? It\u2019s almost like people are trying to steal her thunder. I\u2019m looking at you Jason Sudeikis.— are you ready to take it home? \ud83c\udf44\ud83c\udfe0 (@are you ready to take it home? \ud83c\udf44\ud83c\udfe0) 1651522557
For his part, Sudeikis claims to have been blind-sided by the event as well, and his team insists he had no prior knowledge that the papers would be delivered in such a manner.
