Olivia Wilde Gives Speech About ‘Burning Hellfire’ of Misogyny Amid Nanny Allegations, Jason Sudeikis Drama

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Pushing forward. Olivia Wilde detailed what motivates her to keep battling misogyny in Hollywood hours after she and ex Jason Sudeikis slammed their former nanny’s “false” claims about their split.“It’s not always easy to keep going,” the Booksmart director, 38, said during her speech at Elle‘s Women in Hollywood event on Monday, October 17. “In fact, sometimes it’s tempting to excuse ourselves from the burning hellfire of the misogyny that defines this business and say, ‘Good night, good luck, I’d rather eat glass for a living.’ But we won’t let each other give up.”The House alum added that she’d had moments of “profound” encouragement from other women in the entertainment industry. “It often takes the form of a tight grip of your shoulders and an intense stare into your eyes and a defiant, ‘Do not let them f–k with you,'” she explained. “And it’s always really tempting to reply, ‘Well, if I didn’t know things were bad before, I do now.'”Despite the difficulties she’s faced in Hollywood, however, Wilde told the audience that she has no plans to back down. “No matter how much the patriarchy relies on us to cut each other down in order to weaken our collective power, we have to resist the urge to play by their self-serving rules,” she said. “I feel energized by you all, and I feel motivated to keep fighting through the hellfire.”Wilde’s remarks came hours after she and Sudeikis, 47, issued a rare joint statement in response to a former nanny’s “false” allegations about their split.“As parents, it is incredibly upsetting to learn that a former nanny of our two young children would choose to make up such false and scurrilous accusations about us publicly,” the former couple — who share son Otis, 8, and daughter Daisy, 6 —