Olivia Wilde Talks ‘Joy’ Of Directing Harry Styles, ‘Outstanding’ Florence Pugh And Off-Screen ‘Soap Opera’

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Olivia Wilde knows “Don’t Worry Darling”‘s off-screen drama has overshadowed the movie itself. The 38-year-old director appeared on Wednesday’s episode of “The Kelly Clarkson Show”and reflected on the ongoing “soap opera” involving the cast of her flick. “It’s hard sometimes, but at the end of the day, I’m so lucky,” she said. “I’m so lucky and there’s people dealing with so many really hard things.

The people in Jackson, Mississippi, don’t have water. There’s people everywhere dealing with real health crises. My stuff is out there, but I’m alive, and my kids are alive, and that’s what gets me through.” Wilde, who shares Daisy, 5, and Otis, 8, with her ex, Jason Sudeikis, said that she reminds herself of the things she has to be grateful for “every single day.” “I’m not on the internet, I’m not on Instagram… I think that really helps, focusing on what’s real, your trusted circle of friends, what’s real, things that make you happy, people you love, people who love you,” she said. “Just keeping your mind in what’s real, I think that’s how I get through it… I think, ‘God, it could be a lot worse.

We’re alive and everything’s going to be OK.'” Though Wilde knows as much is true on an intellectual level, she admitted that it can be “so tempting” to fight back against incorrect narratives. “It’s so tempting and then I think of Michelle Obama [saying], ‘They go low, we go high.

They go low, we go high.’ I try, but it’s hard,” she said. “And I think, ‘What am I modeling for my kids? How do I want my daughter in high school to deal with bullies?’ I want her to just keep her eye on the prize and keep going and ignore the noise.