{"id":517830,"date":"2026-06-25T14:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/517830\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T14:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:09:09","slug":"olivia-wilde-explains-silence-over-florence-pugh-feud-rumours-during-dont-worry-darling-press-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/517830\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivia Wilde explains silence over Florence Pugh feud rumours during ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ press run"},"content":{"rendered":"

Olivia Wilde<\/a> has addressed her silence surrounding rumours about friction on the set of her 2022 film Don\u2019t Worry Darling<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The drama, directed by Wilde, starred Florence Pugh<\/a> and Harry Styles<\/a> (whom Wilde dated for a brief period). The film\u2019s press tour was overshadowed by rumours of friction between Pugh and Wilde over the latter\u2019s availability, resulting in an alleged argument between the pair.<\/p>\n

In a new interview with The Cut<\/a>, Wilde denies that was ever the case. \u201cI\u202fhave never had a screaming match on my set. I was never not available on set. I wanted to be like, \u2018None of this is true,\u2019\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

However, she claimed her lack of denial about the stories was due to studio pressure. \u201cI was told, \u2018Don\u2019t say a fucking word. Just go out there and smile.\u2019 I resent that, but it taught me it\u2019s not the way I want to handle things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the interview, she said Jennifer Garner, who she worked with on a 2011 film called Butter, gave her advice about being categorised as a woman in the film industry. \u201cShe said it\u2019s like you get cast in a soap opera by the public,\u201d Wilde recalled. \u201cAnd they assign you an obvious archetype: the damsel in distress, the good girl, the pretty girl\u2026. I became the full-on villain. Like Cruella.\u201d<\/p>\n

Further headlines emerged during the movie\u2019s Venice premiere, when it appeared as if Styles spat on co-star Chris Pine in a video that circulated online. A year later, Pine confirmed that it wasn\u2019t the case<\/a>, calling the singer and actor \u201ca very, very kind guy\u201d.<\/p>\n

Recently, Olivia Wilde recalled her relationship with Harry Styles as \u201cwholesome and sweet\u201d despite the \u201cparasocial\u201d backlash online<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s almost like [our] happiness made them mad,\u201d she said on the Call Her Daddy podcast. \u201cLike, I would go to his shows and dance, and people were like, \u2018Oh, how could she?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Olivia Wilde has addressed her silence surrounding rumours about friction on the set of her 2022 film Don\u2019t…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":517831,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-517830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/517831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}