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Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis break off engagement after seven years as they adjust to coparenting


Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis have quietly broken off their engagement, after seven years.

The couple reportedly underwent an amicable split, and they’ve since been adjusting to co-parenting their two children.

A source told People of the unexpected separation: ‘The split happened at the beginning of the year.’

Calling it quits: Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis have quietly broken off their engagement, after seven years (pictured in January, 2020)

Calling it quits: Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis have quietly broken off their engagement, after seven years (pictured in January, 2020)

It’s particularly heartbreaking, considering the sweet way Sudeikis spoke of their first kiss to Access Hollywood in August.

He said of why he waited a month: ‘I just had a hunch that the second I kissed her, I wasn’t going to end up kissing ever kissing anyone ever again. So, it was like I had to be careful with it.’

The insider added of their split: ‘It’s been amicable and they’ve transitioned into a great co-parenting routine. The children are the priority and the heart of the family’s relationship.’

Wilde, 36, and Sudeikis, 45, began dating in November of 2011, later getting engaged in January of 2013, and they share son Otis, six, and daughter Daisy, four.

Art of co-parenting: The couple reportedly underwent an amicable split, and they've since been adjusting to co-parenting their two children (pictured in February, 2020)

Art of co-parenting: The couple reportedly underwent an amicable split, and they’ve since been adjusting to co-parenting their two children (pictured in February, 2020)

Quiet split: A source told People of the unexpected separation: 'The split happened at the beginning of the year' (pictured in December, 2013)

Quiet split: A source told People of the unexpected separation: ‘The split happened at the beginning of the year’ (pictured in December, 2013)

The insider added of their split: 'It's been amicable and they’ve transitioned into a great co-parenting routine. The children are the priority and the heart of the family’s relationship' (pictured in December, 2016)

The insider added of their split: ‘It’s been amicable and they’ve transitioned into a great co-parenting routine. The children are the priority and the heart of the family’s relationship’ (pictured in December, 2016)

They met at the after party for the season 36 finale of Saturday Night Live, striking up a romance a few months later.

Sudeikis recounted the story on The Late Show in 2017: ‘I actually came off looking a little cooler than I really am because I had heard through the grapevine, through mutual friends who weren’t exactly her best girlfriends, who would report back, “Oh you know, I think she’s dating someone.” 

‘So I didn’t make any moves. I was just very, very busy with other things. And next thing you know, I stopped being busy, she stopped dating someone, and then it was off to the races. We sort of reintroduced ourselves. The universe had more in store for us in the fall.’

Wilde also told the story to Allure in 2013: ‘I met Jason, and I thought he was so charming. He’s a great dancer and I’m a sucker for great dancers. But he didn’t even get my number. 

‘Over the next six months we kept running into each other. [One night] my best guy friend walked up to him and said, “This is Olivia’s number. Use it.” That was the beginning.’

Happy family: Wilde, 36, and Sudeikis, 45, began dating in November of 2011, later getting engaged in January of 2013, and they share son Otis, six, and daughter Daisy, four (pictured in March, 2018)

Happy family: Wilde, 36, and Sudeikis, 45, began dating in November of 2011, later getting engaged in January of 2013, and they share son Otis, six, and daughter Daisy, four (pictured in March, 2018)

Love story: They met at the after party for the season 36 finale of Saturday Night Live, striking up a romance a few months later (pictured in December, 2019)

Love story: They met at the after party for the season 36 finale of Saturday Night Live, striking up a romance a few months later (pictured in December, 2019)

Both had just gotten out of previous marriages, as Wilde was married to Italian Prince Tao Ruspoli, 45, from 2003 until filing for divorce in March of 2011, two months before meeting Sudeikis.

He married Pitch Perfect writer Kay Cannon in June of 2004, before separating in 2008 and divorcing in 2010.

Sudeikis joked on Jimmy Kimmel Live! last May, when asked when they’ll finally get married: ‘We’re waiting for weed to be legal in every state.’ 

The couple starred together in the 2013 romantic drama Drinking Buddies, and he later appeared in her 2019 feature directorial debut Booksmart. 

Wilde told People of directing her fiancé: ‘That was great. He’s one of the best improvisers in the world so I knew I could cast him. He’s like spinning a top and just letting it roll. It’s really amazing to see him do his thing.’

Legalize it! Sudeikis joked on Jimmy Kimmel Live! last May, when asked when they'll finally get married: 'We're waiting for weed to be legal in every state' (pictured in June, 2019)

Legalize it! Sudeikis joked on Jimmy Kimmel Live! last May, when asked when they’ll finally get married: ‘We’re waiting for weed to be legal in every state’ (pictured in June, 2019)



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