Olivia Wilde sits down with Alex to discuss the relentless double standards she's faced as a director, actor, and public figure. She reflects on how her dating life, parenting choices, and fashion have been scrutinized in ways male counterparts rarely experience. Wilde unpacks her new film The Invite—which explores intimacy and draws from real experiences—and shares candid thoughts on motherhood, objectification, and how her perspective on marriage has shifted.
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The Invite: Drawing From Real Experience to Explore Intimacy
Wilde's film The Invite explores sex and intimacy by grounding the narrative in real experiences and observations about how people actually connect and desire.
Double Standards in Public Scrutiny: Women vs. Men in Entertainment
Wilde reflects on how her dating life, parenting, and fashion choices have been judged far more harshly than male counterparts would be in similar situations.
Wilde opens up about motherhood and how mothers are judged by an impossible standard that demands they be simultaneously present, ambitious, selfless, and flawless.