Jason Sudeikis reflected on his nine-year relationship with former fiancée Olivia Wilde and how he learned he needed to communicate better with the actress.
The “Ted Lasso” star, who dated the director from 2011 to 2020, opened up about what she would have done differently in their relationship During Sunday’s episode of “Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso.”
“I think it’s just flat communication,” he said. “I could communicate better how I was feeling, how things were making me feel [and] How things make me feel.”
Sudeikis, 51, added, “If I’m feeling a certain way and I don’t talk about it, it doesn’t make it go away.”
The actor explained that it is “inappropriate” to assume that someone could be a “mind reader”, adding, “Whether that person is a partner on ‘SNL’ or a boss or a line producer for a television show.”
He added, “It’s like, ‘How do you express those ideas that fast?'”
Elsewhere in the interview, Sudeikis was asked if he understood his and Wilde’s breakup better now than he did five years ago.
“It’s the old equation of heartbreak, or any form of it, it takes half the time to process… to get over something, so if it was a 10-year relationship, five years would be 2020,” he said, before explaining how he might have better communicated with Wilde.
The “We’re the Millers” star also praised Wilde, saying she’s “very good” at her job.
“I’m thrilled for her and I feel very fortunate to be able to do what I get to do,” he said. “But going through all that has given me the opportunity to see other people going through something similar.”
Sudeikis and the “Don’t Worry Darling” director began dating in 2011 after meeting at a “Saturday Night Live” party, and they got engaged in 2013.
They later had two children – 12-year-old son Otis Alexander in 2014 and 10-year-old daughter Daisy Josephine in 2016.
The estranged couple parted ways in 2020 and dedicated themselves to amicably co-parenting their children.
After the breakup, Sudeikis was romantically linked with Keely Hazell from 2021 to 2022.
As for Wilde, she dated Harry Styles from 2021 to 2022, then dated actor and former basketball player Dan Deligro in 2025. She has since moved on with Caspar Jopling.