“I remember, it was Thanksgiving and we were separated and I was with the kids because it was my time to be with the kids,” Wilde recalled. “Everything was as it should be. Kids were with me. Jason was photographed with his girlfriend on the beach in Costa Rica and the press were like, ‘Yay for him, he looks so happy. So wonderful.’”

And while Wilde—who faced backlash for her romance with Harry Styles shortly after separating from Sudeikis—emphasized that her ex “wasn’t doing anything wrong,” by vacationing with his new partner, it was a bit of a “what the f–k” moment for her. 

“I was like, ‘If I was away from my children on a national holiday frolicking on a beach it would be like, ‘Just burn her at the stake now,’” Wilde considered. “‘Take the kids away from her and burn her to the ground.’”

Now, though, Wilde and Sudeikis have mastered the coparenting dynamic—no matter what people from the outside see. 

“I’m really grateful for the opportunity to have this space with my kids when I am completely with my kids, completely engaged with them,” Wilde explained. “I really value the opportunity to be completely present with them and then to hand them off to a very capable co–parent who is very present with them when he’s with them and then I have this space which is permission to go work my f–king ass off.”

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