Worry, Darling. Worry a Lot.

Olivia Wilde
Photo: Steve Jennings/Getty Images
Matthew Belloni
August 29, 2022

Self-inflicted wounds are always the most fascinating to analyze, right? I thought of that when a few veteran P.R. people texted me this week asking how Olivia Wilde, an exciting new filmmaker and recently the subject of a fierce bidding war, had suddenly turned the press for her own movie into a snakepit of tabloid headlines and social media bile.