Jason Sudeikis Opens Up About Being Single, Why Dating Feels ‘Daunting’ After Olivia Wilde Split

Jason Sudeikis is getting candid about his love life nearly six years after ending his relationship with ex-fiancée Olivia Wilde.

The Ted Lasso star, 50, shared on the Tuesday, June 2, episode of the “Friends Keep Secrets” podcast that he is currently single.

Cohost Lil Dicky then asked Sudeikis what it was like being single, to which the comedian responded, “Ups and downs.”

Dicky’s wife and fellow cohost Kristin Batalucco followed up by quizzing the actor on whether he’s “more of a relationship guy.”

“I like being in relation to people,” Sudeikis explained. “I’m not at a point in my life where it feels good or fulfilling to date numerous people all at once. That feels daunting and overwhelming, especially with being a parent.”

Sudeikis said that his approach to relationships has changed since becoming a father. The actor shares son Otis, 12, and daughter Daisy, 9, with Wilde, 42.

“There’s also a new thing of anyone I’m dating, that they are never number one on the callsheet, as the showbiz saying would go. The kids are,” he explained. “Even probably more so than myself.”

He added, “Then there’s that little bit as you get older, you’re like, ‘Oh God, I gotta make sure my cup’s full in order for other people to get the overflow.’”

Elsewhere on the podcast, cohost Benny Blanco asked Sudeikis whether he wanted more children. “I would if I fell in love,” the former Saturday Night Live star said.

Sudeikis also opened up about life as a dad.

“It’s all relative,” he responded to being asked whether he’s a strict father. “But I think ish. Like, about manners and stuff and saying ‘please’ and ‘thank you.’”

The actor also praised his little ones’ sense of humor.

“Oh my gosh, they’re so funny. They’re getting funnier and funnier as they go. Daisy’s been funny from jump,” he gushed.

Sudeikis and Wilde began dating in 2011 and got engaged in January 2013. They welcomed son Otis the following year and daughter Daisy in 2016.

By late 2020, however, the couple had split, and Wilde was later linked to Harry Styles.

In a July 2021 interview with GQ, Sudeikis said he was still processing the public split.

“I’ll have a better understanding of why in a year, and an even better one in two, and an even greater one in five, and it’ll go from being, you know, a book of my life to becoming a chapter to a paragraph to a line to a word to a doodle,” he said at the time.

He added, “That’s an experience that you either learn from or make excuses about. You take some responsibility for it, hold yourself accountable for what you do, but then also endeavor to learn something beyond the obvious from it.”