Sudeikis’ confusing split

The past year has been an emotional roller coaster for Jason Sudeikis, said Zach Baron in GQ. In the middle of the pandemic, Ted Lasso—the TV show he co-created and stars in, about a philosophical football-turned-soccer coach—became a surprise hit. At the same time, Sudeikis’ nine-year relationship with actress Olivia Wilde was collapsing. The couple split last November, and Wilde, the mother of Sudeikis’ two children, was soon photographed holding hands with British pop star Harry Styles. Sudeikis, 45, still doesn’t know what led to the breakup. “I’ll have a better understanding in a year,” he says, “and an even greater one in five.” The actor and comedian is used to his career and private life being out of balance. After he joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in 2005, his marriage to screenwriter Kay Cannon fell apart. “You’re going through something and then you’re dressed up like George Bush on television. You feel crazy, looking at yourself in the mirror like, ‘Who am I? Holy hell.’” Still, Sudeikis insists that he’s learned valuable lessons from these experiences of heartbreak. “If you have the opportunity to hit a rock bottom, you can become 412 bones or you can land like an Avenger. I personally have chosen to land like an Avenger.”