Olivia Wilde wants to do things differently this time around with her new relationship after the drama that went down while with Harry Styles!
In case you missed it, the filmmaker was spotted out with a hunky actor and former basketball player named Dane DiLiegro at the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics game last week. It’s unknown how or when they met, but they are definitely more than friends! You can tell by the pics — they ain’t hiding it!
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So what’s going on? As a source for People put it, Olivia is “dating and having fun” — yet “not looking for anything serious.” Dane is the first person she dated since the break up with Harry in November 2022. Why? Because she put her love life on the backburner for two years!
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A source told Dailymail.com on Monday that Olivia stopped dating to “focus on herself and her family” after ending things with the One Direction alum:
“After the Harry breakup, she really took time off dating and away from the spotlight to focus on herself and her family. She got way too caught up in that and their relationship became a public spectacle.”
It wasn’t just her romance with Harry that was tough! The end of her nine-year relationship with Jason Sudeikis also “took a toll on her and was even more difficult because there were children involved.” So yeah, Olivia needed a break in the romance department for a while! Can you blame her? A lot of s**t went down over the past few years! Remember the whole Don’t Worry Darling scandal?
There were rumors of a massive falling out between Olivia and leading lady Florence Pugh, too! Maybe because the director supported Shia LaBeouf when the Little Women star didn’t want to work with an alleged abuser. Maybe something else… Olivia and Jason’s former nanny claimed Florence and Harry hooked up — before he got with the In Time star! That would have been enough of a messy love triangle already! But to make things more complicated, the start of Harry and Olivia’s romance was also a bit controversial because the end date of her relationship with Jason is fuzzy! Yes, we’re hinting at some alleged cheating here! Then Olivia and Jason got into that nasty child custody dispute! And then after all that, the movie was trashed by critics and audiences! And then Harry broke up with her!
It’s been a rough couple of years for Olivia. But now she has “finally moved on from” Harry to Dane. And after that high-profile disaster, she does not want to “make this mistake ever again.” This time around, she wants a more low-key relationship! The insider said:
“She keeps her private life and her love life private because she knows that this is the only way something will last.”
Whether Dane and Olivia will last? Time will tell! However, the athlete is checking off a lot of boxes for her so far! The source shared that the actress “finds Dane incredibly attractive, and they have a lot in common.” But best of all he “knows how to treat a woman”:
“He is passionate and he knows how to treat a woman. They both love sports. They enjoy being around each other and not afraid to show affection when they are out together.”
HOT! That being said, another insider stressed that they are not “serious” at this time:
“She’s dating and having fun. She’s working non-stop so not looking for anything serious.”
Serious or not, the one thing Olivia isn’t looking for in a relationship is drama! Never again! Takes notes, Dane, unless you want this to fizzle out fast! Reactions, Perezcious readers? Let us know in the comments!
[Image via MEGA/WENN,Dane DiLiegro/Instagram]