Olivia Wilde: Divorce Was ‘The Most Difficult Thing’ She Has Ever Dealt With

Wilde, who wed at 18, admits that her divorce was “the most difficult thing” she has ever dealt with, and that “she jumped into a stage of adulthood prematurely”.

Around the same time, she began her acting career, and explains that she was instructed that “sex sells” and that she needed to trade in her turtlenecks for skimpy tank tops.

“I went through this kind of A Star is Born transformation, where they made my hair very blonde, and I got very skinny, and I was like, ‘And now, I fit the mold!’” she exclaims.

“If I could tell young actresses anything, it would be to just be yourself through and through. I mean, really be hardcore about sticking to your identity, because what makes you unusual is what’s going to assure your success.”

After putting on weight during her divorce, she talks about the public scrutiny that surrounded her new look.

“I’m just kind of appalled by that.  I’m like, ‘You know what?  I am not a melted heap of sadness on the ground, so I think I’m doing pretty good.’”