[PHOTOS] Olivia Wilde receives legal papers regarding custody of her children on stage

When American actress and director Olivia Wilde received a mysterious envelope on stage in Las Vegas, where she was presenting her next film, many in the crowded room thought it was a staging item for a joke.

In fact, she was receiving legal documents sent by her former partner Jason Sudeikis.

“This is for me, right?” the actress asked, interrupted as she unveiled footage from her upcoming thriller “Don’t Worry Darling” at CinemaCon on Tuesday.

“Very mysterious. I will open it now,” she added. The envelope, marked “personal and confidential”, had been calmly slipped onto the scene by an unknown person.

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“Is it a script? OK, understood. Thank you,” asked the actress, glancing at the contents of the envelope. She then resumed her presentation without a hitch, without any reference to this envelope and many then thought that it was regarding a new project thus transmitted to Olivia Wilde.

But it emerged on Wednesday that the envelope actually contained legal documents relating to the two children she has with former boyfriend Jason Sudeikis, star of the television comedy “Ted Lasso.”

“Papers have been prepared to establish jurisdiction over the children of Ms. Wilde and Mr. Sudeikis,” a source close to Jason Sudeikis told AFP on Wednesday.

“Mr. Sudeikis had no knowledge of where and when this envelope would be delivered because that was the sole responsibility of the company involved and he would never have tolerated her being delivered the documents in such an inappropriate manner,” according to this source.

No reaction was available from representatives of Olivia Wilde.

“Don’t Worry Darling” is a psychological thriller inspired by the “Truman Show” and “Inception” in which plays British singer and actor Harry Styles, the current boyfriend of Olivia Wilde.