‘Don’t Worry Darling’ Drama: Olivia Wilde’s Messy “Miss Flo” Video Fuels Florence Pugh Feud Speculation

Olivia Wilde‘s alleged video plea to keep Shia LaBeouf on her film, Don’t Worry Darling, has leaked on the internet just one day after the actor included the clip in an email shared with Variety Thursday (Aug. 25). The video — which LaBeouf presented to support his claim that he was not fired from Wilde’s film, but willingly quit — is filmed inside a car, where Wilde attempts to reason with LaBeouf while driving.

“I feel like I’m not ready to give up on this yet, and I, too, am heartbroken and I want to figure this out,” she says in the clip.

Wilde then appears to mention Florence Pugh, who stars in Don’t Worry Darling as Alice, the wife of the character played by LaBeouf before he was replaced by Harry Styles. Wilde told Variety in a Wednesday (Aug. 24) cover story that she let go of LaBeouf to protect other actors, specifically Pugh, who is put “in very vulnerable situations” in Wilde’s film.

But in her alleged message to LaBeouf, Wilde asks the actor to “make peace” with Pugh, saying, “You know, I think this might be a bit of a wake-up call for Miss Flo, and I want to know if you’re open to giving this a shot with me, with us. If she really commits, if she really puts her mind and heart into it at this point and if you guys can make peace — and I respect your point of view, I respect hers — but if you guys can do it, what do you think? Is there hope? Will you let me know?”

The leaked video is the latest snafu in what’s snowballing into a messy press tour for Wilde, who has been promoting Don’t Worry Darling ahead of its September release. The film has been mired with rumor after rumor, including swirls of discontent between Pugh and Wilde.

While Wilde has publicly had nothing but glowing praise for Pugh — calling her “extraordinary” and telling Variety she was “blown the fuck away” by her talent — the actress has remained largely silent about Wilde and Don’t Worry Darling.

Wilde recently attempted to squash the rumors, telling Variety in an email featured in her cover story that she doesn’t “pay attention” to chatter about pay disparities on her set or reports that Pugh was unhappy about Wilde’s relationship with Styles, whom she began dating before her divorce from Jason Sudeikis.

“There has been a lot out there that I largely don’t pay attention to. But the absurdity of invented clickbait and subsequent reaction regarding a nonexistent pay disparity between our lead and supporting actors really upset me,” Wilde stated. “I’m a woman who has been in this business for over 20 years, and it’s something that I have fought for myself and others, especially being a director. There is absolutely no validity to those claims.”

As for Pugh, she declined to speak to Variety for Wilde’s cover story. While her publicist said she was busy filming in Budapest, it sure seems like more fuel for the fire to us, at least from “Miss Flo.”