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Jason Sudeikis is coming under fire for preaching about mental health less than a year after publicly humiliating his ex-fiancée Olivia Wilde by having his lawyers serve her custody papers while on stage in front of industry executives. Sudeikis, 47, along with other Ted Lasso cast members, were meeting with President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden to talk about how mental health contributes to overall well-being. The comedian said he wanted to encourage people, even in politically divided Washington DC, to make it a point to check in often with friends, family and co-workers to 'ask how they're doing, and listen, sincerely.

' His caring words appeared directly counter the actions of his own legal team who served Wilde with papers in April 2022 while presenting live on stage at the 2022 CinemaCon. The 38-year-old actress was in the middle of a presentation for 4,100 film industry executives about last year's thriller Don't Worry Darling when she received the legal documents. Wilde called the incident 'an attack on her workplace', but said she was not surprised at it happening because there was a 'reason' she ended her relationship with Sudeikis.

 In court documents obtained by DailyMail. com, she argued that the decision to serve her onstage in front of an audience was a clear bid to 'threaten' and 'embarrass' her.  Sudeikis has since claimed he did not know Wilde would be served the papers in such a public and humiliating way.

Wilde stated that: 'Jason's actions were clearly intended to threaten me and catch me off guard. He could have served me discreetly, but instead he chose to serve me in the most aggressive manner possible.  'The fact that Jason would embarrass me professionally and put our personal conflict

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