Wild new claim in controversy among Don’t Worry Darling cast and crew

Why exactly did Don’t Worry Darling star Florence Pugh fall out with director Olivia Wilde? An insider’s explosive new allegation may explain why.

It’s the one question on everyone’s lips: why did Florence Pugh exactly fall out with Olivia Wilde?

Well, Wilde’s former nanny has alleged that Pugh, in fact, had a fling with Harry Styles before Wilde started dating him.

The nanny — named as Erika Genaro by TMZ and confirmed by sources to Page Six — made the claims in a blockbuster interview with the Daily Mail this week.

In a video posted online, Genaro claimed that Sudeikis told her that “Flo was f**king Harry and she had a boyfriend.” Pugh split with longtime love Zach Braff earlier this year.

Harry Styles and Florence Pugh in Olivia Wilde's Don't Worry Darling.

Following the nanny’s tell-all, Wilde and her ex-boyfriend, Jason Sudeikis, released a joint statement to slam her.

“As parents, it is incredibly upsetting to learn that a former nanny of our two young children would choose to make such false and scurrilous accusations about us publicly,” the former couple — who share son Otis, 8, and daughter Daisy, 6 — told Page Six.

“Her now 18 month long campaign of harassing us, as well as loved ones, close friends and colleagues, has reached its unfortunate apex. We will continue to focus on raising and protecting our children with the sincere hope that she will now choose to leave our family alone.”

As Page Six previously revealed, Pugh fell out with Wilde during filming, as multiple sources told us that the Britstar was unhappy that Wilde, her director on Don’t Worry Darling, and Styles, her co-star, hooking up on the Palm Springs set.

Olivia Wilde (left) with her cast at the movie’s headline-making Venice Film Festival premiere in August. Picture: Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty

One industry source told us, “I can tell you for a fact that Flo seeing Olivia and Harry all over each other on set did not go down well as Olivia was still with Jason when she first hooked up with Harry.”

Pugh refused to carry out promo for the movie and then attended a somewhat frosty premiere at the Venice Film Festival.

Although Wilde has continued to sing Pugh’s praises, Pugh has so far stayed silent.

Speaking to Elle magazine as part of their Women in Hollywood series, Wilde doubled down on her denial of the animosity between her and Pugh, calling the rumours “untruths.”

Wilde has repeatedly batted away rumours of feuds on set. Picture: Charley Gallay/Getty

Pugh refused to do any promo for the film. Picture: Matrix

Of Pugh, she said, “She’s so generous in her acting in every scene. She makes everyone around her better.] Florence had a really wise comment that we didn’t sign up for a reality show.

“And I love that she put it that way, because it’s as though the general public feels that if you are making something that you’re selling to the public, you somehow have accepted that your life will be torn to shreds by a pack of wolves. No, that’s actually not part of the job description. Never was.”

Wilde — who also acts in the psychological drama — added, “This film is trying to ask big questions, but [it’s] ‘Let’s just focus on this sideshow over here.”

Reps for Pugh, Wilde and Styles were unavailable for comment.

This story originally appeared on Page Six and is republished here with permission.