Olivia Wilde has entered the Traylorverse. All eyes have been on Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift, who’ve been teasing their marriage like the plot of a sporting activities romance novel considering that September. Of course, even BookTok would fawn over their chemistry. Wilde not too long ago weighed in on Swift and Kelce’s romance nonetheless, her consider invited more backlash than praise. Now, right after months of criticism, the actor is clarifying her comment.

Here’s a brief refresher on the drama. On Oct. 6, Wilde reposted a tweet from Westworld actor Katja Herbers that read, “I wish Taylor Swift was in enjoy with a local weather scientist,” on her Instagram Tales. The joke seemed to imply that far more men and women would be interested in weather modify, as Swift’s existing romantic relationship with Kelce — who’s a tight stop player for the Kansas City Chiefs — has clearly greater fans’ notice to football.

That wasn’t the only tweet Herbers, who’s also a local climate activist, made about Swift. On X (formerly acknowledged as Twitter), she imagined the singer would “join her scientist at an end fossil fuels rally” and that Swifties elevated awareness about the world’s “climate emergency” could probably restrict the destruction. Wilde notably didn’t share these comply with-up tweets to her Tales.

Lots of lovers took Wilde’s article as a unexpected dig at Swift’s connection. Some considered it was odd, considering they both of those have a past relationship to Harry Variations — Swift and the “Cinema” singer dated from 2012 to 2013, even though Wilde and Types reportedly finished their two-year marriage in November 2022. In the meantime, other people argued Wilde’s remark was “hypocritical,” taking into consideration she’s rarely utilised her have platform (or the unhinged excitement from her 2022 film, Don’t Worry Darling) to talk on climate change.

Right after a several months of silence, Wilde just lately addressed the backlash on Oct. 15. “I meant no harm,” Wilde told paparazzi though out in California, for every the Everyday Mail. “It’s obviously a comment on how significantly focus gets compensated to stupid issues.”

Other than Herbers’ tweets, the matter of climate change is specially relevant to Swift. Previous summertime, the 1989 singer was named a person of the “Celebs with the Worst Private Jet Co2 Emissions,” in a report from the advertising and marketing company Property. This rating sparked backlash on social media, top a spokesperson for the singer to protect the figures to Rolling Stone soon right after.

“Taylor’s jet is loaned out often to other folks. To attribute most or all of these visits to her is blatantly incorrect,” they said in August.

Swift has not publicly responded to Wilde’s joke.