By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2026-06-18 15:09:25 | Updated at 2026-06-18 16:49:34
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Olivia Wilde has reflected on being named the top girl on Maxim's Hot 100 List almost 20 years ago.
In June 2009 she wore a skintight white dress as she made the cover of the men's magazine.
Now Wilde has said she has mixed feelings about the honor. The 42-year-old actress has described it as the 'most f***** up thing in the world.'
During an appearance on the Call Her Daddy podcast, Olivia explained: 'I remember my publicist called me and said, you're number one, do you want to accept it?
'I remember being like, I understand this is the most f***** up thing in the world, but the part of me that felt who didn't fit in from high school, the girl who never felt like who fit those [beauty] standards, who felt awkward and wrong in every way, I know that part of me was like, really? You want me?'' she shared.
Olivia Wilde has reflected on being named the top girl on Maxim's Hot 100 List almost 20 years ago. Seen in May
The ex of Harry Styles felt uncomfortable with the idea.
The star said that she didn't like that her value was 'entirely dependent on our fickle, subjective definition of beauty.'
Despite this, Wilde acknowledged that the recognition helped her in her acting career.
The Hollywood star explained: 'I got roles upon roles from that. It led to casting.
'You have to take responsibility for your participation in that self-objectification.'
Meanwhile, the performer previously admitted that she finds directing to be a liberating experience.
The actress made her directorial debut with the teen comedy film Booksmart in 2019, and Wilde explained that she relished the experience.
She told The Talks: 'Directing has been liberating in a way that is very profound because as an actor, you are very dependent.
In 2009 she was wed to Tao Ruspoli; seen in November 2009 in New York City
The thespian in a bra top in April in Los Angeles at the Fashion Trust U.S 2026 Awards
'You're dependent on people choosing you and people projecting a certain kind of definition onto you of a character of what you are.
'I think it's quite an enormous responsibility to hold all of those projections,' added the ex of Jason Sudeikis.
'With being director, there's a sense of agency. I think the first time that I called action on my own set of my first film, I felt a thrill of independence for the first time.
'My value on a set was entirely based on my ideas and if I had an instinct to change a scene, I could do that.'
