In October 2020, singer Rainsford (real name: Rainey Qualley) took to Instagram to share stills for the new music video for her song "Love Me Like You Hate Me." The video is chock full of steamy scenes featuring the singer's sister, actor Margaret Qualley, and her then-boyfriend Shia LaBeouf. In her Instagram post, Rainsford offered "special thanks" to Olivia Wilde.
A subsequent report from The Hollywood Reporter, however, claimed there was a lot more going on than anyone realized. Wilde, in fact, had actually directed the film as a favor to Margaret Qualley, with whom she'd previously worked. After filming, Wilde was reportedly given a period of time to edit her footage to submit. Before that deadline, LaBeouf created his own cut of the video, sending it in a group email that included Wilde. She replied by saying she'd be happy to give it a look, and would be submitting her cut shortly.
LaBeouf replied by telling Wilde she responded incorrectly, and should have said "we should go with this," referring to his cut. "Great jazz musicians know when not to play," he wrote. Wilde was not having it. "I'm out," she wrote back, exiting the project entirely.
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