These are photos of Olivia Wilde at the Women’s Media Foundation awards on Tuesday evening. She was wearing a strange Roksanda dress with a structural blue-and-coral ruffle. The dress is pretty boring, and the “artsy” geometric ruffle looks awkward. Olivia is lucky enough to be able to get away with loose, undone hair and natural looking makeup.

Olivia co-hosted this event. She’s connected to the foundation because her mother, Leslie Cockburn, is an investigative journalist who worked in war zones. Olivia decided to talk up her new mommydom on the red carpet. What she says is sweet and profound, but you get the sense that Olivia thinks she’s the first one to experience motherhood. Let’s see what Livvy has to say about her experience:

She’s selfless now: “The amazing thing about becoming a parent is that you will never again be your own first priority. The gift of motherhood is the selflessness that it introduces you to, and I think that’s really freeing.”

The “amazing” Otis: “He’s a very sweet person,” shares Wilde, who jokes that she and Sudeikis are “getting there” in terms of Otis sleeping through the night. “The empathy that it floods you with — being a mother — I think makes you a better storyteller. I take my place in the world a little bit more seriously being a mother … I hope I can tell stories that somehow benefit the world that Otis will grow up in.”

Her mother: “She taught me the importance of speaking truth to power, to being unintimidated by people telling you to give up. So in terms of my own career, her example of perseverance has been very helpful. My mom was the first person to really introduce me to what it means to really dedicate yourself to your profession, and about self sacrifice. And I think being a mother in a very dangerous profession is even harder, and she knew that she was risking her life, and yet we grew up just admiring that type of passion and bravery.”

[From People]

Let’s cut Olivia a break since she’s still a new mother, and she’s still in the lovey-dovey bonding phase with her son. He’s not old enough to talk back or refuse to do his homework. She’s in full mommy haze and talking about how empathy makes mothers better storytellers. Does that make sense to anyone? I think she’s just happy, effusive, and rambling. On the notion of selflessness, yeah. Those feelings are common. I’m still pretty selfish but have learned to prioritize competing needs since becoming a mother. Every mother learns how to work it out on her own.

Photos courtesy of WENN