Harry Styles, 26, and Olivia Wilde, 36, get close in Santa Barbara

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They made their debut as Hollywood’s hottest new power couple over the weekend at his agent’s wedding in Montecito.

And new couple Harry Styles and Olivia Wilde showed no signs of slowing things down as they enjoyed an outing with close friends in Santa Barbara, California, on Sunday.

The Watermelon Sugar singer, 26, and filmmaker, 36, packed on the PDA as Harry sweetly wrapped his arm around her while taking a stroll in the city after furious trolls claimed that Olivia should be ‘ashamed’ for going public with their romance.  

The Watermelon Sugar singer stars as the lead male star in Olivia’s upcoming film, Don’t Worry Darling, which the mother-of-two is directing. 

The new couple’s appearance marks mother-of-two Olivia’s first public relationship since her split from actor fiancé Jason Sudeikis, 45, in early 2020 after more than eight years together. 

Olivia sported a low-key look for the outing, wearing an Argyle-style jumper, brown trousers and Converse trainers for the outing. 

The filmmaker left her brunette locks loose which she sweptback with a pair of brown sunglasses, she finished her look with a protective white face mask amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Harry also rocked a casual ensemble in a pair of grey tracksuit bottoms with a black hoodie and white trainers for the stroll in the city.

Although the former One Direction star added a touch of his trademark cool style with a pink beanie hat, white sunglasses and patterned face mask which also acted as a scarf. 

The new couple appeared in great spirits as they shared a laugh with friends, who appeared to be from the wedding party over the weekend, during their stroll together in Santa Barbara.

It comes after Olivia’s latest Instagram post was trolled by Harry Styles fanatics just days after the pair confirmed their romance at his agent’s wedding over the weekend.  

The actress took to Instagram earlier this month with a funny New Year meme of rock band Ramones, but was flooded with criticism over her relationship with the musician, who she is working with on the film she is directing, Don’t Worry Darling.

Some of the One Direction star’s followers claimed the mother-of-two ‘stole’ him from them and slammed their decision to advance from colleagues to lovers, while others defended their romance and branded the hate ’embarrassing’.

Screen star Olivia’s post read: ‘2020, 24 hours to go’ – a funny spin on Ramones’ 1978 hit track I Wanna Be Sedated.

Despite the filmmakers’ efforts to inject humour into the start of the year, a few social media users took the opportunity to lash out at her for dating singer Harry.

One cruelly questioned the professionalism of Olivia’s psychological horror movie, which sees her new beau step into the leading role of Jack, who hides a dark secret from his wife Alice (Florence Pugh).

He took over Shia LaBeouf’s role as Florence’s love interest in September last year, and it is his first screen role since the 2017 movie Dunkirk. 

They said: ‘dating a Co star and an employee isnt very professional from you …the movie should be called Harry and olivia’. (sic)

Others agreed: ‘So… Harry Styles got the part because he sleeps with the director? LOL.

‘And now we know how he got the part in the film… Did you slept with harry and you gave him the part? and you split with your husband bcoz you want to date harry?’ (sic)

Another troll ridiculed Harry’s past relationships, as well as the New Yorker’s nine-year romance with Wilde Jason Sudeikis, with whom she shares son Otis, six, and daughter Daisy, four.

They said: ‘I know Harry have a thing for older women not a mummy with 2 babies… YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF WHAT YOU’RE DOING… DATING A BOY WHO’S WORKUNG FOR YOU!’ (sic)

However, a legion of the songwriter’s loyal fanbase urged the naysayers to stop writing negative comments on Olivia’s page, especially after Harry recently released the music video to his track Treat People with Kindness (TPWK). 

Treat People with Kindness is a slogan the media personality first used to promote love and acceptance during his debut concert tour in 2017.

Fans penned: ‘clearly some of you in the comments have forgotten to TREAT PEOPLE WITH KINDNESS!!!! On behalf of the SANE Harry stans, I’m sorry and this is embarrassing.

‘where’s the treat people with kindness? leave her alone. she has done nothing. i’m so sorry for all the hate oh my god.

‘jesus christ please leave her alone.. olivia bby i’m so sorry about these comments ily queen… LEAVE HER ALONE.

‘bestie hope ur well idk why everyone thinks ur business is theirs but… treat olivia with kindness.

‘THIS IS SO EMBARRASSING LEAVE HER ALOME,, YOURE ACTING AS IF THOUGH HARRY WAS FORCED TO HOLD HER HAND.

‘Everyone needs to leave Olivia alone! So what if her and Harry are dating! He isn’t our to claim! How do you think it makes Harry feels that his fans that say they love and support him are here rn hating on Olivia for holding hands with Harry! 

‘It isn’t any of our business where they are dating or not! As long as they are both happy that is all what matters! So everyone leave her alone! And TREAT HET WITH F*****G KINDNESS. 

‘y’all need to leave her alone. you preach tpwk until harry is seen with a woman. literally leave her alone, she did nothing wrong.’ (sic) 

Harry and Olivia made their debut as Hollywood’s hottest new power couple over the weekend as they arrived holding hands at his agent’s wedding in Montecito, California.  

Harry looked very dapper in a black suit paired with a frilled white shirt as he held hands with his new love while wearing a black face mask at the San Ysidro Ranch. 

Olivia stunned in a long boho floral style dress with a pink turban as they left their hotel to join the wedding party, with the actress sporting a matching black face mask.

The pair are said to have ‘grown close’ while filming Don’t Worry Darling in recent weeks, and have even spent time living together at a house near Palm Springs owned by TV host James Corden, who is a long-time friend of Harry’s.

The new couple looked happy and relaxed as they walked hand-in-hand, with Harry holding a tumbler of alcohol as they attended the nuptials of his agent Jeffrey Azoff to Glenne Christiaansen. 

A source told MailOnline that earlier in the day, Harry gate-crashed the bride and groom’s official wedding photographs, with the star pictured holding a tumbler of alcohol in his white robe while the couple posed with the suave Brit. 

He also lent his vintage white 1966 Mercedes SL230 to the happy couple and Olivia ran errands in his black Range Rover SUV. 

The happy photos comes amid claims James Corden helped keep Harry  and Olivia’s ‘romance a secret’ after allowing the singer to stay in his home while filming Olivia’s new movie, Don’t Worry Darling, in Palm Springs, California. 

In exclusive pictures obtained by MailOnline on Monday, Harry and Olivia were pictured arriving back at Harry’s LA home with luggage in tow, shortly after they were seen driving around in Montecito in California together. 

And now it has been claimed that Harry’s celebrity pal and The Late Late Show host James, 42, helped the duo keep their romance a ‘secret’ after allowing Harry to stay at his home near Palm Springs during filming where he was ‘able to be alone’ with Olivia.   

While a source told the publication that the duo ‘fell for each other’ on the set of her movie Don’t Worry Darling, with the singer reportedly introducing Olivia as his ‘girlfriend’ at the wedding. 

A source told Page Six: ‘This relationship between Harry and Olivia is very new. Olivia has been directing Harry in the movie in Palm Springs, and there were literally 10 people on the set, because they were strictly adhering to COVID rules. 

‘Harry had been staying at James Corden’s house near Palm Springs during filming, and so they were able to be alone and keep their relationship very secret. 

‘So everyone was really surprised — and rather delighted — when Harry brought Olivia as his date to the wedding, and introduced her as his girlfriend.’   

The source added that Harry doesn’t give a ‘f**k* about the 10-year age gap and was ‘openly holding hands and kissing Olivia’. Olivia, Harry and James’ representatives have been contacted for comment.   

Olivia was engaged to fiancé Jason Sudeikis, 45, for over eight years but it was reported in November 2020 that they had split earlier in the year, with nothing to suggest that Harry had any involvement in the decision to part.

Us Weekly reported at the time that Olivia and Jason, who are parents to son Otis, six, and daughter Daisy, four, were ‘never going to get married’ and often ‘butted heads’.

An insider claimed: ‘There were arguments and fights over career decisions and where to live. Like most couples, they had disagreements, they were bi-coastal but Jason loved living in New York and Olivia, who was born in NYC, was leaning more toward Los Angeles.’  

Harry took over Shia LaBeouf’s role as Florence Pugh’s love interest in Olivia’s new horror film Don’t Worry Darling in September. It is his first screen role since the 2017 movie Dunkirk.  

Olivia recently told People that she ‘did a little dance’ when Harry agreed to sign-on to her directorial project. 

‘[Designer Arianne Phillips] and I did a little victory dance when we heard that we officially had Harry in the film, because we knew that he has a real appreciation for fashion and style. And this movie is incredibly stylistic. It’s very heightened and opulent, and I’m really grateful that he is so enthusiastic about that element of the process—some actors just don’t care.

‘To me, he’s very modern and I hope that this brand of confidence as a male that Harry has—truly devoid of any traces of toxic masculinity—is indicative of his generation and therefore the future of the world. 

‘I think he is in many ways championing that, spearheading that. It’s pretty powerful and kind of extraordinary to see someone in his position redefining what it can mean to be a man with confidence.’

The psychological thriller is set in the 1950s, and is Olivia’s second directorial effort after 2019’s critically-acclaimed Booksmart. 

The impressive cast also boasts turns from Chris Pine, Gemma Chan, KiKi Layne and Nick Kroll. 

It had been reported that Shia had been forced to drop out due to a scheduling conflict, but in November, it was claimed Wilde had fired the Transformers star for violating her ‘zero a**hole policy’ on set.

A source close to the production described the actor as ‘off-putting’ and ‘not an easy guy to work with.’

The actor was recently sued by his ex-girlfriend FKA twigs for physical and sexual assault.    

MailOnline reported earlier on Monday that the duo were thought to be dating after ‘growing close’ on the set of their new movie, Don’t Worry Darling. 

A source told MailOnline: ‘Olivia and Harry have become close and the pair have been spending a lot of time together in recent weeks. She has been seen visiting his home on several occasions.’  

Elsewhere, a source told The Sun: ‘They clicked immediately – they’re both very artistic, passionate people and it was one of those things where straight away everyone could see they had a spark. 

‘It’s no surprise something has happened, but now they’re quite open about it and out and about as a couple. They went to a wedding together with a lot of their friends there. 

‘Clearly they’re enjoying themselves and the age gap really isn’t a thing. Harry has obviously famously had a thing for older women but he’s just extremely mature himself, you’d never think there was a decade between them.’     

In November, Olivia famously defended Harry’s choice to wear a dress on the cover of Vogue, after he became the first man to appear solo on the cover of the fashion bible. 

Author Candace Owens, criticised Harry’s choice of clothing and said it made him look weak. 

She said: ‘There is no society that can survive without strong men. The East knows this. In the west, the steady feminization of our men at the same time that Marxism is being taught to our children is not a coincidence. It is an outright attack. Bring back manly men.’ 

Olivia then hit back on Twitter and wrote: ‘You’re pathetic.’ 

Harry has previously dated the likes of Victoria’s Secret model Camille Rowe, 30, Portugese model Sara Sampaio, 28, London-based chef and blogger, Tess Ward, 27.

He’s also dated singer Taylor Swift, 31, model Kendall Jenner, 25, and late TV presenter Caroline Flack in 2011, when he was aged 17 and she was aged 32. 

The singer has spoken candidly about his attraction to older women in the past.

Specifically, fans of Styles unearthed a 2012 interview where he admitted that the only woman ‘too old’ for him is any woman ‘older’ than his mother Anne.  

The interviewer, speaking on behalf of YOU magazine, was pressing Harry about dating amid One Direction mega fame.

Curious about Styles’ personal preferences, the interviewer asked the star, How old [of a woman] is too old’ to date?  

The Watermelon Sugar singer, who is notoriously shy, responded with: ‘Any woman older than my mum Anne — who is 43.’

At the time of the interview in question, Harry was just 18-years-old and had already been previously involved with Love Island host Caroline Flack, who was 32. 

Styles was first introduced to Flack during his stint on the X Factor in 2010, where he competed with his former group members Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Niall Horan, and Louis Tomlinson for the singing competition’s top prize.