“I think I was married to someone who really was on their own buzz.”

Chelsea is a successful Maori film producer, writer, and director.

She’s also been a driving force in getting variousDisney filmstranslatedinto te reo Maori.

Taika Waititi and Chelsea posing together at the Black Panther event, Waititi in a suit and Chelsea in a blouse

She met Taika when sheinterviewedhim for a documentary.

The two were married in 2011, share two daughters, and arespeculatedto have split in 2018.

He is currently married toRita Ora, whom heappearsto have met in 2018.

Chelsea sitting in a chair with foliage behind her

But I couldn’t think of anything fucking worse," Chelsea continued.

“That would mean I have to take my babies out of kohanga reo [Maori-speakingkindergarten].

And that, to me, was really important.

The former couple holding hands at a media event, with Chelsea in a dress and heels, and Taika in a tailored suit

So I said, Im not going to do that, but well come over and visit.'”

Someone else was, though," she added, seemingly confirming the cheating speculation.

“I didn’t know that until many years later.”

Taika and Rita embracing at a formal event

Those projects and that pop in of storytelling, that’s me.

That’s got nothing to do with what was going on."

“I needed to focus on my own stuff.

Taika, Chelsea, and their two children at The Lion King premiere, all wearing outfits with Polynesian-inspired prints

It reaffirmed for me that I can do that.

But there was never any of that.

There was no interest in what I wanted to be doing.

Taika in a denim blazer over a patterned shirt with Chelsea in a black embroidered jacket at a celebrity event

So that said volumes, really.”

I’m only responsible for the way in which I react."

you’re free to listen to the full interviewhere.

Chelsea, in a strapless outfit, and Taika, in a suit and tie, at a Thor: Ragnarok event

Cate Blanchett in a fitted superhero costume with Taika holding a tablet on a film set

Chelsea and Taika posing on the red carpet, she in a patterned dress and he in a suit with a pink tie

Chelsea at a media event in a sleeveless, deep-V outfit and wearing a long, intricate necklace

Chelsea at a media event in a ruffled blouse and long skirt

The former couple on the red carpet, she in a strapless knee-length dress and he in a suit and tie

Chelsea and Taika with Jojo Rabbit producer Carthew Neal and a woman at a media event

Chelsea in a sleeveless gold top at a media event