Mischa Barton Reveals She Dated O.C. Costar Ben McKenzie IRL

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- Pop Base (@PopBase) February 21, 2024

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on the Call Her Daddy podcast Mischa revealed that she dated costar Ben McKenzie

When she was 17 and he was 25 during the first season of the show

She was a virgin when she started the show and had no dating experience

Comments

[theactualworst]

Men are garbage. I’m so tired of them.

[artemisofluna]

....ew.

Isn't this also the dude Morena Baccarin cheated on her husband with? Or is it the other way around? lol

[burntxtoashes]

Yeah it is. I still remember the row of posts about it. It was like one day they went public, then she was pregnant, then her husband was saying it wasn't his child...so messy.

[alienjive]

That was such a wild week for ONTD lol

[artemisofluna]

It really fucking was.

[alienjive]

I am SHOCKED. Sitting here with my mouth wide open, as a huge HUGE fan of the series. I can't believe I NEVER knew this but it's all becoming so clear now. They did have pretty insane chemistry in the first season, so I should have clocked it from there but damn. I am so grossed out by Ben now jfc. I KNEW he had issues with her because he's quite literally the only cast member who almost never has anything to say about Mischa. When he was on the podcast it seemed like he went out of his way to avoid discussing her. I just never guessed it was because they dated (when she was underage) and it ended messily. God, Ben. Between this and the affair with Morena he sounds so incredibly messy. I feel so bad for Mischa, she was harmed and taken advantage of from such a young age and then just absolutely dragged through the mud by the media

[__onthebound]

Part Mischa part Kiki!

[justyourfaceha]

I think they also denied it this whole time too. I remember them saying they never dated each other.

[march_runaway]

i’m also totally shocked i’m a super fan of the show and i never saw this coming

[burntxtoashes]

I feel like there were rumours about this way back when the show was on air (and about there being a riff between them), but I'm genuinely shocked she confirmed it.

Gross that she was the one vilified behind the scenes for it and not the 25 year old who had no business dating a teen to begin with.

[mary_pickforded]