Mischa Barton Claims Feeling ‘Unprotected’ ‘Bullying From Men’ Led To Her Exit From ‘The O.C.’

Caroline D’Amore spilled on how filming the second season of The Hills: New Beginnings was the absolute worst, all thanks to her dramatic feud with Mischa Barton and other cast members.

Actress Mischa Barton who starred in the hit teen drama The O.C. in the early aughts surprised fans when she addressed her abrupt exit from the show back in 2006.

Mischa Barton was allegedly a "nightmare" to work with on the hit teen soap "The O.C.," a source exclusively tells Page Six. After the actress claimed she was "bullied" on the set of the early-aughts show, a source tells us the crew was frustrated that Barton would constantly "show up late" for filming.

The other shoe dropping??

When it aired, The O.C. was one of the most popular shows on TV and brought immediate international fame to its stars. In the years since many of the cast have gone relatively under the radar and one has even claimed she was badly treated on set. However, Rachel Bilson has disputed Mischa Barton’s bullying claims.

The O.C. cast members Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke have responded to Mischa Barton’s “complexing” claims of bullying.Following an interview Barton gave in which she said she left the teen drama in 2006 after feeling “very unprotected” on the show, her co-stars shared their thoughts on the Everything Iconic podcast.“You know Melinda and I were talking immediately after [the interview] came out,” Bilson, who played Summer on the show, said.

Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke are speaking out about Mischa Barton's recent comments regarding her shocking exit from. During a sneak peek of a future episode of their podcast, , the co-stars addressed Barton's interview, during which said she felt «unprotected» during the making of the show.Barton starred on the series from 2004 to 2006, before her character, Marissa Cooper, was killed off during the season three finale.

The subject of Mischa Barton’s recent interview regarding her exit from The O.C. came up during the Tuesday (June 1) episode of Welcome to the O.C., Bitches!, the podcast hosted by her former costars, Melinda Clarke and Rachel Bilson.

Actress Mischa Barton recently took The O.C. fans by surprise when she candidly opened up about her unexpected exit from season three back in 2006.

Mischa Barton’s former The O.C. co-stars don’t exactly see eye-to-eye with her when it comes to their time on the hit show!

Could The O.C. possibly have had more drama behind the scenes than in front of the camera? It depends on who you ask. Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke reacted to Mischa Barton’s claims about toxicity and bullying on the set of beloved Fox drama.

The Hills’ newest cast member Caroline D’Amore, 36, was featured on the first season of MTV’s reboot as a good friend of Mischa Barton, 35. But those days are long gone and Caroline thinks her former pal needs to soften up a bit after making some pretty unkind comments about her business.

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The O.C. was because of “bullying” that took place on the set of the show.Speaking in a new interview, the actor, who played Marissa Cooper in the teen drama from 2003 to 2006, said she “felt very unprotected” on the series and alleged that people were mean to her during its taping.“There were people on that set that were very mean to me,” she told E! News.