Mischa Barton: The grim truth about growing up in the public eye

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Paris Jackson is getting candid about the damage done by living in the public eye.

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Mischa Barton is opening up about the trauma she suffered for being "sexualized" in the past as a young actress in Hollywood. The "Hills" alum, 35, penned a lengthy essay published Friday in the U.K.'s Harper's Bazaar in which she discussed the importance of the Me Too movement and the scrutiny she faced playing "mature" characters onscreen.

Mischa Barton got candid about difficulties growing up as a young actress.

Speaking her truth. Mischa Barton revisited some of her earliest Hollywood memories and opened up about how it felt to be a young woman playing oversexualized characters.

Mischa Barton is being very candid about her sexuality, as well as when she lost her virginity.

Mischa Barton’s life as a young actress was a difficult one.

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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.

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due to on-set bullying, but a source is now claiming that the actress was a "nightmare" to work with.A source told Page Six on June 2 that Mischa exhibited some diva-like behavior and had a momager who was "annoying." The teen star, who played Marissa Cooper, would allegedly "show up late" for filming consistently."So now she wants to go say that she was bullied," the source said. "It wasn't that she was bullied.

Rachel Bilson and Melinda Clarke are reacting to Mischa Barton’s comments about her negative experience on The O.C.The two stars talked about the iconic show on Rachel’s new podcast Welcome to The O.C.

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.