O.C.’s Mischa Barton Reveals Off-screen Romance with Co-star, Sparks Talks about Celebrity Age-Gaps
In a disclosure shaking the very core of the star-studded Hollywood, Mischa Barton, the infamously anguished Marissa Cooper of “The O.C.”, spills on her concealed off-screen romance with the onscreen lover, Ben McKenzie. The teenager’s covert affair with a man of 25, their break-up, and his subsequent relationships in their insular crew, points to the industry’s unchecked leveraging of young talent without accounting for their emotional immaturity. Setting off fresh debates about age distinctions and their effect on juveniles striving to find their way in the treacherous passages of stardom, Barton’s frank confession urges us to question the underlying reality behind Hollywood’s glittering facade.