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The OC Scandal! Mischa Barton Says She & Ben McKenzie Secretly Dated When She Was Underage!


The O.C. fans, prepare yourselves for a bombshell confession from Mischa Barton! You may recall there were rumors that she and her co-star Ben McKenzie

The pair both denied the claims for years, with The Hills: New Beginnings alum even telling Cosmopolitan in 2004 that the rumors were “terribly weird.” Why? During an interview on the Call Her Daddy podcast on Wednesday, she finally admitted their romance “wasn’t just on screen either.” Mischa and Ben secretly dated IRL during the early days of The O.C. In fact, the 38-year-old former reality star says her relationship with Ben was her “first!” Oh, that makes it even ickier… Looking back on that time now, Mischa feels they got into an offscreen romance way too fast:

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