Benjamin McKenzie and Mischa Barton during Premiere Party for New FOX Show "The OC" in Santa Monica, California, United States. Mischa Barton just confirmed '00s rumors that she dated her The O.C.

Mischa Barton is finally setting the record straight on the nature of her off-screen relationship with Ben McKenzie. Barton was just 17 when she made her debut as Marissa on The O.C. alongside ...

Mischa Barton says her romance with Ben McKenzie during "The O.C." wasn't just onscreen. The actor, who played high school student Marissa Cooper on the hit 2000s show, told host Alex Cooper on the ...

There was even more love drama behind the scenes than we thought. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The O.C. famously had one love ...

After years of denying that things went down between Mischa Barton and Ben McKenzie on set of The O.C., the actress is changing her story about the “whole ordeal.” “It was kind of complicated for me,” ...

The actress, who was 17 when the series kicked off, said the whole experience was "kind of complicated for her," having to act romantically opposite her 25-year-old co-star as a fresh, young actress. ...

“The O.C.” star Mischa Barton says that she and her co-star Ben McKenzie secretly dated during the earlier days of the teen drama. While speaking about being only 17 years old while in an onscreen ...

Mischa Barton just confirmed that she dated her The O.C. co-star Ben McKenzie. Long after her character, Marissa, was shockingly killed off in season 3, the 38-year-old actress revealed that her and ...

After years of denying that things went down between Mischa Barton and Ben McKenzie on set of The O.C., the actress is changing her story about the “whole ordeal.” “It was kind of complicated for me,” ...

There are few TV characters who were as polarizing as Marissa Cooper on The O.C. She was a tragic hero who you wanted to root for so badly, but who made it extraordinarily hard to do. Though it was ...

On the Call Her Daddy podcast, Mischa Barton said she briefly dated her O.C. co-star Ben McKenzie — when she was 17 and he was 25. “I think that kind of set things off on the wrong foot, too, because ...

On the Call Her Daddy podcast, Mischa Barton revealed that she dated her co-star Ben McKenzie in real life while filming the first season of The O.C. During the Feb. 21 episode, host Alex Cooper asked ...