Mischa Barton claims she was told to SLEEP with Leo DiCaprio to further her career on the resurfaced chat

Mischa Barton claimed she was told to sleep with Leonardo DiCaprio when she was 19 and he was 30 in a 2005 interview, which resurfaced when the actor came under fire for being seen with 19-year-old Eden Polani this month.

The OC actress, now 37, spoke to Harpers & Queen at the height of her fame in the teen drama and recounted an incident in which she and then-publicist Craig Schneider spotted Leonardo at a photo shoot in Malibu.

At the time, Oscar winner Leonardo had just broken up with Gisele Bundchen after an on-again, off-again six-year romance.

In the 2005 interview, Mischa said that Craig told her, “For the sake of your career, go and sleep with that man.”

Mischa said she wasn’t interested in older men, telling the publication, “Isn’t Leo, like, 30 or something?”

This comes after the Titanic actor was hit with backlash over his sighting with French-Israeli model Eden.

On Tuesday, sources close to Leo responded to claims the pair were dating after they were spotted together at a party, though they would not comment on whether there was ever a romantic connection between them.

They said: ‘They were sitting next to each other at a party to listen to music. There were a number of people at that event.

It comes in the wake of the ongoing controversy over Leonardo’s dating habits; The Titanic star only dates women under the age of 25, and even split with his last serious girlfriend, Camila Morrone, weeks after she reached the milestone.

News that the Oscar winner may have gotten involved with someone less than half his age sparked outrage on social media after he was photographed with Eden at the Detroit-born singer’s new EP release party, Ebony. Riley.

However, apparently absent from the event was Leo’s current girlfriend, Victoria Lamas, who at 23 is 25 years his junior and almost half his age.

While sources close to Leo have denied that there is a long-term romance between him and Eden, the model seems to be well aware of the new attention she is receiving.

On Tuesday morning, he shared a picture taken of what appears to be a New York City hotel to his Instagram Stories, tagging the location “New York” and writing, “Long time no see.”

However, just over an hour after the photo was posted, amid furious outrage that erupted on social media over their alleged romance, Eden had mysteriously deleted the photo.

Eden was born in Paris to a French mother and an Israeli father and has signed with various agencies including IT Models, which focuses on boutique fashion, and Kult Models in Germany, among others.

The young beauty was encouraged to pursue modeling for several years, but never took it seriously until ITM Models discovered her, according to glamor bulgariawhere she was a cover model.

Despite the model’s ever-growing portfolio, DiCaprio’s fans were quick to take notice of her young age and Twitter went wild with the news that her high school education was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Plus, he wasn’t even born when Titanic was released in 1997, over 25 years ago.

One person commented: ‘Kate Winslet was 22 when she was nominated for an Oscar for Titanic. She that she is three years older than the current girlfriend of Leonardo DiCaprio.

“Leonardo DiCaprio’s new girlfriend wasn’t even born when Titanic came out.”

“DiCaprio’s girlfriend is so young that she probably studied the Romeo and Juliet movie she starred in when she was in school.”

‘Someone please explain to me what a man approaching 50 with *checks notes* has in common with a 19 year old.’

Someone has to stop leonardo dicaprio. He was funny 10 girlfriends ago.

“Leonardo DiCaprio is only concerned about climate change because he wants to leave a better world for his girlfriends.”

The star has always made headlines with his relationships, dating model Gisele Bündchen for five years from when she was 18, to a five-year romance with Bar Refaeli that ended when she turned 25.