Actress and model Mischa Barton’s sparked rumors with ‘Titanic’ actor Leonardo DiCaprio has resurfaced online, since 2005. Mischa Barton, 37, has been a model since her early teen years. And as a model in the Hollywood industry, being linked to high-profile men is not uncommon.
Recently, romance rumors sparked between DiCaprio and 19-year-old model Eden Polani, after they were sighted sitting together publicly. This brought back a 2005 news where Mischa Barton says she was asked to sleep with the ‘Shutter Island’ actor.
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Why Was Mischa Barton Asked To Sleep With Leonardo DiCaprio?
Mischa Barton claims that she was asked to sleep with Leonardo DiCaprio for the sake of her career when she was just 19 years old. This was claimed in a 2005 interview of Burton with Harper’s Bazaar, which has since resurfaced after Leo’s probable romance rumors with 19-year-old Eden Polani.
Barton said that she was in Malibu when she and her publicist Craig Schneider saw Leonardo at a photo shoot. By that time, Leo had just broken up with his five-year on-and-off relationship with Gisele Bundchen. Craig told her “For the sake of your career, go and sleep with that man.”
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What Was Mischa Burton’s Response To This?
When she was asked to sleep with DiCaprio by her representative at the age of 19, Mischa said that she was not interested in dating older men. She asked her publicist “Isn’t Leo like, 30 or something?” The ‘OC’ actor recalled this in a 2005 interview with Harper’s Bazaar, which was then known as Harper’s and Queen.
The 48-year-old actor’s affinity to date younger women is known to all. Before rumors with Polani, Leo was known to have a four-year ongoing romance with Camilla Morrone. Last year, rumors of him dating GiGi Hadid also surfaced on the internet after the pair were seen together a couple of times.
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