Mischa Barton has made a claim that she was told to bed Leonardo DiCaprio when she was 19 years old, as old video emerged.
The Notting Hill actress‘ words from a 2005 interview have resurfaced after the actor was criticised for being spotted with 19-year-old Eden Polani.
Barton revealed in the interview that when she was 19, she was told to sleep with DiCaprio, who was 30 at the time.
The actor had just recently broken up with then-girlfriend Gisele Bündchen, who he had a shaky relationship with for six years, according to The Sun.
Barton revealed that her publicist at the time, Craig Schneider, had spotted DiCaprio at a photo shoot, and said: ‘For the sake of your career, go and sleep with that man’.
Later on, Barton told Harpers & Queen magazine that she had ‘no interest in older men’, adding: ‘Isn’t Leo, like, 30 or something?’.
The re-emergence of the interview comes as Leonardo faced backlash for being sighted with Eden, who is a French-Israeli model.
The star’s close sources have defended him against claims that he and the 19-year-old were dating after they were seen at the same function together, but didn’t comment on whether they had ever been romantically involved.
Since calling it quits with his long-term girlfriend Camillia Morone, the actor has been seen partying non-stop with a variety of younger women.
