The Downhill Spiral That Is Mischa Barton
For a while there, this was one starlet that we sort of had high hopes for. She always looked so elegant and classy wherever she went, and she seemed to pooh pooh the likes of former Hollywood bad girls Lindsay Lohan and Nicole Ritchie. Oh no, she would never end up like THEM. But it seems that while Mischa Barton may not be dealing with a DUI on her record, she certainly has fallen into some kind of Tinseltown trap, and is on the way downhill, and it isn’t a very slow slope for her either. And here she is seen on what has become just another night in the life of Mischa Barton, as she stumbles out of the trendy Bungalow 8 club in London, looking a little worse for wear in the wee hours of the morning. Sources say on this night she didn’t crawl out until about 4:50 AM, and that this is not an atypical evening for Mischa. But it is the combination of many nights like these, with the pressures of Hollywood that have become just a little too much for Mischa to handle, as she has just had a breakdown of some sorts that has hospitalized her. Mischa Barton was sectioned last week at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after being placed under a 5150 hold, a piece of US legislation which means she poses a danger to herself or other. Her rep says that she is making improvements and will be returning to work as early as next week on the set of “The Beautiful Life”. Shooting of US TV show ‘The Beautiful Life’ – in which Mischa plays a supermodel who struggles to cope with the pressure of the fashion world – has been postponed until July 31 after it was claimed the sets were not ready. When in actuality, production was stopped so that Mischa could have a breakdown of sorts. And her rep may not exactly the details of Mischa’s case at all, as production folks have gotten a little nervous about this and are considering lining up a double for Mischa is case she is not well enough to film. Maybe Mischa just needs a little pick me up, as sources close to her say this (the breakdown) is all caused by low self esteem.
“She hates her legs. She isn’t comfortable with her body. It’s been a big source of stress and self-hate. She had a big problem with those photos of her cellulite. She didn’t like it. That just was something that contributed to her spiraling but she didn’t do much to fix it because of her partying.”
You have to know it’s getting bad when style icons like Mischa Barton are suffering from low self esteem. But it seems that partying like Lilo is the real cause of her spiral, as since the breakdown she has reportedly lost all her friends, including close pal Nicole Richie, following her wild behavior. All of her friends have literally abandoned her, because they just don’t like the way she is living her life. It is being said that in the last few years, her dark side has really come out. Her friends, like Nicole, want to be supportive but they really can’t be around her too much, and that she is even being really volatile. So it may not actually have anything to do with self esteem at all, as it has been alleged the actress has been using drugs and alcohol to cope with her money problems and stuttering love life. Yep, it seems that even if Nicole Richie doesn’t want to be her friend, Mischa must be doing some pretty hard and heavy partying. You have to know it’s bad when Nicole Richie is judging your behaviour. Let’s hope for Mischa this is just a momentarily lapse, and she will be back in her elegant icon status sooner than later.
Photo: Jesal Parshotam, PacificCoastNews.com
