Mischa told to lose weight

Posted by heatworld on Thursday 20 Aug 2009

Filed under: Mischa Barton

With everything that’s been going on in her life recently, this is kind of the last thing Mischa Barton needs. The actress has been told by bosses on her new TV show The Beautiful Life that she needs to lose weight in order to pay her role as a supermodel convincingly. It’s been ‘suggested’ that she drops 10 pounds, and the 23 year-old was apparently “shocked to tears” when TV execs broke the news. An insider said: “She knows that means they are calling her fat behind her back. She knows she is heavier than she needs to be but to hear it like that? It really shook her. How can Mischa play a model when she’s looking so heavy? She’s broken down in tears more than once before shooting. It’s a lot of pressure for someone who is just out of hospital. She’s always been able to lose weight fast. Everyone knows she’s been struggling, so people are just really rooting for her.”