Mischa Barton was 19 when she was told to sleep with Leonardo DiCaprio for her career.

Leonardo DiCaprio’s dating life has once again gone viral with reports this week, his latest girlfriend is just 19 years old.

The 48-year-old actor was linked to model Eden Polani after the pair were seen at an EP release party for Ebony Riley.

Cue, the internet collectively losing its mind over the 29-year age gap. 

Now an old 2005 interview from The OC's Mischa Barton has resurfaced.

Speaking to Harpers & Queen, now known as Harper's Bazaar, the actress, now 37, recounted being advised to sleep with DiCaprio by her publicist for the sake of her career. 

She was 19 years old at the time and DiCaprio was 30. 

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According to Barton, her then-publicist Craig Schneider saw DiCaprio at a Malibu photoshoot just after his six-year relationship with Gisele Bundchen had ended. 

Barton said Schneider told her, "For the sake of your career, go and sleep with that man."

However, Barton told the publication at the time that she wasn’t interested in ‘older men’, asking them, “Isn’t Leo, like, 30 or something?”

While TMZ has reported that DiCaprio and Polani are not dating, with sources stating: "Just because Leo might be talking to or sitting with a girl doesn't mean he's dating her."

However, if you take a look at DiCaprio’s dating history, it’s immediately apparent that the Oscar-winning actor prefers younger models, with all his relationships coming to an end leading up to or around the time his girlfriends turn 25 years old.

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