‘The O.C.’ stars Mischa Barton and Ben McKenzie secretly dated: ‘I went into that a virgin’
hit TV show “The O.C.”The teen soap drama aired from 2003 until 2007, with Barton’s character Marissa Cooper and McKenzie’s Ryan Atwood embarking on a multi-season relationship.The “Hills: New Beginnings” alum, 38, confessed that she and the “Gotham” actor, 45, dated in real life while on the Fox show. “It was kind of complicated for me,” she said of her romance with McKenzie on a recent episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast.McKenzie was 25 years old at the time of shooting while Barton was just 17.“I went into that a virgin, a kid, really feeling like I needed to grow up quickly,” she said.“Acting with people older than me was a bit like, ‘Oh wow.