Rachel Bilson had crush on Chace Crawford
msn.comRachel Bilson and her friend were once "in competition" to attract Chase Crawford's attention. The former 'O. C. ' actress - who has seven-year-old daughter Briar Rose with ex-husband Hayden Christensen - recalled how she once had a crush on the 'Gossip Girl' star and will never forget one night out they had with a group of pals at New York City's Boom Boom Room in the early 2000s.
Speaking to Chace on her 'Broad Ideas' podcast, she confessed: "We were silently battling for Chace's attention. We were for sure in competition for you. " Unfazed, the 'Boys' actor replied: "We were at the top floor where they had the great cheeseburgers.
That was a great night, and we all had a blast. New York City was so much fun back then. " Despite trying to attract Chace's attention on that occasion, she was horrified some time later when a sighting of them together sparked rumours they were an item.
Rachel, 41, told her guest: "Someone saw us talking and the press went with, ‘Oh, did Rachel and Chace hook up?' "My publicist came to me and because at the time I was on a break from my serious relationship, I told her she had to kill the story. "They printed it, but it had a quote from my publicist that this is completely fabricated and I’m like, ‘Wait that is so mean.
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