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Barton's body of evidence

Thunder thighs, cottage-cheese legs, cankles - not words you'd usually associate with a Hollywood actress, right? Yet put Mischa Barton's name into Google, alongside any of the above phrases, and you'll be shocked at what comes up. Is it any wonder, then, that the latest pictures of Mischa to hit the headlines are of her looking 'shockingly skinny'?

Reproduced from May 09 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine. This month's issue on sale now.

'It can be upsetting to read stuff like that,' admits Mischa during our interview in the swanky Peninsula hotel in Beverly Hills, LA. 'But what can you do?

'I'm a normal girl. I have days - actually it's more at the end of the evening when I go to bed - where I'm like, 'Oh, I hate this or that about myself.' It happens a lot. If I'm feeling that way and I have to go out, I just put on a flattering outfit.'

You've faced a lot of bitchiness in the press about your shape and size. How does that make you feel?

Mischa Barton: It depends. Sometimes it makes me upset because I don't understand why people would be so critical. Surely there are more important issues than if someone has cellulite?

And I don't understand the point of people looking for bad things. Why bother? I know it's human nature to want to pick on other people, but I find it a little shallow.

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