Actress Mischa Barton has launched her own website in a bid to reduce the spread of online rumors about her personal life.
The former star of The O.C., a tabloid darling, says she is sick of stories about her making their way on to the web. Mischa is hopeful the new site will let her fans know the truth.

In a video message on the website, www.mischabarton.celebuzz.com, the out-of-work actress says, “This is something I’ve really wanted for a long time, I’m just excited to have a real connection with my fans and put some truth out there.”

“I just think there’s all kinds of misconceptions on the Internet these days and I really think that the Internet can be used for good and for bad and there’s all kinds of crap that’s written about me….Half the time I look at the internet and read these stories and they’re just so outlandish and not true at all and I don’t want my fans to have the wrong idea of who I am as a person.”