Mischa Barton on the set of The Beautiful Life in New York (8/11)

Who'd have thunk it, but it turns out that less than a month after being forcibly committed into a mental hospital, it's not all fun and games and cotton candy and lollipops in Mischa Barton's head. She's still pretty fucked up. From the Chicago Sun Times:

Despite all those "she's doing just fine!" comments by Mischa Barton's publicist and the spokesfolks and cast of Barton's upcoming TV show "The Beautiful Life," several close friends of the actress are still deeply worried about her.

One Barton buddy tells me, "There still are issues. Mischa's just not herself at all. I think she's gone back to work too soon."

Another longtime professional associate of Barton's said, "She's on the verge of another breakdown -- one I think could be even more serious than the last one. ... She cries for no reason."

Mischa's never going to get any better if she doesn't take some time off from work. She should do the right thing and stop performing in front of the camera for a year two years ever. Of course if Mischa really wants to clean up her life, she should just do what other celebrities do when they want to no longer me seen by the general public: go on vacation go to rehab appear on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

[Flynet]