Posted by Adam

Wednesday April 15, 2009

Mischa Barton likes “slightly dark” men.

The actress — who recently split from Kooks frontman Luke Pritchard — says she has a tendency to go for guys who often end up making her feel depressed and claustrophobic.

“I have always been in very heavy, long-term serious relationships… three in a row,” Barton tells Hello! magazine. “I tend to be attracted to slightly dark men, meaning they have huge lows, which I can too. This is not conducive to being happy and carefree.

“I have therefore set my mind to dating if I feel like it, but not getting into anything serious. It’s difficult to find the happy medium. I am dating in a general sense… nothing exclusive. I am enjoying myself.”

“I love men to be super-intelligent rather than Greek gods,” Mischa adds. “I love hanging out with the boys, so even after a relationship has ended I like to stay friends.”

Of her 2007 conviction for DUI without a valid license, the former O.C. star adds,  “I have no privacy and therefore I have grown up in the public arena. Not an excuse, just a fact.

“I should have known better than to drink-drive and I am just very happy nothing worse happened. I have learnt a huge lesson and am now also more wary of my friends and their influence over me.

“I should never have got in that car, and for that I admit my guilt. Sometimes you need a big shock to shake you up.”

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