Mischa Barton: Not wisdom teeth, after all

We're not sure why Mischa Barton is famous, but with the recent run of celebrity deaths and lots of talk about drug abuse among the partying classes, we took notice of before-and-after photos showing her transformation from stick-thin celebutard to bloated party animal -- a slide that in our books nudged her past Lindsay Lohan toward Courtney Love in the death pool. We also found it interesting, and a little irresponsible-- that after reports of the British actress making scenes in nightclubs, including getting tossed for bringing friends into the toilet cubicles, that tabloids and news organizations reported straight-faced her people's claim that her shocking appearance was due to "wisdom teeth" (as in the removal of one).

Now maybe the famously pear-shaped, cottage cheese 23-year-old's been saved to nipple-slip again. The guys with the butterfly nets grabbed Mischa Barton at home in Los Angeles yesterday and dragged her off to the mental ward at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center under the 5150 involuntary psychiatric hold law-- just as they did to Britney Spears.


Wisdom teeth.