When Mischa Barton was admitted to Cedars Sinai on Wednesday she was placed there under an involuntary psychiatric hold. That hold lasts 72 hours which means she could have been released as early as Saturday afternoon. She wasn't and so someone there must think she still presents a danger to herself or to others. The rumors and stories that came out over the weekend suggested or implied or speculated that she had gone on a 3 day coke bender and that her friends were actually the ones who called the police and not Mischa herself.
The reasons given for the bender were that she couldn't find love and that she was running out of money. Well, if you are running out of money I think the last thing you would want to do is spend it all on coke. I know, I know, she is an addict, I'm just saying that what you and I think of as running out of money does not probably have the same definition as her.
Meanwhile production on her new television show has been pushed back from July 22 to the 31st. The show, which is called Beautiful Life is about a bunch of models. Mischa was supposed to play an older, more bitter model who is trying to remain relevant and get work in the face of younger competition. I'm guessing that even with the delayed start that Mischa probably isn't going to make the first day of shooting. She sounds like she could use at least 30 days, if not longer in rehab and even when she gets out of rehab, if you are a producer of the show, are you going to take a chance on her? I think Mischa just needs to focus on getting better and not try and delude herself into thinking she is ok or healthy enough to start filming a show every day and all the pressure that accompanies it.