'Dancing With the Stars' 2016: Did Mischa Barton Know What She Was Getting Into? [VIDEO]
Mischa Barton hasn't had the easiest time adjusting to Dancing With the Stars, and now there's a report that says she's totally out of her element.
Barton has had a dismal start to the current Dancing With the Stars season, scoring a 16 out of 30 in Week 1 and a 15 out of 30 in Week 2. With Geraldo Rivera eliminated, she currently has the lowest average among any of the 11 remaining celebrities.
Now there's a report via People that suggests Barton may not have known what she was getting into.
"She's trying really hard, but she's completely out of her element," a source for the show told the magazine. They added that the actress "didn't really have any sort of deep desire to learn to dance, and she hadn't really watched the show before she was cast."
Another source told People that her attitude may be part of the issue.
"Mischa has never really been high-energy," they said. "She's introverted and quiet. She's very much like her O.C. character. She could be having the best time, but her demeanor doesn't really change."
Barton has been visibly shaken after the judges' critiques for both of her dances, but she did write in her blog that she is able to take criticism well and that in fact she's having a good time on the show.
"Once I told [partner Artem Chigvintsev] I could handle a tough critique, he definitely did not hold back. I respond well to criticism, but there is a balance between criticism and support that we are still working to find," she wrote. "I do wonder if Artem constantly preparing me to hear the worst from the judges sort of willed their feedback into being."
She continued: "I know I'm never going to be a professional ballroom dancer. So for me, this experience is about having as much fun as possible. I got to pick our song this week and I love getting to have a say in what we wear. And I love that I'm picking up the routines faster and faster."
It remains to be seen if Barton's fanbase will come through for her and save her for another week or if she'll have to hang up her dancing shoes.
Dancing With the Stars airs Mondays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.
