Actress Rachel Bilson said she was fired from a job after she discussed her sexual desires during a podcast interview.
The 41-year-old star expressed confusion that the opportunity would be taken away because of the comments she made on the “Nick Viall Files” podcast in March.
“This is the first time it’s ever happened to me in my professional life that I lost a job this week because of things that were said,” Bilson said on her “Broad Ideas” podcast.
“A job got taken away from me because I was speaking candidly and openly about sex in a humorous way on our friend’s podcast. I basically got a job that I already had pulled from me because I was speaking openly about sex.”
“In this day and age, I’m baffled,” the “O.C.” alum continued. “A single mom, a woman, lost a job because they were being candid and honest … the subject was sex.”
Bilson said that she didn’t “get a chance to defend herself” and that her statements were taken out of context.
“I cried,” the actress said. “I’m a single mom … I need these jobs … everything counts … I provide a lot for my family … my daughter … and regardless of anything else, it all matters.”
“They said they weren’t comfortable with that [manhandling] headline, and if people keep Googling they’ll see the other things that I’ve commented on, which was orgasms. And I feel like it’s discrimination,” Bilson said of allegedly losing out on the opportunity.
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“I’ve been floored, honestly, that everything was set in motion and I lost the job. It sucks,” she continued.
Bilson made headlines in March for providing graphic descriptions of her sexual interests.
“I like missionary, but I’ve learned if you want to have an orgasm during sex, you need to be on top,” she said at the time. “But missionary is my favorite. I want to be f***ing manhandled,” Bilson said, saying that it’s “hard for women” to achieve an orgasm during sex.
The actress rose to fame as part of the teen drama “The O.C.” on Fox and later acted in the CW series “Hart of Dixie.” She shares a daughter with her ex, actor Hayden Christensen.