London, Dec 5 (IANS) Actress Mischa Barton has revealed that as a teenager she used to be nervous around men.

‘I hadn’t had sex ever. I was a virgin. I was a very late bloomer and I was terrified of men,’ contactmusic.com quoted Barton as saying.

‘I was in no rush to kiss a boy and I was in no rush to get a boyfriend because once you go down that road you don’t go back,’ she added.

But now the 24-year-old actress is happy and content in her relationship with 31-year-old Ali.

‘He’s lovely and he’s a genius. He can do anything. He can do country, rock, whatever, but most of what he does has been electronica,’ she added.