Rachel Bilson Says She Was Fired For This Sexual Joke That 'Didn't Sound Great'

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68d2da9c14000020cb5c5c6f.jpeg?cache=uRVF7zv7YM&ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Rachel Bilson in 2018" data-caption="Rachel Bilson in 2018" data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="Noel Vasquez via Getty Images" />Rachel Bilson in 2018</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><a href="../../../../news/rachel-bilson/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rachel Bilson</a> is speaking out about losing a job for <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rachel-bilson-says-she-lost-out-on-a-job-due-to-recent-comments-about-sex_n_64663f6be4b03557393486ad" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">being a little too open</a> about some of her bedroom preferences. </p><p>The former star of <a href="../../../../news/the-oc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The O.C.</a> star said on Nicole Byer’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekSpkRzR99M" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Why Won’t You Date Me?</a> podcast last week that she was shocked to lose work after making raunchy comments while on a friend’s podcast two years ago. </p><p>“Did I want to fight it? Absolutely,” Rachel said of the situation. “Look, I can see both sides. When you take something out of context and you read something as a standalone comment, it can come off a certain way ― sure.”</p><p>But the How I Met Your Mother actor said that she was just “joking around” when she made the comments. </p><p>“I said something like, ‘I like to be manhandled’,” Rachel recalled, adding that her co-host said the same word.  </p><p>“But because I used that word in whatever context, they just took that out of the conversation