Car Accident Cost O.C. Star Bilson Her Memory

Former The O.C. star Rachel Bilson blames a car accident she was involved in as a teenager for her terrible memory.

The actress admits she struggles to remember anything and believes it's all down to the fact she blacked out and suffered a concussion in a head-on collision on the Pacific Coast Highway in California when she was 14.

She says, "I don't have much of a memory now... and I think it's because of that accident.

"Friends will say, `Remember when we were at this or that place?' and I'll have no recollection."

And, if having a bad memory wasn't bad enough, Bilson also struggles to concentrate.

She tells a men's magazine, "I don't have ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) per se, but I definitely have a hard time paying attention for a long period of time.

"I don't read a lot because I don't retain a lot. It's hard for me. I'm good at memorising, though. I can look at lines and remember them right before I do them."