Rami Malek Asked Rachel Bilson to Delete Their High School Photo

American actress Rachel Bilson recently revealed that her former classmate and fellow Hollywood star, Rami Malek asked her to delete the throwback photo she shared of him from their high school days.

Bilson posted the photo in early 2019 when Malek was positioned to and later won his first Oscar for his role as Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody.

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="1400"] Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody[/caption]

"Rami was a good friend of mine. We were in the same crew, We did The Crucible together senior year. We were the leads in it... He is always been extremely talented, really an amazing actor, even in high school." Bilson shared of Malek during an appearance on Dax Shepard's Armchair Expert podcast.

The O.C. actress described the throwback shot of herself with Malek on a school trip as the "dorkiest picture of both of us".

She added: "I don't usually check my DMs on my Instagram and maybe a week goes by, and I actually look and I have a message from Rami. But it wasn't like, 'Hey! How are you?' It was straight to, 'I would really appreciate if you take that down. I'm a really private person.'"

Bilson was embarrassed by her former classmate's response, noting that she got really hot, and started sweating, and was nervous, adding: "I'm like, Oh my god, what did I do?"

"I guess he didn't like the picture of himself, and I'm friends with his stylist and she was like, 'Well, it's not a great picture of him.' And I was like, 'OK, I'm sorry.' We were 16!" she added.

Bilson revealed that her O.C. producer and friend, Josh Schwartz, told her "You did him dirty" and she said she felt as if she had posted a controversial photo of Malek instead of a fun throwback photo.

"I removed it, and I even wrote to him a really nice message like, 'I'm so sorry! Go get the Oscar! You're doing amazing." she added.

Bilson noted that she never heard anything back, which was fine, adding: "I was super bummed because he was so nice and we were good friends.".