Lindsay Lohan’s First Post-Rehab Interview
October 11, 2007 by Arieanna
Here is Lindsay Lohan’s first post-rehab interview with InTouch Weekly, in full. Lindsay Lohan sounds much more mature than she did 6 months ago. She sounds not only more mature, but also that she knows herself better. Realizes what’s important in her life.
Lindsay Lohan also notes how important it is for her sobriety that the press not smear her with going off the wagon. She notes that it is hard to stay sober without support. Well, Lindsay, you have our full support!!
At 11 p.m. on a Sunday night, Lindsay Lohan is curled up on a chair at the Sundance Resort in Utah. Makeup-free, wearing a gray sweat suit and with her long blond hair still damp from the shower, the 21-year-old is giving her first post rehab interview exclusively to In Touch. Refreshingly frank during the hour-long chat on October 7, the only topic she shies away from is her romance with Riley Giles, the 25-year-old snowboarder from California she met during her two-month stay at Cirque Lodge in Utah. But she confirms their relationship and admits that her love life, like everything else, is looking up these days.
In Touch Weekly (ITW): How will your life be different now?
Lindsay Lohan (L.L.): The biggest thing is not being in LA and staying away from the nightlife. Going out all the time was very self-destructive. Partying and having all of those pictures taken distracts from the work that I do. It’s not why I started acting. I didn’t get into acting to be written about. It kind of just happened — so I accept that it’s my life. But there are some things that I can do to make changes and grow up. I want to act like a woman rather than a teenager. I am doing the best I can.
ITW: You’d been at Cirque Lodge since August. Why did you stay longer than you needed to?
L.L.: There is that urge to want to leave early, obviously, and be back in the real world. But it was safer at Cirque and I was learning more. I felt it was necessary, and other people I worked with felt that it was important.
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ITW: What was the hardest part about rehab?
L.L.: It was hard surrendering and having people tell me what to do. It was really humbling for me, but I liked how I was treated as a normal person. I had to look out for myself.
ITW: You also had to do chores.
L.L.: I kept the common areas clean. I liked making coffee for the gym the best.
ITW: How did the reunion with your father, Michael Lohan, happen?L.L.: There were a lot of phone conversations, figuring out a way for him to come here. We hadn’t connected in three-and- a-half years. But it was really good for me. My mom [Dina] thought it was a good idea, as well. I think it was really important for me to get a connection back with my dad because I hadn’t had that in a while.
ITW: What’s it like now having your family reunited?
L.L.: It’s wonderful! I can relate to other people who don’t have both parents or have parents that are separated. It can be hard and draining on the children and the family. I think the trouble in my family resulted in me rebelling and doing things to try to get my parents’ attention. But all in all, it’s better for me now to have them [in my life]. It’s healthy.
ITW: There were rumors that you had fallen off the wagon in rehab.
L.L.: It’s just really hard when people put out rumors about a relapse. It’s hard for me to maintain my sobriety when people are doing that, because it hurts. I would like support from people.
ITW: The wife of another patient, Tony Allen, blames you for breaking up their marriage.
L.L.: Rumors are rumors. I don’t really have anything to say about that. Tony and I were just friends and if anyone has anything negative to say, I would just like to ask, “Why?” We were just friends and that was it.
ITW: Are you dating anyone now?
L.L: Yes, I am seeing someone. His name is Riley. I am really happy and taking it day by day.
ITW: Have you cut people out of your life who were bad influences?
L.L: I have good people in my life now. I am surrounded with people that don’t use me and who love me for me. They are people I can trust and love in return. I have found people that are there for the right reasons. They don’t need anything from me and they just treat me like a person.
ITW: But how do you know who your real friends are?
L.L.: My real friends are the ones who are appreciative of what I have done to take care of myself and change my life. They condone that. They want me to be happy and to still be in Utah. They are the ones who don’t want me back in LA to go party. Those are the ones who are around me for the wrong reasons. The people who want to go out and party, that’s not what I am about now.
ITW: Have you learned any useful advice you’d like to share?
L.L.: Just to stay true to yourself and respect yourself. Don’t do things for the hell of it. Karma’s a big deal, so treat others how you want to be treated.
ITW: Do you have any new movie projects lined up?
L.L.: I’m going to start filming a movie called Dare to Love Me. That should last about two weeks. Then, I am going to spend time with my family. I want to try something different, and do my job and see what that is like.
ITW: Are you moving to New York permanently?L.L.: Well, I will be in New York to see my brothers and sister. I think that it’s important that I am there for them. It’s good for me, too. I’ll be back and forth, bicoastal, as I have been.
ITW: There has been talk that you’ve got a big charity trip in the works, too.
L.L.: I’m planning a trip to Africa during the second week in December. I’m working with the American Red Cross, but it is not finalized yet.
ITW: Do you have a message for your supporters from all this?
L.L.:I just want to apologize to any of my fans that look up to me, especially my younger fans, for setting the examples that I didn’t mean to set. That is one of the reasons that I want to change things. I don’t want to be known as that person. I have a younger sister and she looks up to me, too. All the negative stuff that gets said hurts my feelings, it hurts my sister, Ali, and my family. Maybe me not going out as much will help. I want to do what’s right for my family as well as what is right for me.
ITW: What was the biggest lesson you learned from all this?L.L.: I learned who I am — the real me, stripped from everything else.
ITW: So was your time in rehab a good experience?L.L.: It’s been a great experience. I’m really grateful. Everything happens for a reason and I am in the right place now.
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She definitely sounds much more mature. linds….u will ALWAYS have my support!!!!! Congrats!!!! >v
Lindsay i’m so happy to see you bounce’t back from all the bad things that happen’d to you…You’re nr one babe and you made everyone see that you really are the nr 1 person in everything…In acting in singing in beauty in life…We you’re fans are real proud of you and wish you all of the happyness and heath in the world …God bless you Lindsay…Huge fan always…Peace
Damn I am so happy for her, she does sound way more mature!
I really hope she means it all and can stay true to herself
she does sound more mature and world-wise.i like the answer she gives about her partying when she uses the term ’self-destructive’,that is a term that describes perfectly 17 wasted years of my own life,totally addicted before i saw the wreckage of my self-destruction ways and made a commitment to stay sober and turn it around.i truly understand what this young lady is going through,wish her all the best,but i couldn’t imagine going through all this chaos and life changing decisions with stalkerazzi cameras in my face 24/7.i also like her statement to her fans,shows that she does realize the importance of fans and her actions on the fans and her siblings.good answers and signs of maturity,as well as success with her sobriety and clarity of mind.wishing my favorite movie star,the incomparable miss Lindsay Lohan,the best of health,happiness,and luck on the movie set.love always,a huge fan and friend.peace
‘Twas battered and scarred and the auctioneer barely thought it worth his while
To spend much time on the old violin, but he held it up with a smile.
“And what am I bid for the old violin? Good people, who’ll start the bidding for me?
One dollar. Only one? Two dollars, and who’ll make it three.
“Three dollars once, three dollars twice, Going, going” — but no.
From the back of the room, a gray-haired man came forward and picked up the bow.
Then, wiping the dust from the old violin, and tightening its loose strings,
He played a melody oh so sweet, as caroling angels sing.
The music stopped, and the auctioneer with a voice that was quiet and low,
Said, “What am I bid for the old violin”, and he held it up with the bow.
“A thousand dollars, and who will make it two? Two thousand, and who’ll make it three?
Three thousand once, three thousand twice, Going, Going, Gone!” said he.
The people cheered, but some of them cried, “We don’t quite understand,
What changed its worth?” Swift came the reply, “Twas the touch of the master’s hand.”
And many a man with life out of tune and battered and scarred by sin,
Are auctioned off cheap by the thoughtless crowd, much like this old violin.
A mess of pottage, a deck of cards, a drink, and he rambles on.
He’s going once. He’s going twice. He’s going, and he’s almost gone.
But the Master comes and the foolish crowd never quite can understand,
The worth of a soul, and the change that is wrought, by the touch of the Master’s hand.
Best of luck to you, Lindsay. You have your life back. Stay sober.
Nice one Lindsay.
thank you, “not (?) a fan of Lindsay” … (?)
That’s one of my favorite songs! I’m not quite sure how you intended it for Lindsay, but if you understand this song the way I think you do, you meant well by it —
Our “worth” — Lindsay’s — and ALL of us — are infinitely valuable — we have ALL been created — sustained, rescued and renewed — saved from the thoughtless crowd by “the touch of the master’s hand.”
if all the things she said here are true, then she really changed. but I hope she doesnt get out of the clinic and goes back to partying every night in LA, like it was after her last rehab visit
i went on the in touch website today to see if they had other photos,and they are saying that Lindsay just told them in a statement to in touch,that she has NOT fired her mom as manager,never considered it or will consider it as she says that dina is her mom,and she loves her.Lindsay said a couple of other nice things about her mom that i can’t remember,but Lindsay is definitely appreciative of the effort and sacrifice that it took for dina,as a single mom while the erstwile dad was useless and in and out of prison,to get her daughter into showbiz.so the trashloids continue to lie and speculate even when miss Lohan gives them the time of day,figures.love you,Lindsay.love always,a huge fan and friend.good luck on the movie set of ‘dare to love me’.looking forward to seeing that film in 2008.peace
Is that a song?Who wrote it? It sounds more like a parabel. Very nice. I agree with Not a fan of Lindsay:
She has got her life back with both her parents in it.
I second her wish; stay sober and let the healing begin.
Love, Harry R.G. Schattevoet.
No, it is not a song, but it is a poem. I forget the author.
I am not a fan of Lindsay because I don’t think she is any great shakes as an actress. If she never appeared in another movie, I wouldn’t shed a tear. But that doesn’t keep me from being concerned about her as a fellow human being.
Addictions are terrible things, whatever they may be. I am thankful that this promising young woman appears to be getting a grip upon her life so early. She still has time to turn her life around before making irretrievable damage to her life, her family, her friends, and her career.
Too often “the thoughtless crowd” sell people off at the first signs of trouble. Hopefully Lindsay has truly seen the light.
“No Fan” — thanks for that support — on behalf Lindsay I find that perhaps nicer than “as a fan” — in a large part that is where I’m coming from also.
“The Touch Of The Master’s Hand” HAS been set to music — I believe it was recorded originally by Wayne Watson — you may enjoy hearing it on his album “How Time Flies” (1992) …
“The Touch Of The Master’s Hand” was set to music by John Kramp — there have been many recordings — you can hear it by Wayne Watson here at:
http://www.atthewell.com/touch/index.php
ps — the author of the poem is Myra Brooks Welch, and I believe the year it was written was 1926 …
I can’t WAIT to see Lindsay when her heart receives the Touch of the Master’s Hand !!
this makes me feel better =] im glad lindsay has realized that what she did was wrong and she sounds as if she takes life more seriously now. it must have been really difficult for her with everyone talking about her and making up rumours and stuff. but she does sound happier now. love you linds!!
It seems that she is seeking love at STDromance.com