Michael Lohan on Showbiz Tonight
Michael Lohan has felt the "need" to continue airing his family’s dirty laundry in the media, going to yet another press outlet to talk about re-opening the divorce case between himself and Dina Lohan. They do ask Michael why the media is being brought into the picture, and give an expert opinion of whether or not it is the court’s place to interfere in the family issues being brought up.
Here is his interview with Showbiz Tonight, which aired last night:
The segment also includes more information, including Michael’s opinion on Lindsay Lohan’s choice of friends and her choice of nighttime activities. Neither of which he approves of! And he’s not afraid to get heated about it on television. As always, Michael is not afraid to speak about Lindsay to the media. I really am torn between being happy he’s trying to stop it, and being unhappy about how he’s doing it. Some of it will be continued later today on Showbiz Tonight.
Even the Showbiz Tonight folks even think that both Dina and Michael should just stop talking to the press. Michael is still under the impression that Lindsay’s life was perfect when he and Dina were talking, but what he doesn’t seem to understand is that she’s older now. So, regardless of her parents, her life is and will be dramatically different now, as an adult, than it was as a child.
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16 opinions for Michael Lohan on Showbiz Tonight
tinkerbell
Apr 16, 2008 at 8:01 pm
Man! this makes me so mad, that micheal and dina are fighting in public like this! here linds is trying get her life and career together and their bickering in public! she doesn’t need the stress right now! I think thats nice he wants to see his kids, but I dont wont him to end up hurting lindsay in this process he’s tryna go about it! d**n! this man just made a relationship with his daughter again, I dont want him to fuk it up already! I want her to have him in her life, I dont think he means harm I just hope he knows what he’s doing. I feel so bad for lindsay and her brother and sisters. but every family has problems sometimes. its just so bad, cuz they have to deal with all of their dirty laundry in public. I just really hope everything works out well for all of them and they finally just solve this simple problem of just letting the man see his children. I hope they both do this as classy as they can. for lindsays sake if anything. I dont want them to embarass her anymore in public. all she needs is their support. I just wish micheal would quit telling all of her bisness all the time! she seriously needs to talk to him about that and all of this other stuff! I no I would if that was my dad. man, they better not fuk up lindsays chances of getting back to the top or mantaining sobriety! I swear to god! she better kick all of them out of her life if she serious about her career, cuz all of their drama will end up holding her back! she better let them go, and just worry about her sobriety and her career. she has jenny who she said is like her family and sam who lindsay is obviously very close 2. everyone keeps talkin about how bad sam is, hey if she is, than she is! but lindsay went thru the rehab and everything 3 times and sam has been there thru everything! when linds said she was kicking the bad people out her life and starting to weed out the fake people, she still kept sam! if she made it this far in her sobriety and went thru that rehab center last year and wasn’t sure when came out, that sam was a good influence I believed she would’ve kicked her out of her life. she let her stay for a good reason, thats what I believe at least. these people travel with lindsay, she trust them. so I guess we just have to trust her trust. I just hope their for her in times like this. I hope thats what lindsay kept these friends for. so they can bring her up when shes down. and care enough about her to not want her to get into trouble. thats honestly what I think sam is. this is lindsays life, not ours. so, I just hope shes thinking now. about her future and her career everyday. I know I would if I was her, and in this sticky situation. I no I just really wish her well thru anything. I hate to see her go thru all of the hard times. real talk. I cannot wait for the day when she is on top again. but when this stuff starts happening, pics of her at clubs, parents fighting, if you are true friend like me, this stuff cant help but worry you sometimes. and Im just think d**n, shes not gonna be able to do it. I cant help but think, how is lindsay gonna make it with all of this drama? but god has hes ways, and I know he has a plan for lindsay. so I will just have to continue to wait and see. but man, this is a really long-a** wait! all these other actresses and actors are moving up, and its seems like she is so far behind sometimes. shes supposes to be ahead of all of them.
AmerikanuLuvLindsay
Apr 17, 2008 at 12:52 am
Yeah tinkerbell you are so right….I mean…Lindsay has gone through enought already…Give her a brake Michael…She’s trying so bad to set her life back on track and she doesen’t need this…Think first of your’ kids before going to the media…Lindsay i know you are strong and you won’t let this get you down…Be focused on your carrer and stay healthy…Just remember you are The NR.1 STAR…Beside you always unique Angel….peace
LL obsessed
Apr 17, 2008 at 2:02 am
i love LL’s new music! if you guys haven’t heard it, just check out linds-lo.com….. I’m certainly gona buy her album! it sounds new
Anna
Apr 17, 2008 at 4:27 am
yea tinkerbell said it all verry perfectly.
Garry R
Apr 17, 2008 at 5:34 am
Hey Bill, I TOTALLY AGREE! Milo (my pet name heehee) is a SUPERSTAR! He is a beautiful person and a hottie! Michael Lohan, peace and love, thinking of u always, love always me Garry R, affectionate fan
lindsaysfriend
Apr 18, 2008 at 8:55 am
– so — tinkerbell, AmerikanuLuvLindsay, Anna –
I watched the Showbiz Tonight segments — and while I agree that it WOULD BE NICE if this could all be done less publicly, I also understand a little where Michael is coming from … and where I think he’s headed.
– but now I AM CONCERNED about one thing he mentioned — and looking back, it seems to be true — and that is her current “choice of friends and her choice of nighttime activities”. Like he said, if these “friends” really cared about Lindsay, they would NOT be taking her more AND MORE into situations that might be tempting or cause her to have to struggle harder … or fall — again …
Since we are seeing more and more frequent visits to just those kinds of places — I have to wonder along with Michael — don’t these people CARE? Do they even KNOW or realize what they might be doing?
Sure — if Sam wants to go and get a little wasted — no big deal — maybe Ronson can handle it, or maybe it doesn’t matter whether she can or can’t …
But LINDSAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
** YOU ** ** CAN ** ** NOT** get even a little wasted !!!!!!!
dave, Larry R, — I know you are familiar with the difficulties of addiction and alcoholism — what do YOU guys think ?
– IS Lindsay playing with fire???
– is she being pushed/dragged back to the edge of the abyss?
– are her demons slowly but insidiously on the rise again?
L-I-N-D-S-AY !!!! — we need to talk!
You tell your dad, “I’m OK” … being “OK” is ALWAYS relative to some other condition — and sometimes more denial than a statement of fact.
– you may be “more OK” than you were a year ago …
– but I’m not so sure you are as OK as you were 3 months ago …
I think you might be slipping — even if only a little — are you aware of that .. ?
– you haven’t slipped “too far” — yet
– so you’re “ok” — but are you REALLY QUITE ALL OK — are you?
Praying for you, Lindsay — but we need to talk …
As Always, in HIS Love, your Affectionate Fan
lindsaysfriend
Apr 18, 2008 at 10:09 am
OK Lindsay — we need to talk …
People handle stress differently — some can take a lot for a long time, some can take a lot for a short time — but very few can handle a lot of stress ALL the time — at least not for long — or without suffering some consequences.
Lindsay — you handle a LOT of stress …
A year or so ago, it was the additive effects of your father’s imprisonment, your family split-up, your having to deal with whatever-the-transition-from-out-from-under your mother’s control as your “momager” into being on your own, the (normal) confusion of trying to find a happy romantic relationship (complicated by a string of unsavory dogs who cared only for what THEY could get from you, and nothing about YOU), the death of Robert Altman (an important support during this difficult time), the increasingly brutal and hostile attacks by the media, and the consequences (health, legal) of attempting to escape from it all by too much partying, substance abuse, etc. — all the while trying to maintain your professional career …
……..! like, jeeeeze!
That was a LOT of stress — and HURT, and where there’s hurt, and no help, there’s a lot of anger … sometimes it seems like the only way to stop the other hurts is to hurt ourselves … and you did.
OK — so you managed to get yourself where you needed to be — AWAY from all the stress, an INTO some caring support (finally, at last). Cirque Lodge was the first REAL break you’ve had for a long, long time.
So — you started putting yourself back together again, with lots of good help, and you were able to let your father back into your life, and you started healing from the hurts, and getting stronger … even though there were still the deep hurts — and pain.
SO, out of Cirque, back to work, picking up more new work, putting together your new 21-year old life, getting your family back together — at least somewhat, no longer (totally) a helpless romantic/sexual addict, dealing with your addictions and dependencies, sorting it all out, and getting stronger …
We see you being happy again, working again, dealing with the every day issues (paparazzi!!!) of being a celebrity — a beautiful, talented celebrity …
… and then –
more work, recording your album, getting back into the groove, going places, doing things …
more stress … too much work? or not enough time to take it easy ? Do you even know HOW to take it easy ???
– a terminally-ill grandfather — are you and he very close? And complications with your grandmother …
— not everyone handles death very well — I’m thinking that you are one of those who doesn’t … you may not be aware of how much this is affecting you — at least subconsciously — but affecting you nonetheless — driving a sense of dread and feeling out of control (…again …)
– your mother’s “reality” show — and Ali’s future — is “mommy” at it again? Does Ali REALLY know what she wants? Or is “mommy” pushing her buttons? I’ll bet you have some pretty good ideas — and it could be tearing you up — seeing what’s happening, and not being able to step in and do anything about it …
– and NOW — the divorce isn’t going well — your father is having to re-open it — did your mother renege? IS she REALLY *THE* * PROBLEM* ?? and the entire rest of the family is caught in the middle?
– a LOT more stress –
– and now we’re too much right back where we were a little over a year ago –
TOO MUCH STRESS — NOT ENOUGH SUPPORT
well — there’s a little more support, but you may not be willing to accept it — you may need to re-examine closely why that is — too much residual hurt? bracing yourself for another family blow-up? losing your father or family again?
That’s VERY DANGEROUS!! for you Lindsay …
Please be careful –
PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR FATHER — even when it’s “uncomfortable” — sometimes the *RIGHT* solution is not always the easiest or “most-fun” solution —
In the middle of already-too-much-stress, I understand why you would rather seek *less* stress by “escaping” than to do something that requires even more discipline, mental work and emotional sacrifice —
BUT LINDSAY — you CAN NOT allow yourself to fall now … that is where you were before …
PLEASE — ask your friends to take you to SAFE places. Do NOT let them downplay the danger — it may not be a problem for them, but for YOU, Lindsay — IT IS A PROBLEM!!!!
Lindsay, PLEASE — ALSO LISTEN TO YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER —
You are strong Lindsay — but none of us are strong enough to make it completely on our own. And He never asks us to live the life He Gave us without His help. Always remember that, when your strength is not enough, HIS Strength ALWAYS IS!
Dear Lindsay, I pray that you get back onto the healing path from which you just came. You have been strong, and you will be strong again, but NONE OF US are strong enough to resist that much temptation indefinitely! You NEED HIM — HIS Strength, HIS Love to go on — one day at a time.
And you need His Healing — for the hurts that are still there — and the fears, of losing your family again, and the fear of death. HIS perfect love drives out fear*, Lindsay.
KNOW that you are Loved and Forgiven by Him Who Loves you — more than anyone ever can!
Receive His Love, His Forgiveness, and HIS Promise — that you, Lindsay, can Live with HIM - FOREVER!!
Praying for you Lindsay, as always, in His Love, your Affectionate Fan
* I John 4: NIV
15 If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God.
16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.
17 In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him.
18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
19 We love because HE first loved us.
PS — Lindsay — Arieanna (the webmaster of this site) has my permission to give you my email address if you would ever want to talk — just ask her …
tinkerbell
Apr 18, 2008 at 10:57 am
I just read reports that linds is not even talking to micheal at this moment. and personally I dont blame her. and I have always been on this mans side but he just went at this so wrong to me. I mean, he is bashing this girls friends in public! does he really know them? no! I mean has he ever really sat down and talked to them? probably not! He is just making judgements about them just like everyone else because of what the horrible media reports! These are lindsays friends! she cares about these people! they obviously mean alot to her and she thinks highly of them for her to not be speaking to her dad. here comes micheal putting them in a bad light! in a recent interview, lindsay has said that she sticks by THESE friends side no matter what the media says! micheal has really fuked up and he owes linds and sam an apology! how can he be sure that its not linds idea to go to a club and sam just isn’t there watching to make sure she doesn’t get drunk? how can he know that their not just going to a club to eat dinner? some one tell me, how can anyone know?! we have been seeing linds with sam for months now and not once have we seen any videos or pics of her drinking or doing coke! yes, in the end I think its everyone being paronoid! micheal is being paranoid 2! we cant help it! we are always thinking about realapse but lindsay must be too! give this girl some credit, shes been sober for 7 months this long! how do you think she did that, by forgetting about relapseing? hell no! because its on her mind and obviously her career is on her mind! but she has to go to these types of places, where alchohol and drugs will be, its all over hollywood! drugs and alchohol is hollywood! but she has to work there, and some way by surrounding her self with people who are real and really do love her, she will stay sober. she will. she has stayed sober! what does that tell you? micheal, he means well, he loves lindsay, we all can see it, but if he wants to be on good terms with her, he can not just say everything he feels is wrong in lindsays life on the news! its bad publicty for himself and lindsay! its making them grow apart! that is her business he is pitting on the streets, if she wants to tells us all that, its her dicision not his! its not his place to talk or discuss! it does not matter who he or we want in lindsays life! we can all go on the news and say who we think should be in her life, but that doesn’t mean shes gonna drop her friends to make us happy! its about what makes her happy, who she loves and trust as friends. its her judgement. ITS HER LIFE! lindsay may not have always had the best judgement, but she is not crazy. she is sane. and this girls does not wanna blow her chance of ever having hollywood respect her again. micheal meant well, but it didn’t really come off that way clearly to lindsay. he is wrong. and linds being mad at him is what he has to just deal with at the moment. if he wants her happy with him again, he better fix this mess he started because she or her brothers and sister dont need him. from what I see, it seems like he needs them. he better get in his place. thats all I have to say. he needs to make sure lindsay is happy and supported thats all. he is not her manager, dina is, so he needs to stop tryna act like he started her career, or like he knows what best for it. he doesn’t! lindsay does doe-doe!
Roll On Patty
Apr 18, 2008 at 12:03 pm
hey tinkerbell, this happens to my comments quite alot, i thought it was cos i use an internet cafe alot so the site doesnt recognise my ip address but i’m not a techie so i dunno! its really annoying tho esp when you see that so many abusive msgs get through!
Michael Lohan on Showbiz Tonight - Continued
Apr 18, 2008 at 1:47 pm
[…] two-part interview segment with Michael Lohan on Showbiz Tonight (see part 1) continues with Michael talking about his issues with Dina, his strained relationship with his […]
Arieanna
Apr 18, 2008 at 2:39 pm
tinkerbell - my comment filters are strict, but they also “learn”. No comment is EVER lost if it is moderated, it is simply not live. It allows me the chance to view it - at which point I can edit it, delete it or simply approve it.
Now, how the filter works is not completely clear. IP addresses, length of comments, words used, capital letters, use of exclamation points… all of these things take part, and sometimes it’s not clear why. But, I do check the comments several times a day to make sure valid comments get approved.
Such strict filtering is needed. Although some nasty stuff does make it live sometimes past my filters, trust me when I say that the filters do a good job of making sure most of the nasty comments never come to anyone’s attention but mine.
:)
tinkerbell
Apr 18, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Thanks arienna, for letting me know how everything works. :) and Im glad all that nasty mean stuff cant get on the Groupie. I wish every site was like this. but then again I dont because if that was, we would’nt be so original.
Larry R
Apr 19, 2008 at 3:22 am
Yes Thanks Arieanna, as I used to work tech support for Bellsouth DSL, I know what a tiny percentage getting past a filter can mean in terms of the total bulk being blocked, so I am Really glad you have those filters in place! And Tinkerbell, you seem to have a clear and cogent grasp of the situation, so I agree with much of what you have been saying, and Lindsaysfriend I agree with you that Lindsay should listen to her father, in that She should definitely keep open the newly established lines of communication, but let us not forget that one of Michaels issues is Anger Management, and Lindsay should listen to her father, guardedly. Like I don’t think it would be in HER best interest right now to go off to India to do mission work, as it were. She has many projects and Films in the works that She has commited to, and now is not the time to go off and do ” Mission ” work, especially as we don’t know where Lindsay stands with regard to Baptism, whether She has been or not yet, the Catholic’s only believe in sprinkling at birth or shortly thereafter, so we also don’t know where Lindsay stands as to a belief or not in Christ. Wearing a cross, is not in itself an admission in faith, and if the Christian will not come forth and state clearly the profession of Faith, then one has to wonder where along in that process said believer is. So Listen to your father yes but let it be mostly your Heavenly Father, GOD, that You listen to, Lindsay, not necessarily Michael Lohan. However I would like to take opportunity at this juncture to say that I wish lindsay would take some time off and come here to my little city, and visit with me, I still think I could be of help to her. But as long as She and samantha ronson are not going out clubing just so Lindsay can get tempted to drink again, then lets trust Lindsay’s choice of judgement in friends, I just wish I could be included in that circle. sigh.
GOD Bless You Always, Lindsay D Lohan, I Love You Always, me, Larry T Robinson O.R. Tn.
lindsaysfriend
Apr 22, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Larry R — thanks for that well-grounded and sensible support. As I know you have experience with the struggles of addiction and dependency, I depend on you to give me a “read-out” on where you think Lindsay might be just now …
— is she OK? Or is she starting to push the envelop of a safe margin?
I fully agree with you about her going “off to do mission work” — is her father suggesting that she should do that?
I am fully aware that true mission work is best (perhaps only truly) done by one who has fully and personally placed their trust and life (this one, and the eternal one) in The Saving Faith of Jesus, and who has received a calling from Him to go.
While I could see that Lindsay may at some point grow spiritually into something in that direction, I by no means intend to suggest that she should just “do missions” at this point.
– although I have seen times where someone has been involved in missionary work peripherally, and been drawn from that into the full faith and calling of missionary work
… oh, and by the way, Larry, “missionary work” does not have to be in some foreign country — it can happen in your back yard, in line at a grocery store, or even — would you believe — on a web site … (!) ;-)
Lindsay — do what you find to do, wherever you are, whenever you can, for as much as you can — as always, in HIS Love,
your Affectionate Fan
Larry R
Apr 23, 2008 at 11:06 pm
Lindsay’sfriend, Hello, to answer your question, I don’t think Lindsay is pushing the envelope, nosireee, I think She has Poked a very Large HOLE right through IT !! GGgggggrrrrrrrrrrr. We all need Her to wake up, and smell the AA !!! er I mean the vitamin B-5, er cofee, yeah thats it coffee…….As you pointed out, Samantha Ronson isn’t doing Lindsay any favors, by having Her at Clubs/Resturants/Bars where Alcohol is flowing nightly from the trap.
Larry R
Apr 30, 2008 at 12:07 am
I was actually falling asleap at the computer when I posted the above comment, and didn’t finish it, sorry about that, but I really menat to say T ({R}) ap, as in Bar Tap, in Her case a litteral trap, and I have left comments else where about what I think of the situation as it now stands, as far as my understanding ( admittedly flawed, where IS that robot when I need him ) goes currently, She is Way Way beyond ” Pushing the Envelope ” is more like playing with Deamons, a game an alcoholic can NEVER win. So I once again pray for Her. GOD Bless Her with Widom, and Wise Choices. Solomon was the wisest King who ever lived, Outside of Christ that is, but not the wisest man, that man ( or woman ) is one who puts on Christ, and His Wisdom, Then you are ” Wiser than Solomon ” but even though Solomon was wise, he did not always make wise choices !!!!!!!!!!!! So too, we flawed humans and aliens don’t always make wise choices either, so I pray that Lindsay will not only be wise, but also make wise choices too.
GOD Bless You Always, Lindsay D Lohan, I Love You Always, me, Larry T Robinson O.R. Tn.
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