The Michael Lohan Mess - A Summary
August 28, 2008 by Arieanna
Given how drawn-out and complicated this Michael Lohan mess is, I wanted to tie together the last three posts with this summary.
- Michael Lohan begins talking to any press outlet that will listen about how he thinks Samantha Ronson is bad for Lindsay, is using her
- Lindsay Lohan writes on her blog about this destroying any chance at a future relationship between herself and her father
- Samantha Ronson writes about pitying Michael for his views
Sadly, all of this wasn’t the end of the mess. And probably we’ll see this spiral out until people get tired of it. First, Lindsay Lohan talked with Access Hollywood. Given that Lindsay keeps quiet for most drama, this whole thing must have her very angry! Lindsay tells Access Hollywood that she is tired of Michael publicly commenting on her mom, sister and on Sam.
"He’s out of control", says Lindsay. "I want him to stop hurting and talking to the media about the people I love."
In response to this interview, Michael Lohan talked to ABC. Seems he was a little miffed to be called "out of control".
"Who’s out of control? Whose life is out of control? Give me a break. Going from place to place, being dragged around by Samantha so she can make more money off of Lindsay being there when she spins … She’s gone from making $7 million to less than a million a movie. Who’s out of control?"
Michael says that going to church & helping people in rehab proves that he’s in control.
*SIGH* such drama! I hope Lindsay is dealing with all of this ok!
Actions speak louder than words. Samantha has never publicly talked about Lindsay nor has she “sold” her out in any way, shape or form. Lindsay also doesn’t address the media regarding her relationship. Michael is so pathetic. He is addicted to fame and has hurt his daughter in the process. Since Samantha’s been by her side, Lindsay’s been happier and has successfully stayed out of trouble. What has Michael Lohan done?
All he’s done is cause this poor girl and the family plenty of heartache. How sad that Lindsay and her siblings have to hear about his negativity regarding their family in the press. How sad that Michael can’t be a good father to Lindsay and his children. Grow up Michael!
The only person using Lindsay for any gain is her own father. Samantha has money. She comes from money and makes plenty DJing. Who is Michael Lohan and what the hell has he done?
Michael…who is really using Lindsay??Think about that…We are beside you Lindsay…Don’t you ever forget that…peace
This breaks my heart. While Michael has always been a leech feeding on his own daughter’s fame, we could pretend that he was somewhat reasonable and a changed man thanks to all that Jesus stuff he keeps going on about. But, no. He hasn’t changed at all. He’s the same schmuck he’s always been. The only way we can even assume he’s not a dope is if we believe he has knowledge we don’t, but we just don’t buy that. Because if he was genuinely concerned about Lindsay, he’d have started slow with concern over her jet set lifestyle, which is a dumb thing to worry about since she is Lindsay Lohan. That’s like worrying the Pope is spending too much time in church. But instead, he jumps right to “she’s out of control” which feels way too sensationalistic to take seriously.
So I don’t take this seriously other than this must be very hard on Lindsay since the riff between her and her father has ripped wide open like an unhealed surgical scar. I feel bad for her and I feel bad for Sam who might feel a little blame for this since she’s coming between Lindsay and her father. While she is in the right, as far as we know, I’d like to think she’s a good enough person to realize how much this is hurting Lindsay and feel powerless to make it better.
So, in the end, Michael Lohan needs to shut up if he’s such a good christian. Yet he doesn’t. So what does that say about him?
Here is my three cents worth.
Even IF what Michael Lohan claimed was true about Samantha Ronson (I believe Samantha over Michael because of the Michael’s past irresponsible decisions), he should have NOT went about it the way that he did. There is a REASON why Lindsay is not talking to him. Lindsay’s and Michael’s relationship has been strained for a LONG time ever since Michael started his fifteen minutes of fame. For me, when I read the news, I felt a little strange because I am like…why would you air your daughter’s business like this knowing that she gets sh*t all the time from the media?
He wants to call Dina out for using Lindsay for her fame and money, but if Dina was doing just that, wouldn’t you have seen her begging and begging Lindsay to go on her show, Living Lohan? I think that Dina has enough sense and cares enough about Lindsay not to pimp her out like that. Lindsay said that she wouldn’t be involved on the show, and she made good to that promise.
Michael needs to be ashamed of himself for causing up unnecessary drama. I don’t see Lindsay reconciling with her father, and I don’t blame her. If he was my dad and he did that to me, we would be FINISHED. DONE like roasted chicken. Seriously. Because, if you care about your child, you aren’t going to hurt them by putting them through unnecessary pain…or even if Lindsay had problems, he STILL shouldn’t have done that. To me, it makes me disgusted because family business, particularly their family because of their fame, shouldn’t be publicly told or aired.
The reason why he is getting pissed now is because Lindsay stood up to him. She is an adult; if it doesn’t work out with Samantha down the road, then, it will be between them and only them. He needs to support his daughter and let her live her life and quit commenting to paparazzi who are hungry moneymakers that want to make money off his daughter. He has put his daughter in a compromising position; he doesn’t deserve a relationship with her. He’s talking about Sam writing a tell all book and saying that she is going to sellout Lindsay…well, Michael, turn around and look who just did the exact same thing.
Yeah, buddy, your biscuits are burned, and you may have lost your daughter.
Alright. This gets weirder. Michael has spoken to OK magazine and amid the usual ramblings, says that all of his concerns came from Dina. Lindsay drink, Sam being a bad influence, Sam passing Lindsay alcohol, etc,etc. This was all stuff he said he got from Dina.
On the one hand, I can’t help but wonder why, after 20+ years of knowing the woman that he could take anything she says at face value like that. It’s still a bad move on his part to speak to the press like that, but that aside, I could see that he would be concerned if he’d heard such things were going on. I just can’t believe that he would trust the source so readily.
Quite frankly, I’m not sure what to believe in all this, but it sounds like Dina has been playing Michael for a patsy. To what end, I don’t know. Maybe to drive a wedge between Michael and Lindsay. Maybe Dina is honestly concerned about things. maybe she’s being a drama queen because Lindsay is happy and spends lots of time with Sam and is becoming wildly and imaginatively suspicious. Or maybe Dina is just making stuff up.
All of this depends on whatever we can believe Michael when he says he got all of this junk from Dina. I will say that it rings true to me. Not too long ago, Michael had nothing but positive things to say about Sam, including being tolerant of the rumored lesbian relationship. This sudden change must have come from somewhere and Dina seems like the most likely place. I just can’t believe Michael is such a feeb that he’d take his ex-wife’s word on the matter. Especially considering the bitter divorce and the ongoing, bitter custody battle.
Michael, Jesus does not make people stupid. Being a christian does not mean you get to be dumb. Wise up, boy, and say your sorry and stuff. Show you can be a big man once in a while.
Opie,
I agree with you about Michael; if he did get the information from Dina, he should have further investigated BEFORE going to the media. I am suspicious of his behavior because he all of the sudden goes to the media and blabs about information not even quoting extensively where he got it from. If he was on top of his game, he should have remained silent or beforehand told everyone that he had proof that Dina said these things, BUT….
Again, I am suspicious of his nature and his actions. Why go to the media at all? If he really wanted to tell Lindsay what’s been going on, he should have found another way instead of publicly spewing all this information…especially to an Internet media outlet like X17. I am just wondering about his motives because they are highly suspect in my opinion.
For some reason, it seems like he wants to keep the feud going. Why couldn’t he comment in person what Lindsay and Samantha blogged recently?
For right now, the conclusion that is coming to me is that he must like the attention because even after what he did…he still went to an Internet media outlet to respond back.
I cannot claim to know the man’s thought processes. It’s possible that he feels out of the loop because he claims that it had been set up “to have a mother/daughter/father sit-down when Lindsay got to NY” so they could discuss Lindsay’s problems but “Dina chose to go into NYC and have dinner with Sam, Sam’s mother and Lindsay, rather than address real issues and make things better for Lindsay.”
Also, apparently his father died on Thursday. Which is also sad news all around and may explain his irrational behavior. In such an emotional state, he’s likely taking action without thinking them through first.
But, again, I don’t know for certain. I can only comment on what sounds credible to me.
MIcheal Lohan is mad cuz apparently he wasn’t invited to the mother-daughter dinner where also apparently they did some serious discussion about Lilo/Sam relationship; whether that means marriage,commitment etc, I don’t know but he is pissed about that.
My condolences go out to his father dying, even though you could argue that his behavior is irrational because his father was sick, still, most people aren’t going to go to the media and spill out their child’s business for the world to hear. It doesn’t excuse what he did. Sorry. He knows how Lindsay is. By reading her blog, it suggests to me that she is tired of him going behind her back and talking to the media about her personal life.
For months, Lindsay hasn’t made a formal statement about her relationship with Samantha Ronson. I think that it is because she wants matters private. I know, by how the paparazzi and the media treats her, she gets tired of them trying to get all in her business all the time. These cameras and people are always stalking her down to get her pictures and ask her personal questions. I just think that if her dad knows how bad she gets it from the media…and his father has been ill, he wouldn’t have cared enough to go X17 and air out his family’s personal issues.
Now, to be fair, I don’t know what Michael and Dina talked about, BUT I know what Lindsay and Samantha wrote. And both of them were upset that Michael had ran off at the mouth. Yeah, Michael could be a concern father, but I think if he was that concern he would have been sensitive to his daughter’s needs instead of going behind her back and talking to the media. Because at the end of the day, he hurt Lindsay with what he did to her.
i dont like him.
Michael is a liar and clearly has issues. Making a statement to the media following your father’s death is beyond the point of good taste. Rather than attacking his ex-wife and daughter, he should be in mourning and taking care of his family. He lacks good judgement and is apparently allergic to honesty.
I don’t believe he and Dina communicate as much as he says they do. If you remember, in the past he was always crying that Dina wouldn’t talk to him or let his children talk to him. Now we know why. He just repeats the conversations to the tabloids. Now I don’t like Dina, I think she has her own issues, but I believe her over Michael.
L&E, you make excellent points, but IF Michael was sooo CONCERNED, he would talk to his child not blab to the press. There are some things that should be kept private. He just embarassed his daughter and his family.
Janie,
I agree with you; I have to side Dina, Lindsay, and Samantha on this because he’s the only one that I see going to the media and causing familial disruption. Everyone has their problems, but I think that Dina attempts to do what is best for her children. When Dina and Ali started circuiting the media promoting their reality show, they automatically denied that Lindsay was in a relationship with Samantha, and at the time, I really don’t think that Lindsay’s family knew that she has gotten involved with Samantha.
Once Dina and the other children found out, you have never seen Dina, Ali, or both mention if Lindsay was gay again. They continued to promote their reality show, but I think that Lindsay told them because they didn’t know…and was giving misinformation.
Michael, on the other hand, has been disrespectful in the way that he has handled private family matters. If he is so concern with Lindsay and her life, why did he fire back AGAIN on X17? Okay, I could believe maybe the first time he had lost his mind, but come on, this dude has been doing this since Lindsay got fame. He is trying to live through his child negatively by feeding himself with fame gratification. To me, this makes no difference.
IF Lindsay was drinking and taking drugs again, he does have the right to be concern. IF that was the case, try to communicate with your daughter privately…why are you expressing your concerns to X17 who follow Lindsay around every second of the day.
My other suspicions are, too, that Michael has been working with X17. If you go on the x17 site and search for some of the clips when Michael Lohan was visiting Lindsay on set, he spoke to the paparazzi like they were his old friends. I know what people are going to say. He was being polite, BUT to me, it look like subtle I am on good terms with these people.
Michael also said on x17 that he went to them because Lindsay wasn’t listening to him. Okay, fine. Then, why didn’t he give a message instead of blurting out all this unnecessary sh*t? It seems to me that Michael had done something to Lindsay post-rehab. She said that she gave him a chance…and look what happened. Michael’s track record for outing his family is notorious and evident that he uses the media to get attention–looks like selfish attention for himself.
I am sorry; I just don’t trust what Michael has to say. He has hurt his family too many times for me to give him the okay. Plus, when Lindsay and Samantha made actual statement on their MySpace blogs, I think that sealed the deal for me.
Oh, I’m not excusing Michael by any stretch of the imagination. What he did was wrong and, unfortunately, par for the course for him. I’m only saying that with the death of his father, it’s somewhat understandable that his judgment would be impaired. Not excusable, but understandable. I think normal people might do something regrettable when under emotional stress. How much more so for Michael who does regrettable things when not under emotional stress.
That and it sounds like Dina put him on a spot, thinking Lindsay was in trouble and blah, blah, blah. But it also seems like Lindsay had already stopped taking his calls before this all went public. So it seems reasonable, if not very smart for him to go to the only channel he has open, the press.
Again, it’s still not the right thing for him to have done and it all depends on how much of his side of the story is real and how much he made up.
If this is all pure fabrication and he’s just trying to get attention, this is low. Even for him.
If there’s some truth to what he said, then his actions are understandable, if still wrong.
Far be it from me to not find Michael Lohan a despicable human being. But Lindsay loves him and this must hurt a lot.
I think Michael is delusional. He’s a liar who wants so desperately to be in the papers that he’d sell out his own flesh and blood for his fifteen minutes. He’s not concerned, he’s in need of attention. There is a reason why his children can’t stand him and with each statement he puts out there, the public is starting to understand why.
I think, that if he really wanted to contact Lindsay, in a private manner, and She wasn’t taking his calls, he could have gone through HER attourney, Blair Berk ! so a lot of things don’t add up here sort of….Michael Lohan, it would be very smart of you to go to Blair Berk to communicate with Lindsay, when She goes into not taking your calls mood swings. X17 is a BAAAAAAAAAD idea. Bad Daddy, Bad Parent, don’t go through her diaries, that is disgusting, if She and this guy were doing anything, they would be doing it, she wouldn’t be writing about it in her diary, bad parent award ( to paraphrase freaky friday ). I would strongly advise sending communication to Lindsay through Blair Berk, Lindsay’s attourney. Mostly through the auspices of YOUR attourney at that.
GOD Bless You Always, Lindsay D Lohan, I Love You Always, me, Larry T Robinson O.R. Tn.
I believe Lindsay needs to take a distance from both of her parents.She probably has seen her father abusing her mother,and she was abused too,so she naturally sided with her.Her father was absent and in jail,Lindsay was the one working and providing for the family and for her fathers bills and frauds.But her mother has used Lindsay and her father tries to do it now.I find it realy suspicious that Micheal has all that voicemails where Dina calls Samantha names and that she is dangerous to Lindsay.For some time now,Lindsay appears very independent and strong.She also has found someone else to count on,and she doesnt seem to bother her mother who is her manager to be away so much.So to me this means Dina is probably jealous or even afraid of the close bond beetween Lindsay and Samantha and she sees that Lindsay,a healthie trouble free Lindsay can walk on her own.That means Dina is left behind.Michael is trying desperately to become like Britneys dad.Its clear he is for the money.The only person i believe is there for Lindsay is Samantha.They have known each other for years and Samantha seems very press shy and private.She also is educated,finished colege has knowledge of the world,she is older and has lived in the night and knows the dangers.Her family are also talented and educated.I do hope though Lindsay will cut accompanying Samantha at clubs,cause it makes Sam look bad as if shedrags her there.People though dont understand that when you are in love you want to be together.Samantha is going away for a week,and will tour the world in a few days for her work, Sydney Canada LA and Canada in a few days.She is very thin and has black eyes.Its natural cause she works at night and travels very often.Yet people see her thin and believe she takes drugs.She refused it so many times,yet the press doesnt report that she has denied it several times.Things have escalated and i have a feeling Samantha is realy treated unfairly.Keep strong Lindsay./
he’s acting like a big baby!
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