What has happened to this girl. Look at her. Before: Cute, Sweet, full of potential. After: A complete wreck. Again in the news after completing the second stint in rehab. Now with coke in her pocket and obviously jacked up on something...driving.
And how much does CNN have to capitalize on her misfortune? Every channel carried it, but yesterday evening I watched an entire "Nancy Grace" devoted to just slinging the mud all over this one. I usually find her shameless anyway, but yesterday she had experts on who were just repeating the police report over and over--for an hour. Bill O'Reilly, from whom we sh
ould expect no less, had a self-proclaimed (or should I say FOX-proclaimed) "expert" in public speaking (does this exist? I get images of the famous Roman orators in my mind) dissecting Lindsay's body language on a recent episode of "Ellen," suggesting that the frequent "head-swinging from left to right" and the "down-looking eyes" suggested the girl was playful yet a liar. Thank god for those public speaking experts or we'd never get down to the bottom of this.Here's what scares me about this whole thing:
Is this Lindsay? No. It's Dina Lohan who, like CNN, is shamelessly profiting from Lindsay's problems. Difference: DINA IS HER MOTHER. Why is this woman famous? Because her daughter has been arrested twice before the age of 21, both for drinking and driving and possession of narcotics. Anywhere else in the world, this parent would lose custody. In Hollywood (which I don't consider part of America), she gets a spread in Harper's Bazaar.In the Harper's interview as reported by the New York Post, Dina suggests that this whole problem is caused by paparazzi. In the article she compares Lindsay's situation to Princess Diana's, suggesting if the paparazzi doesn't wake up, tragedy is inevitable. My favorite line of her's is "Some of these kids are just lost," in reference to Britney and Paris. Um...anyone up for some self-relfection? In response to the idea that she might be criticized for her "parenting skills", Dina replies, "I'm living the American dream, and you can go . . ." Meanwhile, she also talks about Paris and Kathy Hilton suggesting, "Paris is a really smart girl, and she's come really far...Paris' mom was wonderfully embracing to me. You know, you can't blame parents for kids."
What is going on here and why do we continue to allow it? Is Dina Lohan ever going to pay the price for destroying this child? Should she be blamed? Is this the whole story?
Consider the evidence and then decide, I suppose.
Sorry Dina. I'm blaming you and Lindsay should too.
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