We’ve got trouble, right here in the USA. Trouble with a capital ‘T,’ that rhymes with ‘L,’ that stands for Lindsay Lohan.
We don’t necessarily want to talk about Lohan because everyone talking about her all the time is probably a big source of her problems, but we feel compelled.
She’s become such a source of national ridicule and pity that even Mel Gibson wants to help her out. He said in an interview with “Extra” that he reached out to her in the past, and he might do so again. If Mel-tdown Gibson wants to help you with your problems, then you definitely have something to worry about.
It just seems like the more attention she receives in the media, the more that terrible things happen to her.
The Lifetime movie about Elizabeth Taylor, “Liz & Dick,” premiered on Nov. 25 to, let’s say, mixed reviews. People magazine said her performance as Taylor was fascinating and terrible.
Los Angeles Times TV reviewer Mary McNamara called it a “‘wildly graceless biopic’ filled with more ‘petulance than passion.’”
A few days later, after attending a Justin Bieber concert in New York, Lohan went to a nightclub (as she is wont to do). She ended up punching a psychic. We know that sounds like an outrageous story, but it’s actually true. Lohan claims she didn’t punch her accuser, but she said she instead called her a “gypsy” and the psychic’s friend tried to steal Lohan’s purse.
Don’t worry, though, because Lohan is probably going to hire a private investigator. The psychic, Tiffany Ava Mitchell, could be trying to make a quick buck.
A few days after that, Lohan’s assets were frozen by the IRS “in an effort to recover $233,904 in unpaid taxes from 2009 and 2011 and an unspecified amount from 2011,” according to TMZ and New York Daily News.
It is a saga. If someone ever makes a biopic of Lohan (could be called “Linds Is Sick,” you’re welcome, Lifetime), a lot of it would take place in courtrooms or on Twitter when she fought with Amanda Bynes that one time.
This entire editorial seems like an episode of “Gossip Girl,” right? Here’s the point: Celebrities feed off attention and use it to continue to propel them in the direction they are already headed.
Like, if Lohan was on the up-and-up and received attention for all her good things, then she would be praised. The cycle would continue, and she would be basically on the same level as someone like Reese Witherspoon.
However, because Lohan had some hard times, the press started paying more attention to all the terrible things that either just happened in her life or that she did to herself. The cycle continued, and now she’s just a mess.
Attention breeds similar acts. It’s like training an animal. Only give them treats when they do something good, but don’t scold them if they do something bad.
Not that Lindsay Lohan is like an animal, but we all remember that scene in “Mean Girls.”
