Lindsay Lohan is doing some kind of ill-conceived documentary for the BBC in which she’s highlighting child trafficking in India. In this, her first effort with any kind of charity work that I can recall, Lohan isn’t shy about proclaiming her virtuousness. The 23 year-old strung out former child star tweeted that she’d saved a full 40 children in her first day’s work. “Over 40 children saved so far… Within one day’s work… This is what life is about… Doing THIS is a life worth living!!!” Later she added “Oh, and I’m talking about being in India.” Lohan has seen deleted that megalomaniacal tweet (I’m using the thesaurus today) but she already put it out there and can’t take it back now. She also deleted these tweets, (via Us Weekly) “Trafficking is a big issue here, I’m [here to do] what I can, and I will continue to do so as long as life when time permits it. Never too late to star helping others, however you can.”
Radar Online is reporting that Lohan isn’t handling her first day in India well, despite how impressed she seems with herself. There’s some kind of lack of security and she’s said to fear for her safety.
“She is a little overwhelmed and a little freaked out,” a source tells RadarOnline.com exclusively. “Lindsay is trying to be a trooper but the whole experience is a little scary.”
Flanked by friend Patrick Aufdenkamp and her bodyguard, Lohan is primarily nervous about the lack of man power around. “There is still unrest in India and her celebrity makes her vulnerable,” the source added. “There isn’t much security there in general.”
While the trip was originally set up through philanthropist Scott Lazerson’s Interface Foundation, RadarOnline.com has learned that Lohan is on the trip with a UK-based production company seeking to do a documentary on human trafficking.
Publicly, Lohan is putting on a brave face.
[From Radar]
Does “overwhelmed” and “freaked out” translate to “going through withdrawl” and “jonesing for a fix”? Maybe not in Lohan’s case, as most of her drugs seem to be pharmaceuticals and you can take those overseas without a problem. Do you think someone in Lohan’s camp leaked this story so that she wouldn’t seem like a quitter if she split early? “Oh the security was bad, I was afraid for my life.” That feeling of overwhelming self-righteousness only goes so far.
Meanwhile Lohan has sent some tweets to Jessica Alba’s husband, Cash Warren. Lohan and Warren were allegedly spotted making out at a club a few weeks ago, which Lohan denies, claiming that Cash is a “business partner.” On December 4th, she wrote “@cash_warren r u @ [Lakers] game too? watching it wishing i went!” and on November 28th “@cash_warren that’s really cute- i love my mix cd!!!!!” Cash was at that Laker’s game – with his wife, Jessica Alba. Alba didn’t look happy, but she rarely does.
Does anyone in India either know who she is or care?? Maybe she’s just freaked out by having to brush shoulders with real people, live in the real world, one that’s not about nightclubs and hairdressers.
crikey…for someone who wanted to dispel rumors of an affair with him, she’s not doing herself any favors by sending him messages like that.
to Bex…nightclubs, hairdresser AND COKE…don’t forget that part.
IDK what it is, but i’m always rootin’ for the underdog. i wish she could clean her self up and show all these ppl that they were wrong about her. helping others gives you a sense of satisfaction that no drug can give.
I saved a lambchop from going bad. I froze it. LiLo, you are delusional.
If she had gotten clean first, going to India might have been good for her – shown her how good she had it, make her appreciate the little things in life. But as it seems like she’s still a messed up crackhead, it probably won’t sink in at all.
And I agree, trying to dispel rumors of cheating by sending the guy more messages? Not the best idea. Except I think LL feeds off drama and scandal these days, so she’s probably keeping it up for that and the attention.
about jessica: ” she didnt look happy, but she rarely does” lmaooo who would want to live with someone like that
What the hell does “India” mean? Where in India? As someone else rightfully pointed out in regards to Africa in another post, you can’t just say “India”. This all seems really weird.
Why can’t you just say “India”? sure it’s not specific, but it doesn’t mean it’s not a place-granted a vast area but still.
I’m still rootin for LiLo being given to Jamie Spears, say what you will about the man but he cleaned up BritBrit. LiLo needs someone like that in her life, not a bunch of yes-men posing as family.
I don’t get it – which pictures of Jessica were you looking at? There’s three pictures up at Getty of Alba and Warren – she’s watching the game in one, and they’re smiling and cheering and making out in the other one. Notably you’re running none of the recent pics of Alba smiling with her daughter or even the recent one Warren posted to his twitter of her cooking dinner, smiling, AGAIN. I mean, it’s taking some real work on your part to maintain the ‘she never looks happy’ thing, isn’t it hard to stick with such a fixed idea of someone that you’re straight up ignoring reality?
Seems like your readers love to buy it, so I guess so. But you better hope they don’t read outside here and Dlisted because even the crappy paparazzi blogs and the Enquirer and People have scary pictures that might shake your warped little view.
@ vale – Except that India is actually a country, whereas Africa is an entire continent. Would you be equally disgruntled if she was in Vancouver and just said CANADA? It’s pretty big up here, too, but it’s still one country.
Maybe she’ll witness something that will flip the “human” switch back on.
Probably not, but India’s poverty first-hand would be an awakening for most people, maybe this could be her saviour voyage?
No, what I mean is that every source I’ve read about this trip always just said “India” and no specific city. And there’s a big difference between, say, Mumbai and Ahmedabad, so I’m wondering what kind of situation she has going on. Whenever I’ve heard of celebrities going to India a city has always been mentioned, like Scarlett Johansson in Uttar Pradesh. That’s why it seems weird.
I heard that she is in Delhi. I would guess they are travelling to more than one place.
@ vale – Ah, gotcha. I was looking at Lindsay’s crack tweets yesterday, and she mentioned something about how she can’t tell anyone what company she’s working with yet… or where she is. Which makes it all sound like bull to me. Of course, those tweets were pulled down already.
Reading this makes me wonder if India/the African continent/South America only exist to make entitled developed world residents appreciative of how lucky they are.
Bex and St. Angie…
Nightclubs, hairdressers, coke/pills, and PAPARAZZI.
In her pickled mind, paps ARE her security blanket, that’s why she feels so naked and alone (vunerable).
Does anyone else find it ironic that Lindsay – messed-up former child actor – is helping kids involved in child trafficking? In Hollywood they get rich, but their souls are still sold.
Yea, I mean, this whole thing seems to have red flags. She already saved over 40 kids? There are a LOT of shady organizations in India ready to swindle the white skinned, and Lindsay herself is a shady person. Not saying one equals the other, but I start to question what’s going on.
I was thinking the same thing, vale. this cokehead probably has no idea what she’s getting herself into.
I would be much more impressed if she would save herself. Also, being the voice and face for a documentary doesn’t mean You saved those 40 children. The staff and people making it are the ones running around doing all the work and saving those kids and allowing you to be a part because they need a famewhore to bring light to THEIR work.
Geez, Blowhan. When would you like to be canonized for Sainthood?
@ Liz – Naw, she saved ’em all herself. Just like she designed that Ungaro line all by herself.
I’m glad that everyone can see right through her. I’ll bet she is freaking right out, she’s has no coping skills and was a fool to go there.
Hopefully this experience will teach her about doing charity work for publicity Karma is a bitch. Really she needs to help herself until then she is in no position to help anyone else.
Well you know, Linds is a genius!
Where did Lindsay say that she saved 40 kids? She tweeted that over 40 kids were saved in a day’s work. Sounds to me like she’s part of something that is making her feel more worthwhile.
WTF does it mean — there is still unrest in India and she feels unsafe? WTF? There are ONE BILLION people in India – how come they don’t feel unsafe? And her “celebrity status” (BARF) makes her vulnerable? Duh. What celebrity status? I grew up in India, but I had never known about her (although I have been in the US for over 8 years now). The bad things about US celebrities doesn’t really reach there. I mean, even in the US, I did not know about LiLo’s trashiness till I found this site a few months back. Call me ignorant.
Yes,you can just say ‘India’;it’s one country.
The point with Africa,is that it’s a continent,not one country. I know people sometimes think south africa is the capital of africa and all,but it’s not…
Anywho,you can certainly say ‘africa’,as well,as in ‘going from the USA to Africa’-both are large geographical areas and are diverse in terms of culture/lifestyle,etc.
But yea,usually you want to be more specific with going to Africa from,say,NYC.
Really depends on the context.
We vascillate between igorance and tiresome PC-dom here in the US,I mean America.
sigh.
very boring.
She probably flew into Delhi, or most likely, Mumbai. And in her defense (urgh), flying into either is very overwhelming.
Most international flights get in at 3:00am local time – and you don’t even have to step outside of the terminal to realize you’re a long way from Kansas. (I nearly had a panic attack the first morning after staying at our hotel – and the bag that my meds were in was swiped by our cabbie not 40 minutes after we arrived. I never had a problem the rest of the time, though.)
It takes a while to acclimate to such a different environment, and even though Lilo is probably used to sleeping in her own filth, she’s probably not accustomed to the “squalor” of a 5 star hotel. I mean, there’s not a single Chanel shop in the whole country! Such dedication to the little people. . .
Ugh. I can’t continue to torture myself with stories of her bullshit in my beloved India. Such a transparent effort to validate her own ego.
let me guess, she saved 40 kids by stealing their drugs? lol! what a narcissistic and educated twat. this has disaster written all over it. lmao!!!
Long flights should not matter to Lilo. She must be stoned out of her mind anyway and dream of flying. Viola landed in India. Go away already. Saved 40 people… save yourself first.
I bet that most people in India don’t know who she is, nor care. On another note, not very tenuous to think that there is a trafficker will not know who she is…and care. You know… blonde, white female…..because she IS that special. And with too few bodyguards about protecting her crack-out ass….
bina, good point. i wish i could say something witty, sigh, but it’s rather true. it seems other places exist soley as they are portrayed in movies or as a place people can go take a picture and put it up on facebook
um…i could see how walking around in the streets of “india” would be overwhelming…it’s nothing like anything that she is used to, or most of us for that matter. i’ve seen slumdog millionaire, i’d be totally freaked the f*ck out if you plopped me down in the middle of some of that madness. you have no personal space, there is a huge language barrier, don’t know who to trust or who is out to rip you off. it’s probably incredibly overwhelming. cut her a break, sheesh.
Mix cd, what is she, twelve? And yeah, telling everyone on earth that this guy is sending her cute liddle presents really supports the whole “I’m not doing him” claim.
Indian teenagers know LL very well. she is staying Ashram .Hope she wear undies there and doesn;t show her sis to priests.
turns out LL has been lying through her teeth and is taking the credit for the work done by an organization that rescued these children before LL was even in India. what a lying twat. she deleted her tweets to hide the lies and is now crediting the agency that actually did the work. here’s the proof:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/6790305/Lindsay-Lohan-attacked-over-claims-she-helped-rescue-40-Indian-children.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/lostinshowbiz/2009/dec/11/india-lindsay-lohan-bbc-documentary