16 year-old Ali Lohan was reportedly seen with a tattoo that looks the same as one that Lindsay had inked in 2005. It says “La Bella Vita,” which means “The Beautiful Life” in Italian and is on her lower back. US Weekly reports this as if they’re sure it’s a legitimate tattoo, but I’m hoping that it’s just something she had written on her back in pen that looks convincingly like a real tattoo. They do have an inset photo of the tattoo, but I’m pretty sure it’s a photo of Lindsay’s tattoo, not Ali’s alleged one. The inset photo is just a cut out showing the tattoo and the top of a pair of jeans, while the main photo (the same one as shown above) has Ali in a spaghetti strap dress. I compared their inset photo with a picture of Lindsay’s tattoo, and it does look like they’re using Lindsay’s tattoo for the story, not Ali’s. What I’m saying is that all we have to go on, for now, is US Weekly’s word for it and a disembodied picture of a tattoo that’s probably Lindsay’s anyway. Here’s US Weekly’s story:

Is Ali Lohan, 16, inheriting her sister’s bad habits? Hot Stuff [Us Weekly] sayw Ali smoking Parliament cigarettes as Lindsay, 23, who had her legs wrapped around The Hills star Justin “Bobby” Brescia – drank vodka poolside at the Music Loves Fashion party during the Cochella Festival in Indio, California on April 16. And that’s not the only way the siblings bonded. The younger is now flaunting a LA BELLA VITA lower-back tattoo, identical to the one that Lindsay got in 2005!

[From US Weekly, print edition, May 3, 2010]

Do you think Ali had to show fake ID to get the tattoo or did the artist look at her once and assume she was 40? Whether or not Ali got a tattoo, she’s smoking at 16 and going to destination concerts with Lindsay and that’s bad enough. I could ask “where are her parents?” but we already know the answer. Dina is defending her daughters no matter what because on one hand they’re children and on the other they should be allowed to do whatever they want. Michael will tell you how concerned he is while selling phone tapes of Lindsay crying for help and making sure he calls the paparazzi when he stages an intervention for Ali. At least he’s doing something, right? Maybe not – Michael has a gloating interview on Radar online in which he tells the paparazzi all about Ali’s predicament under Lindsay’s tutelage. He says his daughter Ali started crying when he came in with cops and asked “what are you doing, dad?” He’s just so supportive.

I checked Lindsay’s insane tweets to see what she has to say about her dad coming over with the cops. It’s all about how evil her dad is and how awesome her mom is, and it doesn’t bear repeating. She did defend Ali being with her and not being in school, and tweeted “Ali IS IN SCHOOL! It’s called HOME SCHOOL! IT’S NOT EASY in public school when YOU… are PUBLICLY humiliating your OWN CHILDREN AND MOTHER OF THEM!!!” Who is teaching Ali every day when she’s hanging out in Lindsay’s trashed apartment? Is it Lindsay, who can’t string a sentence together? It looks like all she’s teaching Ali is how to smoke, party and get tattoos. Ali’s parents are teaching her how to exploit family members for press and cash.

Here’s Lindsay’s tattoo, from photos taken August, 2006 and December, 2005 Credit: Bauergriffinonline. Again, this is Lindsay below, not Ali.