Lindsay's Mom Strikes Back
Some parents discourage their underage kids from partying the night away. Lindsay Lohan's mom seems to defend the practice.
After her daughter received a scathing letter regarding her professionalism from the producer of her upcoming film, Dina Lohan struck back, calling the letter "way out of line."
In his missive, which was made public by the Smoking Gun Website, Morgan Creek Productions CEO James G. Robinson accused the younger Lohan of acting like a "spoiled child," blaming her numerous tardy arrivals and no-shows on the set of the upcoming picture Georgia Rule on her "ongoing all night heavy partying."
But Dina Lohan denounced Robinson's letter as "ridiculous."
"Maybe he has personal issues with whomever and it came out with my child," she told Access Hollywood in an interview scheduled to air Monday. "I don't know him. I can't judge him. I don't think it was a smart thing to do to a young girl."
The elder Lohan acknowledged that her daughter had been late to the set on occasion and admitted that production once had to be rescheduled to accommodate her lateness.
But she defended the 20-year-old actress' most recent absence from the set, which occurred after Lohan was treated at an area hospital for what her publicist described as a case of heat exhaustion.
"Lindsay was in 105 [degree weather] saying, 'Mommy, I feel sick--like I am going to faint.' She took herself to the hospital," Dina Lohan said. "She has asthma and in extreme cold or heat you can't breathe."
After receiving Robinson's letter last week, Lohan was back on the set the following day without incident, the film exec told the Hollywood Reporter.
"I'm just trying to get the movie made," Robinson said. "I did what I felt I needed to do on behalf of the movie and on behalf of her, too. I wanted to set some limits."
His letter warned that the film's producers would not "accept bogus excuses" for Lohan's behavior and would pursue "full monetary damages" against the actress if she failed to honor her commitment to the film.
"It was not a nasty letter. It was, 'Come on, be a professional,'" Robinson said of his communication with the Mean Girls star. "We're halfway through with six weeks to go. There's no turning back. I wrote the letter. It was from me, not some damn attorney. She showed up. That's all I cared about."
It's not the first time Robinson has engaged in a public battle with a star of one of his films. He previously scuffled with Sharon Stone over her refusal to appear nude in 1996's Diabolique.
But despite the harsh words in his letter to Lohan, Robinson said he had no personal problems with the actress
"I've never had a minute's trouble with her. She's every inch a lady," he added. "I felt I needed to remind her of her obligations to show up."
As for Dina Lohan, she feels that her daughter's hard work on the film will shine through in the end.
"She will win an Academy Award for this picture," the elder Lohan told Access Hollywood.
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