Sometimes I just really wish Michael Lohan would released more statements about Lindsay Lohan. What’s he thinking, what’s he feeling? What are his thoughts on her latest outfit? What about the protruding nature of her collarbone? Does she have a few new freckles? What does Michael think of them?

Anyhoo, Michael’s just letting us know that he’s cool with Samantha Ronson’s relationship with Lindsay. You know, the woman he used to refer to as SaMANtha. Because she’s a tomboy. Clever, I know. I had wittier remarks in the second grade, but whatever. So Michael and Sam are buds now. Well, not necessarily. Samantha hasn’t said anything back, and something tells me she won’t be inviting him to her next BBQ.

Michael Lohan once condemned Samantha Ronson for being a bad influence on his 23-year-old daughter, blaming her for many of Lindsay’s recent problems, including a stalled film career and potential substance abuse issues. But now Michael tells Life & Style he was wrong about Samantha, offering a formal apology. “I want to say I’m sorry for anything negative I said about Sam,” Michael says. “It was totally off-color.” In fact, Michael, 49, now says he’s grateful for Sam’s influence on Lindsay. “I appreciate that she cares about Lindsay’s health and well-being,” he says, adding best wishes to Sam on her recent 32nd birthday.

What caused Michael’s abrupt 180-degree turn-around? According to Michael, it was a recent, long-overdue private meeting at Sam’s LA home. Michael says he came away from the meeting with a new outlook on Lindsay and Sam’s relationship. “I really see Sam in a whole different light now,” admits Michael, who says he allowed other people’s negative opinions about Sam influence his own.

[From Life & Style Weekly]

I don’t ever want to give Michael credit where credit isn’t due, but I’ve got to say I’m almost impressed. Granted, impressed isn’t really a feeling I can have when it comes to Michael Lohan. But I’m whatever the closest thing is. I mean he was almost mature. He was subdued but technically gracious in his comments. They weren’t so over-the-top that they came off as obvious bullshit. He was polite in that distant way people are about family members they’re not wild about but can handle nonetheless. And honestly, that’s about all you can ask for. Everyone would call Michael’s bluff if he were to shower Samantha with praises.

And to Samantha’s credit, considering this meeting was at her home, it makes e think that she’s the one who instigated it. If so, she deserves a lot of credit for her maturity and wanting to move on from the past. Ug, I feel almost ill from all this peace and harmony and non-drama.

Here’s Lindsay shopping on Tuesday. Images thanks to Fame Pictures .

Lindsay Lohan had a lot of drama over the weekend. First we heard that she freaked out and called the cops when a NY deli worker asked her to verify that she was the rightful owner of her misplaced cellphone before handing it back to her. Then, when she returned to LA, her home was burglarized. For some reason, maybe because she was embarrassed after calling the cops in NY, Lindsay called her father Michael first and then he called the cops. Lindsay’s home was supposedly broken into back in May with nothing taken, and cops had to ask her if it was ransacked because it basically looked trashed. It turned out that Lindsay was just a slob and that her place always looks like that.

Now Lindsay’s home is said to have been broken into and she’s the victim of a theft for once instead of denying that she’s committed one. Her father and mother are confirming the news, with Michael and Dina Lohan granting multiple interviews that basically make the whole thing look like it was staged to give Lindsay positive press after the cell phone incident. It’s probably a legitimate burglary, it’s just that Michael and Dina Lohan basically taint any story they touch:

Lindsay Lohan’s Hollywood Hills home has been burglarized, the actress’s manager-mom Dina, has confirmed to PEOPLE.

“It’s true,” Dina Lohan tells PEOPLE of the TMZ report Lindsay arrived home early Sunday to discover that her home appeared to have been burglarized. “The safe was ripped out of the wall, and the door was off the hinges and door handles removed,” Dina says. “Bags, shoes and jewelry were taken too. Thank God she wasn’t home.”

The star’s rep, Leslie Sloan, said in a statement: “Lindsay and her sister Ali Lohan were fortunate [in] that they weren’t in the home when this incident happened.” Dina Lohan added that Lindsay was planning to move, even before the incident occurred: “Ali and Linds just left me in New York, and left people in charge to pack, as we are moving her to a safer place.”

As for Lindsay’s frame of mind post break-in, Dina tells PEOPLE, “She is okay, but upset.” She also said that before arriving home, Lindsay – currently working on the 2010 crime thriller Machete, costarring Robert DeNiro and Jessica Alba – attended a birthday celebration in Malibu for a family friend.

The LAPD tells PEOPLE, “All we can confirm is that we are investigating a possible break in at the residence and we still have officers on the scene. We got a call shortly before 7 a.m. this morning and it’s still under investigation. No arrests have been made.” In May, police were also called to the actress’ home after a surveillance video showed what looked like an attempted break-in.

[From People]

Michael Lohan also told Radar Online that he was using a team of private investigators to find the burglars, which sounds just like his pledge last year that he was going to find Lindsay’s drug dealers. He told TMZ that it was an inside job, and to Radar he promised “I’m going to work my own investigation and find out who did this.” Part of me thinks that Michael Lohan is much more motivated by the positive press coverage than helping out his victimized daughter.

Here are photos of cops outside Lohan’s LA home on 8/23/09. Credit: Fame Pictures. She is also shown shopping in NY on 8/19/09. Credit: WENN.com

Michael Lohan is forlorn. He might have lost his latest meal-ticket/best friend when Jon Gosselin when Jon seemed to run screaming away from the insanity of Kate Major and that whole episode. It seems like Michael’s idea for a reality series called “The Divorced Dads Club” has crashed and burned. So what’s next for Michael? The old stand-by, hitching himself to his daughter, Lindsay.

Page Six is reporting that Michael showed up at an event in Bridgehampton over the weekend – and event that Lindsay was attending. According to sources, Michael was all over Lindsay, “talking into her ear” as she tried to schmooze. One person noted, “It looks like he’s stalking her.” Gross:

Lindsay Lohan didn’t look happy to see her father, Michael, Saturday night at the breast cancer benefit at fotog Steven Klein’s Bridgehampton horse farm. While she was trying to talk to Donna Karan, Calvin Klein, Kim Cattrall and Andrew Balazs, he talked into her ear, almost ignoring her younger brother, Michael.

As soon as the elder Michael backed off, a bodyguard stood near Lindsay, prompting one spy to note, “It looks like he’s stalking her.”

Lindsay went later to Amy Sacco’s bash at Pink Elephant, where she diplomatically told us, “I’m closer to my mother.”

The next day, Lohan Sr. bumped into Hampton Sheet publisher Joan Jedell at 75 Main in Southampton and reversed his criticism of Lindsay’s gal pal Samantha Ronson: “I was misled by people who had their own agenda . . . I was wrong and I’m very sorry. I wish the best for them.”

[From Page Six]

Meanwhile, Lindsay might be stalking Britney Spears. If ever a time for Lindsay to shout “I learned it from watching YOU!” at her father, now seems to be it. Lindsay and Brit hung out two weekends ago, and Lindsay seems to be pushing for more time with Brit, via Twitter:

Looks like Samantha Ronson has some competition on her hands! Lindsay Lohan wants to hang with Britney Spears whose been looking scorchingly sexy in the past few weeks.

There’s no doubt the pop princess has got her groove back in more ways than one and Lohan is paying attention! Lohan reached out to the Spears on her Twitter page, writing, “When’s the next la show? Had such fun with you last Sunday!”

As RadarOnline.com reported, Britney and Lindsay hit the town together while the pop star was a break from her worldwide tour. The pair met up at the Byron Tracy Salon where they got matching blond weaves before later heading to a nightclub in Hollywood.

[From Radar]

Gah! Just when I get a little sympathy for Lindsay – because I can’t even imagine the hell of having Michael Lohan for a father – she shows us that she’s still the same old cracked-out mess that we know and take pity on. There’s something that just occurred to me – don’t Michael, Dina and Lindsay seem to exhibit the same predatory nature? For Michael, it’s hanging on to a meal ticket and soaking up whatever publicity he can get. For Dina, it’s all about being “the same” as her daughters, being as famous as them, being a “star” and being their enabler rather than their mother. Lindsay has learned those lessons well.

Here’s Lindsay outside Samantha’s house on 8/13/09. Credit: Fame Pictures Britney is shown in yet another bikini at the Ritz Carlton in LA on 8/17/09. Credit: WENN.com.

So Jon Gosselin is living it up and chilling with Michael Lohan. That’s how you know you’ve really reached the level of true, legit celebrity: when you’re chilling with a Lohan. Now to be honest, you really want to chill with Ali because she’s up-and-coming. Next would be Lindsay, who’s on the way out. After that I would say to chill with Mike Lohan’s maybe-daughter/Lindsay’s half-sister (I guess the DNA results are still pending, a full year later). And then, then you settle for Mike. I’d stay away from Dina altogether. Anyway, Jon Gosselin is hanging out with Mike Lohan, baring his flip-flop toes for all the world to see. While the two were bonding over their shockingly curvy man calves, they’ve also had time to talk shop. “Shop” in this sense meaning “how to exploit our children for money and fame and deal with Ed Hardy.” And they’ve decided it’s time to go into business together, working their own “Divorced Dads” reality show.

“JON & Kate Plus 8″ womanizer Jon Gosselin is shopping a new show based on being a single dad, sources said. The Gosselins have earned as much as $75,000 per episode with “Jon & Kate,” but insiders said most of the money goes toward the kids, and that Jon is hard up for cash. “He’s looking for endorsement deals to get that extra money,” one source said. Hollywood broker Mike Heller is trying to help Gosselin. Fame-mad Michael Lohan introduced Heller to Gosselin (Heller used to broker deals for Lindsay Lohan), and told us he helped brainstorm a new show, “Divorced Dads Club.” But our insider insists, “Michael will not be involved,” adding, “Jon has been approached to do various reality shows, but due to his contract with TLC, he can’t begin to think about doing anything right now.” Reps for both TLC and Gosselin declined to comment.

[From Page Six]

Nonetheless, it sounds like Gosselin is definitely working on brokering some kind of deal. Star reports this story in this week’s edition and has a deep quote from Jon Gosselin that semi-confirms the news: “It’s expensive to have eight kids. I just want to make some money so they will be taken care of.” Thanks dude, I bet that totally took you by surprise, huh? You mean it’s sorta selfish and not cool to spend nearly a grand on new shoes for yourself when you have eight hungry little mouths to feed? Who’d a thought? Last week Jon had dinner with “Real Housewives of New York City” member Jill Zarin and her husband, along with Mike Lohan and his girlfriend and the mayor of Southampton and his wife.

Jill noted that Jon was “like a young, fun, loving-life kind of guy who happens to have eight kids that he’s got to take care of,” which seems to be about how Jon sees it too. But that’s quite the interesting combination of people, and the Zarin connection sure makes it sound like they’re working on some sort of project.

Personally I think the only intriguing thing about Jon Gosselin is that he’s got eight kids and how stupid he is. He’s making dumb choices in who he dates and who he hangs out with. Though frankly, as bad as having an affair is, and as pathetic as it is to date a bunch of women at once, the most pitiable thing about Jon Gosselin is hanging out with Mike Lohan.

Here’s Jon Gosselin, Erin Muller and Michael Lohan the Mercedes-Benz Polo Challenge in Bridgehampton on July 25th. Images thanks to WENN.com .

Well, we knew this was coming, didn’t we? In the chaos of the whole Jon Gosselin drama over the past few weeks, one of the weirdest turns was when he seemed to suddenly befriend Michael Lohan, Lindsay’s dad. Michael is a known douchebag, an abuser, a hypocrite, and a famewhore. And that’s me being kind. Now it seems “sources” close to the whole Lohan family drama are speaking out to People Magazine. It’s what you’d expect for the most part – Michael owes months of back child support, he’s still not on speaking terms with Lindsay, and Michael basically has no business acting in any capacity as Jon Gosselin’s “advisor” or “business manager”:

As Michael Lohan emerges as a new advisor to Jon Gosselin on personal matters – and increasingly, on professional matters, too – sources tell PEOPLE that the Lohans wish he’d focus on his own family and pay the six-months’ back child support they say he owes – a debt Michael disputes.

Furthermore, daughter Lindsay, a source reveals, is not currently on speaking terms with her father.

“It’s embarrassing, he’s embarrassing,” says a Lohan insider, suggesting Michael focus on his own parental responsibilities, not those of Jon Gosselin. “He’s trying to get deals for Jon. Maybe Jon can tell Michael to pay [ex-wife] Dina child support. He’s now six months behind.”

A second Lohan source confirms what Dina is owed: “Michael is six months behind in child support. Over $12,000 is due, and it’s in the hands of collections now.” (While Lindsay is 23 and her brother Michael is 21, Ali, 15, and Dakota, 13, are minors.)

Michael Lohan, however, denies the debt. “That’s a total lie. I pay Dina and the kids cash all the time,” he tells PEOPLE. “This is being generated from Dina, because she sees all the press about Jon Gosselin and I being together. Dina loves the headlines and hates when anyone else takes her spotlight.”

He adds, “This is typical of what Jon and I discussed about spouses being vindictive and destroying a relationship between a father and their children.”

The source also maintains that Michael’s intentions are strictly financial: “He’s trying to manage Jon Gosselin, and make money from him. It’s gross. It’s all about money.”

As for Michael’s turbulent relationship with his famous daughter, the source confirms their relationship remains fractured, and the Gosselin publicity isn’t helping since Lindsay would prefer a more low-key father: “Lindsay’s still not speaking to him.” A rep for Lindsay had no comment.

And in regards to Michael offering marital advice to the Gosselins, another source, says, laughing, “Michael’s giving advice about marriage, and about parenting? It’s absurd.”

[From People]

I’ll buy that Michael owes back child support. I’ll also buy that Dina probably fed a lot of this story to People. What I simply can’t over is that Jon Gosselin isn’t aware enough to not get hooked into these users like Michael and like that Star chick, Kate Major. Could it be that Kate Gosselin really was the brains of the whole operation all of this time? It’s interesting that after the epic bad press Kate got at the beginning of all of this drama, now people are looking at her with newly sympathetic eyes. It’s like, “That poor woman – that’s why she is the way she is. Her husband’s a moron who can’t tell when he’s surrounding himself by douchebags.” Here’s another thing – I now totally understand that rumor about how Kate would give Jon an allowance so he wouldn’t spend too much money. It makes perfect sense now – if Jon is stupid enough to have Michael Lohan as an “advisor”, the Gosselin kids’ futures are in danger. Hide the checkbook, Kate Gosselin!

Photos are from 7/25/09. Michael Lohan is shown with his girlfriend. Credit: WENN.com

Jon Gosselin may have hired a top public relations firm to revamp his man-whore image, but it looks like his new BFF Michael Lohan is his unofficial mouthpiece. Lohan has been talking to the press about his new buddy, and recently confirmed to Radar Online that Jon was staying at his place in the Hamptons with tabloid writer Kate Major. People Magazine has a new interview with Lohan in which he conveys the touching revelation that Jon wants to be friends with his estranged wife and mother of his eight kids, Kate Gosselin. Yeah, because Michael Lohan knows all about staying friends with ex wives and baby mommas and not using the press to bad mouth them at all.

“He would love to be friends with her,” says Lohan, the estranged father of Lindsay Lohan, who’s been showing Gosselin around the Hamptons and and who has become an unlikely advisor. “They had eight kids and he would like to work things out the right way and just be friends.”

The new buddies spent Saturday in Southampton, attending a business meeting, walking on the beach – where they were met by paparazzi – and shopping at a J. Crew store for clothes to wear to a polo match in Bridgehampton that afternoon.

“A lot of opportunities are opening up for him,” Lohan says of his friend, referring to possible endorsement deals.

Lohan also says Gosselin is in a good mood these days. “He’s fantastic and upbeat and said that he just wanted to concentrate on his kids and his career and his life,” he said. “It’s overwhelming for him but he’s handling it.”

As for for Gosselin’s gal pal Hailey Glassman and the former Star magazine reporter Gosselin’s been spotted with, Kate Major, “he’s not with either one right now,” Lohan reports. “He’s not concentrating on a relationship with any woman. He just wants to take a step back and deal with his family and his kids.”

Meanwhile, Gosselin’s wife Kate was at home on Saturday with their eight children, who played in the front yard of the family’s Wernersville, Pa., home, making hearts with Play-Doh and offering them – along with plates of Play-Doh food – to their mom.

Despite the occasional timeout for one of the sextuplets, Gosselin seemed to be having a good time. She was spotted with a heart on her face, laughing, kissing each of her kids and once again wearing her wedding ring.

[From People.com]

So iron lady Kate put her wedding ring back on. Is she doing it for public sympathy or does she really hope to revive her marriage and turn deadweight Jon into the father and husband no amount of nagging could ever accomplish? At least Lohan is saying positive things about Jon and is no longer semi-confirming his relationship with Kate Major, his third extra-marital fling this year. Jon seems like he really needs someone to guide him, and while it’s nice to see him out with a male friend instead of the string of women he’s been dating it’s hard to see how he could do worse that Michael Lohan. Next he’ll be invoking God to put down his wife Kate, saying she brought this on herself and that he’s praying for her. He’ll use the press to criticize her parenting from afar, all the while hanging out with Michael Lohan and calling his kids once a day if they’re lucky.

Jon Gosselin, Michael Lohan and Lohan’s girlfriend Erin Muller are shown in Bridgehampton at The Mercedes-Benz Polo Challenge on 7/25/09. Credit: WENN.com They’re also shown getting ice cream on 7/26. Credit: Bauergriffinonline. Kate Gosselin is shown taking out the trash in Reading, Pennsylvania yesterday. Credit: INFphoto.com

Michael Lohan is one of the craziest bastards out there. Just yesterday, we heard about his recent arrest and arraignment for making threats to his girlfriend/fiancee. Today, Michael thinks it’s his place to chime in about daughter Lindsay’s life – specifically, how Lindsay “has another chance now” but if she gets back with Samantha Ronson “it is all going to go downhill.” Spoken like a man who needs physical and emotional control over the women in his life. Spoken like a man who’d just been arraigned for threatening to kill his girlfriend. Oh, but Michael has an explanation for that too – it was all one big misunderstanding. But his explanation is along the lines of, I was just trying to help her because someone else threatened her. Blech:

Lindsay Lohan’s father is happy that the star is back on track with her life, he tells E! News Wednesday. A few weeks after the 22-year-old actress landed a movie role, he says that she “has another chance now.”

Still, he warns that it could all come to an end if Lohan — who was cast in the indie-fantasy comedy The Other Side a few weeks ago — gets back together with ex-girlfriend Samantha Ronson.

“If Sam does come back in her life,” he says, “it is all going to go downhill.”

Things have been downhill for Michael as well.

He recently pleaded not guilty in a Long Island court to threatening to kill fiancée Erin Muller. Lohan, 49, is facing a misdemeanor charge of aggravated harassment for a March 18 altercation.

“He allegedly called Erin Muller on the telephone and stated … that he would kill her and himself if Erin Muller left him,” said a spokesman for the Suffolk County D.A. The charge, which was first reported by the New York Post, was blown out of proportion, he says.

“By no means did I threaten to cause harm to Erin or myself,” he says. “As a matter of fact, Erin even told the court that she didn’t want to pursue anything. It’s all going to be dropped… It’s an example of how people twist things.”

He adds that his fiancee actually called him in distress.

“A person she thought was her friend violated her in a way that I don’t want to describe,” he says. “When I found out the truth it didn’t sit well with me.”

Michael surrendered for arrest in April, but he remains free on his own recognizance pending a June 10 court date.

[From US Weekly]

Since their official split, Lindsay and Samantha have seen each other several times, and maybe even spent the night with each other. There was even a rumor Lindsay wanted to marry Samantha, but that was probably just something cooked up by a tabloid. With this sudden reemergence of Michael Lohan, I’m just reminded again of how screwed up Lindsay’s life was and is, and how Samantha might have been the most stable person Lindsay had ever gotten close to. I’m also reminded of how much I f-cking hate Michael Lohan, but I’ll save that for next time.

Lindsay Lohan is shown outside Samantha Ronson’s house yesterday. Photo agency Fame notes that she looked “upset and disheveled.”

Everyone remembers Michael Lohan, right? Known mostly for being some kind of preacher/parolee, a violent son of a b*tch, and Lindsay Lohan’s father. You’d think Michael would be on top of the world right now – his little girl Lindsay is no longer with Samantha Ronson (sort of), all is right with the world. But not so much for Michael. Page Six is reporting that Michael was arrested again in April for “a phone threat cops said he placed to off-again, on-again gal pal Erin Muller.” Michael allegedly threatened to kill his girlfriend and himself in the phone call, all because Erin had the nerve to try to dump him. What’s weird is that the phone threat may have worked – it seems Michael and Erin are back together, because when Page Six spotted Michael at his arraignment, and instead of strutting his violent self for the cameras, Michael and Erin hid in her car:

LINDSAY Lohan’s sleazebag dad, Michael Lohan, is in trouble again — this time for allegedly threatening to kill his fiancée and himself when she tried to dump him.

Michael was quietly arrested on April 6 for a phone threat cops said he placed to off-again, on-again gal pal Erin Muller, 34, on March 18.

Lohan, 48, flipped out yesterday when he walked into Central Islip court and spotted Post reporter Kieran Crowley and photographer Dennis Clark.

“Michael! Plan two!” shouted Lohan’s lawyer, Anthony Grandinette, as his client fled.

“Plan two” consisted of Lohan and Muller hiding in her car while Grandinette appeared on his behalf. Lohan faces up to a year behind bars.

He couldn’t have picked a better time for the alleged threat, because terms of his parole ended on Feb. 7. He’s due in family court in Westbury today, when he’ll have to explain why he’s behind in child support — by $12,000, sources told The Post.

[From Page Six]

Seriously, how was this guy out on parole? Hasn’t he been arrested and charged with like two dozen different crimes in his life? Whatever happened to all of those “three strikes” laws? I guess those are only for non-violent drug offenses, not stuff like beating up people, threatening to kill you girlfriend and owing thousands of dollars in back child support.

Michael Lohan and Erin Muller are shown on 7/3/08. Credit: Fame Pictures

While Lindsay Lohan has been pulling a play from her father’s “attention whore” playbook, running to the tabloids and whining about how everyone is against her, she’s a good person, blah blah blah, her ex girlfriend Sam Ronson is quietly trying to move on. After changing her locks, barring Lohan from a party and seeking support from family and friends, sources say that Sam finally got tired of Lindsay’s drama and high maintenance personality. Though the DJ still cares for Lohan, she finally realized that the bad aspects of being with her outweighed the good.

No more drama: That is Samantha Ronson’s philosophy, according to sources close to the celebrity deejay, who recently spilt from girlfriend Lindsay Lohan.

“Lindsay is extremely protective and jealous and needs an enormous amount of attention, and it’s stressful for the world to be watching them,” a source close to the Ronson family tells PEOPLE. In terms of the high-profile breakup, “[Samantha] takes it pretty good – she acts tougher than she is. She just wants the drama to end.”

Though Ronson’s family is hoping this latest split will be for good, the pair’s close social circle makes the separation that much more difficult, says the source. “Both Samantha and Lindsay could use a break and since there is so much crossover with their friends, it’s been hard. Their lives are so intertwined.”

Lohan’s Personality Sparks Concern
As for the Ronson family’s inquiries into obtaining a restraining order – which did not involve Samantha herself – the family source says they are worried about Lohan’s fiery personality. “They wanted to know what their options were if she does something crazy,” says the source. “Lindsay can be a loose cannon.”

Still, another source close to Ronson says that the deejay is protective of Lohan and doesn’t want to jump on “the anti-Lindsay bandwagon.”

“Sam broke up with Lindsay, but it doesn’t mean she hates her or wants to see her hurt any worse than she is,” says the source. “She is over Lindsay and over all the drama, but still, she refuses to trash-talk her. She just wants to walk away gracefully.”

As for Lohan, she has been spending time with family and friends. On Thursday night she was spotted at Chateau Marmont in Hollywood where she sipped on water and appeared in high spirits, smiling and laughing with a large group of pals.

[From People]

Meanwhile, Lindsay’s family in Long Island is speaking to the press, saying they are very worried about the starlet and would like to “reach out” to her.

“We’d all like to reach out to her,” Lohan’s paternal grandmother Marilyn says in an exclusive interview Wednesday afternoon from Long Island, N.Y. “We’re all here for her and we’d love to see her. Me, as a grandmother, I’d like to try and help her out, but she’s not here, she’s in L.A.”

Adds Marilyn: “I think she needs her family in her life, but they’re not. They should be. I haven’t seen her in over a year. I don’t know what happened. I’m heartbroken.”

The elder Lohan also blames the young Hollywood lifestyle of nightclubs and late-night partying. “What happened is that it was too much too fast. And she was on her own too early. She was too young,” she says. “And they get into that party scene. It’s very hard for them.”

So what’s Marilyn’s message for her granddaughter? “I love her, call me, I’m here for her, and anything I can do, please get in touch.”

And like any supportive relative, Marilyn still has high hopes for Lohan’s career: “She’s very talented. She always was. I know she’ll come back.”

As for splitting with Ronson, grandma approves: “I don’t think she should be with her.”

Lohan’s father Michael Lohan, 48, calls the split “a new beginning for her.”

“I’m concerned. It’s a hard time when a relationship ends. It’s never easy. I know she loved Samantha,” he says. “Lindsay is a strong girl. She has a huge heart.”

[From People]

I’m confused. Why would her grandmother say that her family isn’t with her? Aren’t Lindsay’s mom, Dina and her sister, Ali, also in L.A.? They were staying with her at the Chateau Marmont the night she was rejected from the party where Sam Ronson was working. But then again, even if her family is with her, that may not be much help. Dina was supposedly with Lindsay when she was drinking vodka straight from the bottle recently. Clearly, the words “parental supervision” are not in Dina’s vocabulary – this is a woman who was trying to get her 15 year old daughter admitted to a nightclub!

It seems like everyone is moaning about how Lindsay needs help, but no one is willing to actually do anything. Except for Sam, who is exhibiting a little “tough love” at the moment. It’s a shame that she is the only one willing to remove herself from this toxic situation. Everyone else enables Lindsay because they are either on her payroll or don’t want the famewhore train to stop. I don’t see this ending well at all – but at least, for now, Sam is taking steps to take care of herself.

Sam Ronson is pictured leaving a Beverly Hills medical office on April 2. Photo credits: Fame.

Lindsay Lohan’s life is on a downward spiral. Let’s recap: First she and Samantha Ronson were fighting constantly and getting incessant press about their relationship. Then they broke up, Lindsay was barred for a party where Sam was DJing, Sam changed the locks of her house and the Ronson family visited a police station to inquire about a restraining order. Then Lindsay somehow thought that it would be a good idea to get on the cover of Us Weekly to complain about her life and whine that “everyone has turned against her.” Michael Lohan assured the media that he would be clearing his busy schedule to help out his daughter – his estranged daughter who doesn’t want anything to do with him. And now, after all of this, Dina Lohan is said to be begging Lindsay’s friends to help her daughter.

According to an item in Thursday’s NY Post, Dina Lohan, who is more famous for boozing and partying with her daughter than for actually being a responsible parent, is now “begging Lindsay’s friends to go there and help her.”

Says the paper’s source, “All of Lindsay’s life, Dina never acted like a role model. She only ever wanted to be her friend. Lindsay keeps getting used, and she never stood a chance at happiness.”

Even those who are paid to watch out for her have abandoned ship, says the report. “Lindsay is on hiatus with her publicist because she’s not working or booking jobs,” says the paper’s insider. “She is completely unmanageable. It has never been possible to control her or advise her. Lindsay needs to get psychiatric help.”

[from OK!]

The part about this that scares me is that Dina thinks Lindsay’s friends (if there are any left) would be any help at all. The comment that she “never stood a chance at happiness” is actually quite insightful. Lindsay has constantly been told “yes” – from her bosses, from her minions, from her friends, and even from her family. No one has taught her the consequences of bad decisions. After the breakup, Sam reportedly was accusing Lindsay of abusing drugs. It sounds to me like Sam was the first person in Lindsay’s life willing to tell her when she had gone too far. Dina’s not going to be able to make anything happen, unless she’s able to convince Lindsay to get psychiatric help – which I doubt she will, unless she’s able to invent a reality show out of it.

Here’s Lindsay outside a hair salon with her sister, Ali, yesterday. Look at all that fake hair. Credit: WENN.com