Lindsay Lohan: Addict or Spoiled

spartan26 · 05-31-2007, 10:08 AM

OK, usually I avoid anything relating to talent like Costco over a 3-day weekend but I have to admit to keeping one eye open in watching the ever developing trainwreck that is Young Hollywood. I'm beginning to wonder if I don't have a tumor on my schadenfreude gland.

Though I can't really say I have anything against Lindsay, she is starting to remind me of Dana Plato on a bigger budget. On one hand I'll read how Mischa Barton was "hospitalized for a negative reaction to medicine"

and wonder is there a webcam I can subscribe to actually watch publicists like Leslie Sloane Zelnik pull excuses for her dysfunctional clients out of her ass? But on the other, I do know some people who have gone through Promises, where Lindsay/Britney/et al have checked in, even visited a friend while he was at the WLA facility and there were definitely similar signs and tales by the addicts there and some of the events of Lohan's life.

Sure we all know there are ramifications for someone who's gone the entire new millennium without once hearing the word "no," but could she really have an addiction problem with this not being merely a rouse to pre-empt harsh jail time?

meshou · 05-31-2007, 10:12 AM

They can be both spoiled and addicted.

kuranes · 05-31-2007, 10:28 AM

I read a book recently that was kind of fun called "Charlie Big Potatoes" by Phil Robinson, which was about a young Brit rock critic having a meltdown and having to undergo therapy for substance abuse. Parts of it reminded me of scenes in "Permanent Midnight" by Jerry Stahl, a true story about a Hollywood TV writer's nightmares with both drugs and sobriety.

It is funny the excuses the publicists make. There was another book, written by such a publicist and consisting of "fiction" based on his own experiences with concocting this stuff, that I reviewed on INTPC once, but I can't remember the name of it now.

Jennifer · 05-31-2007, 01:39 PM

Protest! Why isn't "bitch" one of the options???

toonia · 05-31-2007, 01:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by meshou

They can be both spoiled and addicted.

My first thought as well.

Jennifer · 05-31-2007, 01:42 PM

All right. I'll settle for an "all of the above" answer, if you add my prior contribution.

But that's my last offer.

Zergling · 05-31-2007, 03:05 PM

I don't know enough about this to make an opinion.

meshou · 05-31-2007, 07:25 PM

Hahahah, "real job." Like they don't have real jobs! They make a hell of a lot more than you, and probably work longer, harder hours at times!

AllAboutSoul · 06-01-2007, 04:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by meshou

They can be both spoiled and addicted.

Oh yeah, that was my first thought.

booyalab · 06-01-2007, 04:47 AM

all of the above

View Poll Results: Addict or Spoiled
Addict	1	10.00%
Spoiled	2	20.00%
Issues but nothing that a real job wouldn't cure	7	70.00%
Voters: 10. You may not vote on this poll

05-31-2007, 10:08 AM	#1 (permalink)
spartan26 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Type: INTP Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 200	Lindsay Lohan: Addict or Spoiled OK, usually I avoid anything relating to talent like Costco over a 3-day weekend but I have to admit to keeping one eye open in watching the ever developing trainwreck that is Young Hollywood. I'm beginning to wonder if I don't have a tumor on my schadenfreude gland. Though I can't really say I have anything against Lindsay, she is starting to remind me of Dana Plato on a bigger budget. On one hand I'll read how Mischa Barton was "hospitalized for a negative reaction to medicine" and wonder is there a webcam I can subscribe to actually watch publicists like Leslie Sloane Zelnik pull excuses for her dysfunctional clients out of her ass? But on the other, I do know some people who have gone through Promises, where Lindsay/Britney/et al have checked in, even visited a friend while he was at the WLA facility and there were definitely similar signs and tales by the addicts there and some of the events of Lohan's life. Sure we all know there are ramifications for someone who's gone the entire new millennium without once hearing the word "no," but could she really have an addiction problem with this not being merely a rouse to pre-empt harsh jail time?

05-31-2007, 10:12 AM	#2 (permalink)
meshou Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Type: INXP Location: Sanitized for your protection Posts: 244	They can be both spoiled and addicted. __________________ Let's do this thing.

05-31-2007, 10:28 AM	#3 (permalink)
kuranes Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Type: XNXP Location: Chicago Posts: 1,062	I read a book recently that was kind of fun called "Charlie Big Potatoes" by Phil Robinson, which was about a young Brit rock critic having a meltdown and having to undergo therapy for substance abuse. Parts of it reminded me of scenes in "Permanent Midnight" by Jerry Stahl, a true story about a Hollywood TV writer's nightmares with both drugs and sobriety. It is funny the excuses the publicists make. There was another book, written by such a publicist and consisting of "fiction" based on his own experiences with concocting this stuff, that I reviewed on INTPC once, but I can't remember the name of it now. __________________ "The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them that they are being attacked and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country." Reichsfuhrer Herman Goering at the Nuremburg trials.

05-31-2007, 01:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
Jennifer Werewolves bite. Join Date: Apr 2007 Type: INtP Location: Secret vault Posts: 18,464	Protest! Why isn't "bitch" one of the options??? __________________ Blog: Seasons of Mist

05-31-2007, 01:42 PM	#6 (permalink)
Jennifer Werewolves bite. Join Date: Apr 2007 Type: INtP Location: Secret vault Posts: 18,464	All right. I'll settle for an "all of the above" answer, if you add my prior contribution. But that's my last offer. __________________ Blog: Seasons of Mist

05-31-2007, 03:05 PM	#7 (permalink)
Zergling Banned Join Date: Apr 2007 Type: INTx Location: Champaign, Ill Posts: 1,379	I don't know enough about this to make an opinion.

05-31-2007, 07:25 PM	#8 (permalink)
meshou Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Type: INXP Location: Sanitized for your protection Posts: 244	Hahahah, "real job." Like they don't have real jobs! They make a hell of a lot more than you, and probably work longer, harder hours at times! __________________ Let's do this thing.

06-01-2007, 04:47 AM	#10 (permalink)
booyalab / Join Date: Apr 2007 Type: INTP Location: midwest Posts: 1,558	all of the above __________________ I don't wanna!

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