Dad suspects Lohan's dependent on prescription drugs
Photo credit: Getty Images | Lindsay Lohan walks the runway during the Emmanuel Ungaro Pret a Porter show as part of the Paris Womenswear Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2010. (Oct. 4, 2009)
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Does father know best? Lindsay Lohan's dad thinks his daughter's gaunt appearance over the weekend at Paris Fashion Week was due to dependence on prescription drugs.
"I'm going to get her off the prescription drugs that she's on," Michael Lohan told RadarOnline.com in an exclusive interview. "I hate it when people talk about illegal drug abuse . . . It's not just drinking and illegal drugs that kill you. Prescription drugs can destroy and kill a person and are sometimes harder to stop. Look at Heath Ledger and Michael Jackson."
The elder Lohan asked the online pop-culture site not to reveal what specific medications he believes LiLo is abusing, but they've taken over his daughter's life, he says. "You know why Lindsay's not acting in feature films right now? Because she can't," he said. "Because the girl with all the talent is hidden and buried deep inside this fungus that's grown because of the prescription drugs. She can't be herself. When you hug her she's like, vacant inside."
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Michael Lohan said he had a chance to spend time with Lindsay after the break-in at her Hollywood Hills home this year. He was in shock when he saw how much his oldest daughter has changed, he said.
"She's a different person," he said. "I was out there for a week when she was living at the Sunset Marquis Hotel and I would sit there and cry. It was horrible. This was not the kid I raised." He told RadarOnline.com that he feared Lindsay is being taken advantage of by "enablers."
"The Lindsay Lohan I lived with when I was married was a focused, intelligent, gifted girl that needed no prescription medication, no assistance from a therapist. Whoever the people are that came into her life and convinced her otherwise should be thrown in jail."
