Lindsay Lohan wishes people would’ve had a clue about what she was going through in the aughts.
Nearly 20 years after her life, mistakes and image were a hot topic of conversation, the now 39-year-old confessed that living in Hollywood at the height of her career was “all so overwhelming and consuming.”
“I should have listened to my mom and dad and moved back to New York,” Lindsay, referencing parents Dina Lohan and Michael Lohan, admitted in an interview with Vogue Arabia published Feb. 26. “But I was young and wanted to be in LA. And I didn’t know. So yeah, while a lot of it was fun, it was hard when I was young. It was a double-edged sword.”
Given Lindsay was only a teenager when she—along with her friends Paris Hilton and Britney Spears—was put under a tabloid microscope, she reflected, “Now I look back and wonder, ‘Why didn’t anyone just go and take me out of there, protect me more?’ You don’t know how to do that yourself when you’re a teenager.”