Hollywood wild child Lindsay Lohan is coming clean about her well-publicized history of drug addiction in a candid chat with Britain’s The Sun on Monday. Lohan — who was arrested on DUI charges twice in 2007 — confesses that she came close to killing herself through a mix of alcohol and cocaine. And LiLo cites a very interesting culprit as the catalyst for her troubles: her ex-con dad, Michael.
Lindsay says she used alcohol and illegal substances to ease the pain of her personal problems, and claims the situation worsened when her father Michael started giving interviews about her upon his release from prison three years ago. The Georgia Rule actress got to know about cocaine because of her dad’s descent into addiction.
“When my father was going public, that’s when I hit rock bottom. I abused substances too much and it wasn’t the answer to my problems. I tried to mask my problems with alcohol, cocaine, and mind-altering substances. Now I’m in a place where I don’t need to use anything and I feel emotions because I choose to. I was only aware of cocaine because of my dad. I was terrified of it. But I tried it because I was stubborn, stupid and wanted to see what it was like.”
Michael continues to insist that Lindsay is addicted to prescription painkillers and regularly chats about the star’s alleged drug use to various online media outlets.