Everyoneâs doing the Lilohan. Thatâs not a hip new dance move or a boutique marijuana strainâitâs Lindsay Lohanâs latest accent, which the star describes as âa mixture of most of the languages I can understand or am trying to learn.â Why be a polyglot when you can sound like youâre in a community theater production of My Big Fat Greek Wedding? Lohan first revealed #Lilohanâa term she coined herself on Twitterâto a reporter at the October 15th opening of the Lohan nightclub in Athens. Yes, the 30-year-old Parent Trap star named a Greek nightclub after herself.
But when Lohan isnât recreating the global nightlife scene in her own image, sheâs homeschooling. In Casa Lohan itâs clubbing by night, and Rosetta Stone by day. She told The Daily Mail, âIâve been learning different languages since I was a child. Iâm fluent in English and French, can understand Russian and am learning Turkish, Italian and Arabic.â But perhaps even more startling than the actressâ aspirational accent was the content of her rambling interview. She mused at length about her work with Syrian refugees and the transformative power of nightclubs, and at one point seemed to imply that the Lohan club could branch off into a string of spas and refugee camps.
Lohan also repeated her new favorite phrase, âThe world is bigger than fiveââwhich was originally coined by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. This mantra, much like Lohanâs accent, is totally out of place. It refers to Erdoganâs belief that permanent membership of the UN Security Council should be expanded beyond its current five statesâChina, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United Statesâpresumably to include Turkey. In the past, Lohan has voiced support for Erdoganâs AKP party, as well as his belief in restructuring the Security Council. And in a similarly strange interview with Turkish TV network Haberturk in October, Lohan praised how the Turkish strongman handled an attempted coup this year that left 300 people killed and more than 2,100 injured. Lohan opined, âErdogan did really well and his people, really admiring and respecting him, as the first elected president. This is a big deal.â It felt like a scripted line about the Turkish leader, who has been accused of authoritarian practices and dramatically restricting freedoms.
Of course, this isnât the first time that Lohan has reached deep into her mixed bag of political opinions. The troubled star was celebrated for her expatâs take on Brexit, a political phenomenon so mad that Lohan was well-equipped to translate it for the rest of us. Chiming in from a location just beyond our plane of reality, Lohan gifted us with Tweets like âwhat would #MARGARETTHATCHER THINK OF #Brexit?â If anyone could get #MargaretThatcher trending, itâs La Lohan. But Lohanâs recent forays into international politics have been far more involved. Unlike certain American politicians, Lindsay knows what Aleppo is. In fact, sheâs journeyed to Turkish camps and hospitals that house refugees from the ISIS-ravaged city. Lohanâs interactions with refugees have been well-documented; on her personal Instagram, she often shares pictures of herself playing with refugee children. In some pictures, she dons a long dress and headscarf. According to Page Six, the actress is reportedly a huge hit in Turkey and has even garnered comparisons to celebrity humanitarian Angelina Jolie. But while Jolie played a covert political operative in movies, Lohan may have taken the whole spy fantasy too far.
Turkey has taken in over half of the 4.2 million Syrians who have been displaced by military conflict, and has contributed $9 billion to the ongoing crisis. But despite the legitimacy of this cause, many doubt Lohanâs motives. In light of the thinly veiled propaganda sheâs been spewing, sources have theorized that Lohan is actually in the pocket of the Turkish government. And in a year of conspiracy theories and living nightmares, this absurd proposition feels strangely plausible. At the very least, Turkish Twitter seems fairly convinced that Erdogan is calling the shots. One Turkish tweeter wondered why Turkey couldnât afford a bigger celebrity: âWhy donât you bring Sean Penn or Bono and have them say âthe world is bigger than 5?â Who cares about Lindsay Lohan? If you are talking about pop culture, they have Rihanna over thereââwhich is a pretty good point. Also, does the rest of the world think that the three biggest celebrities in America are Sean Penn, Rihanna, and Bono?
Lindsay Lohan has a lot going on right now. Unfortunately, none of it is good. Her engagement to Russian millionaire Egor Tarabasov ended amidst accusations that he strangled and abused her. To the world, Tarabasov is a cute, 23-year-old rich kid who nominally ran a one-star real estate company. But to Lohan, Tarabasov is a liar, a cheater, and the father of her fake unborn baby. The troubled engagement devolved into a blowout on Lohanâs London balcony. According to footage obtained by The Sun, Lohanâs neighbors awoke at 5 a.m. to the cries of a woman in distress. âPlease, please, please,â Lohan shouted. âHe just strangled me. He almost killed me. Everybody will know. Get out of my house.â
In the wake of her estrangement from Tarabasov, Lohan has found that single life isnât always stress-free. On a nautical romp in early October, Lohan made headlines after she suffered a gory boating injury, accidentally ripping off the bottom of her finger. And in the years since Cady Heron ruled North Shore High School, Lohan has clearly lost track of Halloween costume customs. She celebrated the holiday in a confusing outfit that would make the Plastics proudâpink lacy lingerie. Sheâs also rumored to be mixing business with pleasure, kissing her nightclub partner Dennis Papageorgiou. If this was just a bad call for club Lohan, that would be one thingâbut what about the forthcoming refugee camps? And the luxury spas?
While Lohanâs eponymous club sounds like a really good time, the rest of her life choices areâŚquestionable. If LiLo is so set on being a political operative, thereâs no need for her to travel all the way to Turkeyâshe should come back and campaign against Donald Trump. After all, the American presidential election strikes closer to home for her in more ways than one. Back in 2004, Donald Trump publicly mused about Lohanâs sexual prowess, telling Howard Stern that âdeeply troubledâ women are âalways the best in bed.â How about coming home, Lindsay, and helping Hillary Clinton kick that perv to the curb? Sparing the American people from the outreach efforts of Lena Dunham, Katy Perry, and James Franco will only help your chances in 2020.