On Mar 10, 11:45=A0am, Twitchell wrote:
> http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/lindsay_super_bawl_time_out_2wZ...
>
> Lindsay Lohan is no "milkaholic," but she does cry like a baby.
>
> The "Mean Girls" star was left sobbing uncontrollably when she saw an E-T=
rade ad
> on Super Bowl Sunday about a ditsy, boyfriend-stealing infant named Linds=
ay she
> believed was created in her likeness, her irate mom told The Post yesterd=
ay.
>
> "She said, 'Mommy, help me. This is wrong. How can they do this?' " Dina =
Lohan
> said of a tearful phone call with her 23-year-old daughter after the big =
game.
>
> La Lohan had just set her peepers on an ad for E-trade that features a pa=
ir of
> babies video chatting about a boyfriend-stealing tyke -- and became "extr=
emely
> upset" because she believed the spot was taking a jab at her hard-partyin=
g ways.
>
> "They're little babies doing this, mocking another child who's just tryin=
g to
> survive Hollywood, basically," Dina Lohan said.
>
> In the ad for the financial-services company, a baby girl is upset with h=
er
> boyfriend for not calling the previous night.
>
> After the boy apologizes, saying he was diversifying his portfolio, the g=
irl
> asks suspiciously: "And that milkaholic Lindsay wasn't over?"
>
> "Lindsay?" the boy asks sheepishly before another baby girl pokes her hea=
d into
> the frame and asks, "Milk-a-what?"
>
> Lohan filed a lawsuit in Nassau County on Monday seeking an eye-popping $=
100
> million in damages for her pain and suffering.
>
> "I'm just basically glad I took a stand. I'm not going to let them do thi=
s to us
> anymore," Dina Lohan said of the "horrible" and "mean" ad.
>
> She said that the ad was clearly aimed at her daughter because unlike oth=
er
> stars, her daughter's first name is synonymous with the "Herbie Fully Loa=
ded"
> actress.
>
> "Everyone knows Lindsay, like Cher or Madonna," Dina Lohan said. But Grey=
Group,
> which produced the ad, insists that -- unlike Oprah or Cher -- Lindsay is=
a
> popular baby name. In fact, company spokesman Chris Brown said that someo=
ne
> working on the spot shared the name as well.
>
> Lindsay's lawyer, Stephanie Ovadia, has requested an injunction to have t=
he ad
> yanked.
>
> E-Trade declined to comment until it could thoroughly examine the court p=
apers.
I never once thought of LLO when I saw that ad and I guess that is
what upset them. So they have to make sure to get some publicity from
this total non-issue.
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