The Lindsay Lohan Media Volcano Erupts

What's wrong with us that we're so obsessed with another person's downfall?

-Sarah Polonsky

Lindsay Lohan

The climactic conclusion of Lindsay Lohan’s very public trail to the clink has arrived-- at last. The disgruntled 24-year-old received up to 90 days in jail resulting in her teary-eyed face being strewn across the Web like the plague.

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For the past six years we’ve watched her as she got arrested, smashed, dehydrated, hospitalized and lesbian-ed. Now in true sadistic form, the world has been taking sweet pleasure in the fact that the tartlet will be locked up behind bars, possibly sharing a cell with a hairy-legged woman named Moe.

Google Trends shows “lohan lindsay” as the fourth most searched for topic today. “Social networking” and “Spain vs Germany” are still trumping the beleaguered Lohan, shockingly.

Why do our depraved minds enjoy this so much? Are our own lives so completely unbearable that we must feast on Lindsay’s already withering soul until there’s nothing left?

Just asking.

Sarah Polonsky is a senior editor at BettyConfidential.

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#1. violetgal on 07/07/2010 - 3:29 pm (EDT)

I DO feel bad for her, but she certainly wasn't busy "working". The video does make me want to cry though.

#2. ChattyCathy on 07/07/2010 - 4:15 pm (EDT)

I blame her parents. Dina practically introduced Lindsay to drugs!

#3. lovesbetty on 07/07/2010 - 4:19 pm (EDT)

It is definitely a bit much with the media attention. Shell have a killer comeback though!

#4. shamrockblonde on 07/07/2010 - 4:29 pm (EDT)

over the weekend I watched The Parent Trap - where did that sweet talented little girl go? - shame on her parents for letting this happen to her and shame on her for not fighting for herself - I sincerely wish her the best and hope that she gets the help that she needs and then finds the strength to use that help to make her strong - personally, I would put her in rehab and her parents in jail, but that's just me -

#5. girleegirl on 07/07/2010 - 4:41 pm (EDT)

I agree with you shamrock! This is clearly her parents doing. With dina and michael as folks none of us would have stood a chance at any kind of normalcy.

#6. gwenny415 on 07/07/2010 - 6:20 pm (EDT)

Poor Lindsey...thought she could continually break the rules and get away with it. The toll on her body from these past few years from the party life and probably not eating enough to stay pencil thin...

I agree with shamrock too...why doesn't she have enough guts to pull herself out of the hell she has been living in? I also agree that her parents deserve a kick in the ass for letting their lil girl run wild when she was younger..guess they didn't want their MEAL TICKET to get pissed and cut them out of her life.

I believe that this will be the best thing that could have happened. Many say it's harsh...but she needs a HUGE reality check. Now that she will be in the clink and then court ordered rehab, maybe she will get her life back on track.

She's a beautiful young lady...and I wish her success...and also the gumption to cowgirl up...

'nuff said

Gwenny

#7. DallasShopperGal on 07/07/2010 - 6:22 pm (EDT)

Why do any of you feel sorry for her? She may have crappy parents, but she is an adult and makes her own choices. Feeling sorry for her is exactly what she wants people to do, hence the fake tears and plea to the judge full of lies. Her 90-day sentence is nothing, given what she's done, and she won't even serve a majority of that. LA sends a great message: Move here! You can break the law and get away with it.

#8. OMG on 07/08/2010 - 8:40 am (EDT)

WoW.. some of you are really tough... Lets see what she did...Got drunk...got caught...paid a hefty fine...missed some classes....gets jail time...really? (Hey kid remember Martha Stewart..Do your time with your head up.. come out and make a ton of $$$$.) Girls stop being so jealous and bitchy...it's not pretty

#9. Fashionista on 07/08/2010 - 9:47 am (EDT)

She won't even be in there for the full 90 days. Paris did it, Lindsay can too, and it's not going to destroy her life when she gets out. She'll be fine, but I think she needs the break and the reality check.

#10. nycblonde on 07/08/2010 - 9:53 am (EDT)

No, I don't feel sorry for her. She knew the rules and continued to flaunt them.