Lindsay Lohan a lesbian? No! Maybe. Yes! Oh, wait…
“Samantha is an amazing girl… The entire family are really good friends of ours. There just — so silly.” — Dina Lohan.
“They’re best friends. There just friends. It’s ridiculous. Like I said, it’s pathetic what people say.” — Ali Lohan.
May 15: Dina and Ali Lohan, mother and younger sister of actress Lindsay Lohan, responding to a reporter’s questions on Extra! about Lindsay’s relationship with DJ Samantha Ronson. The interview can be seen being interupted twice — assumably because questions were becoming off topic regarding the family’s new celeb-reality show, “Living Lohan.” (Extra! TV)
“Lindsay Lohan and her ‘girlfriend’ Samantha Ronson were caught kissing in Cannes last night. The two – who have maintained that they are just friends amid rumours that they are a couple – gave into their inhibitions as they cavorted on the top deck of P Diddy’s party yacht…. it was strange to see that Lindsay – who isn’t seeing anyone at the moment – had a ring on her engagement finger.”
May 23: Quote from a report in the UK’s Daily Mail that includes pictures of Lohan and Ronson. The celebrity rumor mill was set ablaze worldwide by the photos that show. what appears to be, the pair engaging in an intimate hug, and again holding hands and smiling. (Daily Mail)
“Ashley Olsen said hello to Sam at [the Beatrice Inn in New York City], and Lindsay screamed at her, ‘Get your 15-year-old ‘Full House’ a— away from my girlfriend”
May 23: An anonymous Page Six spy allegedly recounting an exchange between Lindsay Lohan and actress Ashley Olsen. (Fox News)
“They are close friends.”
May 23: Leslie Sloane, representative for Lindsay Lohan, possibly trying to dispell rumors that the actress is in a romatic relatioship with Ronson. (CelebTV.com)
“[Their relationship] is evident to anyone with half a brain… Just like the [topless] Marilyn Monroe spread, Linds is my daughter and there are just some things a father doesn’t want to see or hear, regardless of whether they are true or false…. [She] is a big girl, and she can make her own life choices. Then it is between her and God.”
May 27: Alleged quotes from an e-mail to Us Weekly by Michael Lohan, Lindsay’s father, who is said to work at a Christian-based rehab organization. (Us Weekly)
“Former maneater Lindsay, 21, has told her ex-lover Calum Best 27, that she IS engaged to music guru Mark Ronson’s little sis. A desperately seeking attention Lindsay was spotted at the Dolce & Gabbana party on the French Riviera sporting a mahoosive ring on her finger.”
May 27: An uncited excerpt from an item that ran in the British tabloid Daily Star, claiming that Lohan wants to marry Ronson. (UK Daily Star)
“I never said anything like that about Lindsay or a relationship with Samantha… I never looked at the pictures! …so how could I comment? It was applied towards Lindsay. It was twisted and misrepresented…. No [I] never [told Us Weekly about Lindsay’s personal life], that’s Lindsay’s business. Lindsay can make her own life choices, that’s between her and God.”
May 27: Michael Lohan, clarifying or retracting the earlier statement that was attributed to him regarding his daughter, Lindsay Lohan. (Access Hollywood)
“I was saying that it’s evident the show is not about being a mom and a manager, the show’s not about Ali, it’s about Dina…. Lindsay’s life choices are up to her…. I don’t get involved in my daughter’s personal life…. They’re friends, they’re always together. I hug my friends, does that make me a homosexual? Of course not.”
May 27: Michael Lohan, further denying to NY’s Daily News that he had outed Lindsay as gay. (Daily News)
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