Veteran actress Raquel Welch feels sorry for troubled starlet Lindsay Lohan because it always seems to be “open season” to criticize her, she says.

The 70-year-old Hollywood icon accepts the 25-year-old actress – who has been to rehab several times and had numerous run-ins with the police – has many self-made problems but believes it’s about time she was given a break from the relentless interest in her personal life.

She said: “I’m the antidote to Lindsay Lohan. I know she misbehaves terribly, but sometimes it just seems like it’s open season on her.”