Lindsay Lohan may have missed her first day of community service, but her dad says she’s on the right track.

“I’m so happy that Lindsay is opening her eyes and starting to take control of her life,” Michael Lohan exclusively told RadarOnline.com on Monday.

“With her community service, her obligations to the court and firing (her manager) Lou Taylor, she’s on the right track.”

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Papa Lohan, who just last week told HLN’s Jane Velez-Mitchell that he was worried his daughter was “smoking crack or meth,” said he believes Lindsay is really trying to do the right thing.

Lindsay Lohan is finally seeing some of her ‘friends’ for what they really are and is planning to ‘clean house’ and weed out the trouble making element that has been dragging her down, RadarOnline.com can exclusively report.

During the time Lindsay was at home under house arrest a group of friends were at her house partying, and it was the threat of being put back behind bars for violating her probation that has helped the embattled actress to now start deferring to her trusted business advisors and to ditch her wayward pals.

"Lindsay has surrounded herself with a group of people that are bad for her, period,” a source close to the situation tells RadarOnline.com. “These people are trying to make a quick buck off of Lindsay, and making deals without Lindsay's approval, nor her agents at ICM or her business agent, Lou Taylor.

In response to recent rumblings from the Celebrity Rehab set, Michael Lohan told RadarOnline.com that he never claimed he wanted to reconcile with ex-wife Dina -- only that he wanted to join her in counseling sessions for the sake of their family.

"First of all, I never said I want to get back with Dina during celeb rehab," Lohan told RadarOnline.com in an exclusive new interview.

"What I did say, is that I want her counseling for our and the kids' sake.

With Charlie Sheen stealing all of her tabloid thunder Monday, Lindsay Lohan opened her home doors to Extra, where the troubled starlet admitted she's got a long way to go before reclaiming her spot atop the Hollywood food chain.

Currently up on a felony theft charge in connection with a $2,500 necklace she's accused of lifting from a Venice Beach jeweler, the Mean Girls said she feels "great" and "happy" these days.

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Lindsay Lohan might be facing hard jail time, but that doesn't stop the actress from getting a good laugh at her own expense.

Currently up on a felony theft charge in connection with a $2,500 necklace she's accused of lifting from a Venice Beach jeweler, the Mean Girls star appeared in an Oscar-night bit alongside Jimmy Kimmel, where she playfully referenced her own legal woes.

The Kimmel bit was an infomercial parody touting the Hottie Body Humpilates (HoBo) exercise program, also starring Jessica Alba, Kelly Ripa, Minka Kelly, Jessica Biel and Sofia Vergara, although it was LiLo who stole the spotlight, as usual.

Lindsay Lohan’s management team of Lou Taylor and Larry Rudolph are to blame for much of the controversy in her life, Michael Lohan charged in an exclusive interview with RadarOnline.com.

Firing an unexpected blast at the twosome who have helped Britney Spears, Michael told us: “A lot of the controversy in Lindsay’s life wouldn’t be there if Lou Taylor and Larry Rudolph weren’t part of the equation.

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"They are both one-hit wonders with Britney Spears, and they are not going to do the same to my daughter.”

Michael Lohan has told RadarOnline.com he and estranged ex-wife Dina need to put their differences aside otherwise their reformed wild child daughter could relapse.

Lindsay will be released from the Betty Ford Center on January 3 after 73 days of sobriety -- and into the custody of her ever-feuding parents.

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Michael, who Dina accuses of falling behind in child support — a charge he denies, will ask Lindsay's advisors to broker peace talks with Dina.

"I am getting in touch with Lindsay's team, including Tom Hansen, Blair Berk, Lou Taylor and Shawn Chapman Holly, in the hope of trying, again, to have them to persuade Dina to sit down so we both can iron out our differences," Michael told RadarOnline.com, in an exclusive interview.

Lindsay Lohan wants to lose her closest confidante - her SCRAM - and pronto.

RadarOnline.com has learned the 24-year-old Mean Girls star is whining about the booze detector that is permanently fixed to her ankle, even though she is living a clean and sober life at the Betty Ford Centre in Rancho Mirage, California.

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"Lindsay wants her alcohol monitoring device off - now," a source close to the anxious actress told RadarOnline.com, exclusively.

Michael Lohan is desperate to see his daughter Lindsay and has been trying to see her while she rehabilitates at The Betty Ford Center, RadarOnline.com has learned.

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Family members are usually allowed to visit during the third week of the inpatient’s program. Lindsay checked into rehab during the last week of September so she is within the third week range.