Lindsay Lohan 'Victim Of Double Standard,' Says Producer Who Compares Her To Charlie Sheen
Posted on Oct 30, 2010 @ 01:25PM
Producer Richard O'Sullivan has lambasted the media--and the general public--for its double standard regarding celebrity scandals, saying that if "Lindsay Lohan pulled half the stunts Charlie Sheen does, half the country would be clamoring to burn that poor girl at the stake!"
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O'Sullivan, who has been trying to launch a movie project called One Night with You with Lohan in the starring role for the past year, has run up against obstacles due to his inability to get the troubled actress insured.
"It's amazing," says O'Sullivan. "Lindsay hasn't shot anyone. Charlie Sheen actually has. He SHOT Kelly Preston." (Sheen and Preston were engaged at the time and the 1990 incident was ruled an accident.)
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"Lindsay hasn't been keeping entire prostitution rings in business. Charlie has. Lindsay hasn't destroyed personal property like Charlie has. Still, Lindsay's a pariah and yet when Charlie does it, it's just 'boys being boys'."
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O'Sullivan says he's a big fan of Sheen and wishes him well but finds it odd that society shrugs off the actor's behavior while wringing its collective hands over Lohan.
"Lindsay did one thing that could have hurt someone else," says O'Sullivan. "She drove drunk. It was a stupid, stupid thing and she knew it. Anything else you can point to regarding her behavior is casebook 'victimless crime.' She isn't hurting anyone but herself. Yet media outlets will sit and do round table discussions about her like she's single-handedly destroying society.
"Meanwhile, Charlie's given a pass, makes nearly two million bucks a week, and everybody loves him. God bless him, he's a good soul, but jeez, people, don't be hypocrites about it. He's a middle-aged man with five kids. Lindsay's barely out of high school."
O'Sullivan wrote the script for One Night with You about a character who, not unlike Lohan, is a former child star rocked by public scandal. In the movie, Lohan's would-be character books a spot on a reality dating show in order to rehabilitate her image.
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The Daily Juice
Feb 29, 2012 @ 12:00
Come on, be honest w/ yourself. Of course there is a double standard. Read the blogs about Lindsay & Charlie. There's no comparison. The anger & insults hurled at her are unbelievable.
Posted Sun, 10/31/2010 - 7:58pm
Listen to this moron Producer. Once and for all: There is NO hierarchy among crackheads! They are all the same. The difference between these two is that 1 has children he embarrasses daily with his crap. The other is just a plain embarrassment.
Posted Sun, 10/31/2010 - 2:56pm
Dina has ALOT of names she goes under. She fools NO ONE!
Posted Sun, 10/31/2010 - 12:03pm
Dumass isn't Dina LL still has fans.
Dumass was commenting on LL as far back as when she served 84 mins in 07 on E!
Posted Sun, 10/31/2010 - 11:17am
Dumas is DINA she's on EVERY gossip site looking like a real DUMASS! BTW denial dina LL did overdose in a hotel.Theres a HUGE difference between CS n LL. Keep up the LYING denial comments there HILARIOUS!
Posted Sun, 10/31/2010 - 11:11am
Who denied that Lindsay overdosed at a hotel in 06? Everyone knows she did so its stupid lying about it
Posted Sun, 10/31/2010 - 11:19am
This producer is right. Whatever Lindsay has done is not even half as bad as what this jerk has done. Not to mention he is twice Lindsay's age and has children, so he really has NO excuse for his wretched behavior.
Posted Sun, 10/31/2010 - 9:40am
Who has conservatorship of Charlies money.
Posted Sun, 10/31/2010 - 1:13am
Every word you people type constitutes nothing more denial over your own inherant prejudices. Not a single person here has the wherewithal to realize how completely ridiculous they sound. Ignorance spreads lies.
Posted Sat, 10/30/2010 - 11:55pm
ARE YOU A FRICKING PSYCHIATRIST??? IF NOT, GO SUCK AN EGG.
Posted Sun, 10/31/2010 - 12:32am