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very much. actress
lindsay lohan
is in her 12th day of a
court
ordered alcohol and
drug rehabilitation
program after spending nearly two weeks in jail for a probation violation. her another,
dina lohan
, is now speak i speaking out about how her daughter is doing and what's next for
lindsay
. dina, good morning. anks for sticking around. i appreciate it. let me start this with something we talked about in the first interview and that was
lindsay
's time in rehab. i said this was her fourth stint. this is not a gotcha moment. you said it's her second stint. i went back and looked and i want to talk and make sure we're on the same page. january
2007
she went to a place called wonder land.
>>
that was not
court
ordered.
>>
no, i'm not saying
court
ordered. i'm saying her times in rehab.
>>
initially you said
court
ordered.
>>
i meant this is her fourth time in rehab. correct? well, i have wonder land in
2007
--
>>
the first wasn't
court
ordered. actually she was 19.
>>
right.
>>
and i put her in there and that was the original dui, which she is still paying a price for.
>>
she went in
2007
.
>>
that was
court
ordered.
>>
she went in utah.
>>
that was
court
ordered as well.
>>
and now
ucla medical center
. this is the fourth time she's been in some kind of rehab. the only reason i bring it up, that's a lot of times to be in and out without some sort of success.
>>
i wouldn't know -- what do you mean by success?
>>
avoiding having to go back.
>>
right, but when it's
court
ordered it's not your judgment call. it's the
court
's so she is back and she's doing wonderfully there. the judge was recused from the case. the last one just break yesterday.
>>
you said to me earlier, you said because of that, that legal situation involving the judge, she may actually get out of rehab this time earlier than has been reported. and it struck me --
>>
there is a case against the
state of california
.
>>
it struck me because i'm wondering as her mom has there been a time in
lindsay
's life recently or the further past where you have been worried, seriously worried about her health --
>>
initially i put her in. oh, gosh, why would you say something as horrible as that?
>>
if she goes down a certain road, we've seen a lot go down that road.
>>
i'm not going to go down the road i don't foresee. i put her in rehab in
2007
. she's 24 now. she's grown up considerably in a town that is very -- you know, her life is magnified more than your children or my other three children. i have four. so, you know, it's been very difficult with the tabloids and how she can't even go to starbucks without someone following her and if you see a picture of her out, they show the same picture for three weeks in a magazine.
>>
the reason i ask the question, dina, if i were in rehab right now, my mother should say i want him to stay there as long as it takes, as long as possible to make sure when he comes out, in this case your daughter, she comes out, she is better.
>>
you know, certainly, of course someone goes to rehab to rehabilitate themselves, but right -- you're looking at it from what you're reading and when you meet
lindsay
i think you have met her --
>>
yes.
>>
it's a completely different dynamic than you're reading. so when you meet her and you see my child, and, like i said, i have four children, not just
lindsay
, it's blown out of proportion.
>>
you talk about some of the choices and some of them you say have been blown out of proportion by the tabloid. she's made some smaller choices recently that may seem inconsequential at the time. she showed up at her hearing in
court
--
>>
are you going to talk about the nail poll snish.
>>
as a mom, that's a choice.
>>
that wasn't a choice.
>>
what was it?
>>
she didn't even think. we thought when she was going to
court
that day, we thought she was going to be let off and everything was over. we were blind sided and when she went to
court
, now the judge is not even on the case anymore because she went overboard. that whole dynamic was --
>>
you talked about my children and i do have three children.
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very young. how old are they?
>>
9, 6, and 3.
>>
we'll see. you talk to me in five years.
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and i hope things are okay.
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girls?
>>
boy, girl, boy. if they were under scrutiny as
lindsay
has been under scrutiny, i would want to make sure that they made the kind of choices that told the world we take this situation seriously. and that choice raised some questions.
>>
sure, and you can tell your children
whatever you want
to tell them but
lindsay
's world where she was kuwaitering, and you lose power and control which you want to do for your child.
>>
you've within trying to walk a fine line.
>>
i don't know where you went to school but my son graduated summe cum laude from ithaca. it's a whole other world when you're allowed to
live your life
in experiencing with failure and success and comes through and that's where we're at right now. she's already through it.
>>
she is going to make --
>>
you need to meet her.
>>
i have met her.
>>
she'll make many movies.
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and is that what you want for her?
>>
i want what she wants.
>>
get her to new york and get her out of the spotlight once she's out of rehab. what do you want to see --
>>
i think lippndsay is out that have spotlight. i think she's grown and learned considerably and certainly made mistakes as we all have done in our younger years and i think we're going to be okay and
lindsay
right now is focusing on charity and helping save the next victim of tabloids. so we've been in this business a long time. we've learned.
>>
legally she's old enough to make all her own decisions. there's no question about that. as her mom, though, when she gets out of rehab this time, do you plan on being more hands-on?
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i've always been hand-on.
>>
i'm not accusing you --
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i don't know where that came from.
>>
are you going to try and grab her and embrace her and hold her close?
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i always have had a relationship with all my children so i've always been there and you may read or believe something -- i don't know where that came from. i've always been there for my children. i'm a
single mom
. i've been a
single mom
for the past 15 years. i have criminal orders of protection against my ex and he's not been a part of our lives and i'm a mom.
>>
does
lindsay
know you're here this morning?
>>
yes, she does. she says hello, by the way. i don't know now. we'll see. i'll see if she likes you. i'm kidding.
>>
do you think there's anything she would like to have communicated?
>>
she'll say that for herself. i don't speak for my children.
lindsay
's a brilliant woman and she will do an interview when she comes out. i've taught her to be very honest and open and make your own judgments.
>>
dina lohan
, thank you for sticking around. i appreciate it. nice to see you. and
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