Lindsay Lohan's World: Family Rallies After Split
How she got to "absolute hell," and what her family has to say about it.
April 10, 2008— -- Lindsay Lohan says she's been in "absolute hell" since her breakup with DJ girlfriend Samantha Ronson, but her life before Ronson was hardly heaven.
The initial buzz surrounding Lindsay Lohan after her 2004 hit "Mean Girls" was that she was one of the most talented young actresses in Hollywood. But that soon gave way to headlines about her hard partying, multiple run-ins with the law and stints in rehab.
Her divorced parents publicly fought about what was best for her, but they were far from perfect role models -- dad served time behind bars for stock fraud, DUI and assault, and mom was often seen out partying with her daughter.
Now, without the girlfriend that she's been nearly inseparable from for nearly a year, it's no wonder the 22-year-old singer and actress told Us Weekly that she feels "so alone."
Her family members, however, are making it clear that they are there for her.
"We'd all like to reach out to her," her paternal grandmother, Marilyn Lohan, told People magazine Wednesday. "We're all here for her and we'd love to see her."
Her father, Michael Lohan, told ABCNews.com this week that he plans to get out to Los Angeles as soon as possible to see her. "I'm waiting to hear when Dina is leaving, so I can replace her," he said of his ex-wife, who, along with Lindsay Lohan's little sister, Ali, has been with her since the Ronson breakup.
"I don't plan on going to clubs and bars with Lindsay," Michael Lohan said, taking a swipe at his ex. "Dina's got to stop the nonsense. It can't be about her anymore. It's about our daughter and helping her to stabilize her life. I plan on getting her involved in the right thing."
Though he doesn't believe that his daughter has returned to drinking, Michael Lohan said he is "concerned with more than anything with the emotional torment that's she's going through. A breakup is very emotional. It's a lot of pressure when you really love someone. It's a really hard time for her."
Michael Lohan, who has been campaigning for months for his daughter to end her relationship with the 31-year-old Ronson, said, "Lindsay needs the right people in her life."
Just who are those people? ABCNews.com takes a look back at the last few years of "La Vida Lohan" and the colorful cast of characters surrounding her.
Click here to see what she had to say about her childhood.
The lead role in Disney's "Freaky Friday" remake lead to Lindsay Lohan's breakout role in "Mean Girls," which "cemented her status as the new teen movie queen," according to Brandon Gray, the founder of the Web site Box Office Mojo.
But with stardom came the Hollywood party circuit and the paparazzi. The starlet's mother, a former Rockette, was often photographed partying with her. She told Harper's Bazaar in 2007 that she felt more like Lindsay Lohan's sister than mother and said she even lied about her identity to George Clooney so he wouldn't know she was the actress' mother.
What did Ali have to say? Click here.
But the family eventually began to publicly acknowledge the couple's close bond. In July 2008, Dina Lohan told reporters, "I love Samantha. She's like a child to me. They're great friends and as long as my daughter is happy and healthy, it is what it is."
The following month, Dina Lohan and the couple went out to dinner.
The couple never publicly addressed the nature of their relationship, but in the December issue of Harper's, Lindsay Lohan said about Ronson, "She's a wonderful person and I love her very much." She told the magazine she was not a lesbian but when asked whether she was bisexual, she responded with, "Maybe. Yeah."
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