NEW YORK — Dina Lohan, the mother of troubled actress Lindsay Lohan, says her daughter will move back home to New York once her stint in rehab is over, saying "it’s a different game" in L.A.
During an often tense interview with NBC Today Show co-host Matt Lauer on Friday, the family matriarch lashed out at California Superior Court Judge Marsha Revel, who sentenced her daughter to jail for violating terms of her probation stemming from a 2007 DUI.
"The judge played hardball," said Dina, whose daughter is now in rehab after serving 14 days of a 90-day jail sentence. "Lindsay was in with alleged murderers and she’s become friends with a lot of them. Lindsay rolled with the punches and she’s doing wonderfully."
Dina said Lindsay will be released from rehab before serving the court-ordered 90-days. When pressed about the public’s perception of her daughter, Dina told Lauer: "I think that’s all propaganda and what people are reading. As you know, you’re in the business of entertainment, so I think a lot of it is pre-orchestrated and you’re reading things that are not based on fact."
Dina also got defensive when Lauer suggested that Lindsay doesn’t exactly have the strongest support system in place.
"As a parent, you have to let her go a little bit," she said. "When she went out to Los Angeles when she was 19, I had to let her go and let her live and fall and fail and survive. Without failure, there’s no success. I was there in close proximity, but you can’t make your child not go out and go to a club and not get behind the wheel of a car. I certainly don’t condone any of that behavior."
"They’re gonna do what they’re gonna do when they turn 18, 19," added Dina. "… And you kind of lose a little power and control, which you want to do for your child. You want to let them go. Without failure, there’s no success."
Watch Dina Lohan’s interview with Matt Lauer on NBC’s Today Show:
