You know how that one thing happens that can turn you against a person forever? You know how everyone has their celebrity pet peeve? My list of "Celebrities Who Bug Me" is relatively short, though distinguished, including Beyonce, sometimes Jennifer Lopez, John Leguizamo, James Cameron, and one or two others.Today, my list was lengthened by one: Lindsay Lohan. Today, word came out that Lindsay Lohan and her attorney have filed suit against E-Trade, the online financial company, for their Super Bowl ad, in which the babies who talk about trading referred to one of their own -- a baby -- as a "milkaholic" named "Lindsay." Lohan and her attorney contend that the ad takes a swipe at Lohan herself, and her well-documented issues, which have included drinking. The suit is for $100 million for using her name and issues for the benefit of the ad.
"Many celebrities are known by one name only, and E-Trade is using that knowledge to profit," Lohan's lawyer, Stephanie Ovadia, said in a statement to the New York Post. "They're using her name as a parody of her life. Why didn't they use the name Susan? This is a subliminal message. Everybody's talking about it and saying it's Lindsay Lohan."
First of all, Lindsay Lohan is hardly a one-name celebrity. Honestly, is she drunk right now, comparing herself to Oprah, Madonna, Elvis or Whoopi? Second, I haven't heard anyone talking about the ad and how it is supposed to be a poke at Lohan. Who really cares about this that isn't Lohan or the attorney that is charging $750 an hour for this suit? Third, talking babies tend to freak me out. Fourth, well, let's hear from the ad people:
The spokesperson for Grey Group, which produced the "milkaholic" commercial, said that they "just used a popular baby name that happened to be the name of someone on the account team."
To Lohan's "legal team": This seems pretty easy to prove or disprove. Check to see if there's a Lindsay on the ad team, then drop it. You're bugging me. To Lohan: Get over yourself.
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