Shame on them? Or shame on YOU?

Glee is by far my favorite show on television. Anyone who is my Facebook friends knows this. I download all of the songs after each episode. I’m a musical freak, so being able to watch a musical once a week. But let’s just get that out of the way, I may be a little obsessed.

Glee has seen its share of controversy this season, especially with a certain magazine spread, but the newest one I read about this season really caught my attention.

The scene in question stars Gwyneth Paltrow as a substitute in Spanish, asking the students to repeat, “Lindsay Lohan is totally crazy, right?” in Spanish. Then, she asks the class in Spanish, “How many times has Lindsay Lohan been to rehab?”

“Five times. Five”

When the character Kurt knocks on the door to speak to her, she asks the class to “Please get into groups and discuss how many times Lindsay Lohan has been in rehab.”

(see the clip of the scene on TMZ here)

Apparently, momma Lohan didn’t like the joke too much. Apparently, Dina Lohan was quoted as saying “Shame on them,” and that the family feels it was “tasteless.”

I feel like in any other situation, this may be tasteless. But in Lindsay Lohan’s? I can’t say I feel too bad for her. She’s been to rehab 5 TIMES and she’s only 24. 5 times and she’s only been able to legally drink for 3 years. 5 times in rehab, one stint in jail, and some high profile run ins with the law (including a car chase) and she wonders why she is a tabloid darling.

I considered before writing a piece about celebrity right to privacy. There’s a fine line; in one sense they should have the same basic privacy rights that we all enjoy as Americans. Yet, they have put themselves in the public eye. They are FAMOUS. How much privacy should they expect?

And let’s be honest, if Lindsay Lohan wanted privacy, she wouldn’t do the things she does, especially in the public eye. You’re an actress; if you’re going to go out and get wasted and snort cocaine, hire a driver. You would have saved yourself a lot of trouble.

I think that the hysterical part about this whole situation is her parents. Dina is on the Today Show every other day, and Michael Lohan just talks to anyone with a camera that entertains him. Glee is supposed to worry about being “tasteless” yet both of her parents are using her problems to make themselves famous and keep themselves in the public eye. Remember when Britney Spears went nuts? At her worst, her father stepped in, got a conservatorship, and look who she is today. I’d say the same thing should happen for Lindsay, but neither of her parents are responsible nor selfless enough to truly take care of their daughter instead of themselves.

The reason the Lindsay jokes on Glee aren’t tasteless is because Lindsay Lohan is a joke. Her life is a circus, and it’s all thanks to herself and her family. She’s in the tabloids because she put herself there. I think a normal person in her circumstance would see the fact that she’s been an absolute mess, and truly worked on her sobriety and fixed her life. Instead, she feels she’s above the law and above any sort of rule or regulation, and she can do whatever she wants. It was about time that a judge put her in her place and sent her to jail, even if she got out early.

If she didn’t want to be in the news for being such a hot mess, she wouldn’t be such a hot mess. Over, and over, and over again.

And Dina and the rest of her family expect us to be sorry for her because she’s become a pop culture joke?

Instead of yelling at everyone else, try looking at the interior and see what you’ve done to your child and how you’ve enabled her in order to get yourself ahead.

When Lindsay Lohan decides to finally ACTUALLY get her life together, I say enough is enough with the jokes. But, we’ve put up with her reckless shenanigans taking over our news for years, without any sort of remorse or embarrassment. Being in the tabloids for her is her career, and she knows exactly what she’s doing. Until she stops treating the world as a joke, commenting on her rehab visits is an okay joke.

Lighten up, Lohans. It’s hard to feel sorry for you guys when you use the media to exploit yourselves. I’m sure Dina was thrilled with Glee so it gave her a chance to put herself back in the news.

My tip? Go away. Truly help your daughter get better WITHOUT putting yourself in the media. Help her before she kills herself. 

What do you guys think? Was the Glee joke okay, or tasteless?