Lindsay Lohan: I Saved 40 Kids Today!
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Lindsay Lohan saves lives.
At least that's what she says on Twitter.
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"Over 40 children saved so far... Within one day's work... This is what life is about... Doing THIS is a life worth living!!!" she Twittered Wednesday. "Oh, and I'm talking about being in India."
This lofty post came only six hours after she Twittered to Jessica Alba's husband Cash Warren -- with whom she reportedly shared a "raw" kiss -- that her flight to the nation "landed."
The star, 23, is currently in India making a documentary on the human trafficking of women and children with BBC.
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"Trafficking is a big issue here, I'm [here to do] what I can, and I will continue to do so as long as life when time permits it," she posted. "Never too late to star helping others, however you can."
Perhaps sensing a bit of skepticism over her ability to save dozens of lives in a single day, she Twittered that it was all about helping "one child at a time."
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"I'm only one person," she posted. "Let's not start judging and looking for negatives that don't exist."
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31A lovely actor, no doubt. But needs to hang out with some intelligent people. She needs to cut out the fantasy and get real about herself and her surrounding.
In a series of posts on Twitter, Lohan, who has undergone treatment for alcohol abuse, appeared to boast of her role in the rescue and suggested that it had changed her life. "Over *40 children saved* so far...... Within one day's work...... This is what life is about..... Doing THIS is a life worth living!!!" she said. She later added: "Focusing on celebrities and lies is so disconcerting, when we can be changing the world one child at a time.... hope everyone can see that." Her comments caused a stir in India and anger among those who led the raid. A leading social activist and lawyer, known only as Bhuwan, of the campaign group Bachpan Bachao Andolan, accused Lohan of portraying dangerous child rescue operations as superficial events, which could be carried out in a day by passing celebrities. The raids, which involved two months of planning by local police and magistrates, were on 15 workshops in central New Delhi where children as young as seven were making mirrored ornaments for export. Some of the children said the traffickers had paid their parents 2,000 rupees (£25), while other parents had handed over their children for promises of payments which were not made. All worked from 8am to 1am the following morning, but only some were paid. Those who had been working for several years received 800 rupees per month (£10) while others were paid just 200 rupees. According to Bhuwan, they were freed on Tuesday, hours before Lohan arrived in India and a day before she and her BBC Three film crew visited the Ashram rehabilitation centre where the children were taken before being returned to their families. "She was not even in the country when this raid happened," he said. "We'll be complaining to the BBC and talking to our lawyers ... Would Lohan know where these workshops are?" Ruchira Gupta, an anti-trafficking campaigner, said: "If celebrities do it to get publicity then they are trivialising child-trafficking." A BBC spokesman said: "Lindsay Lohan has just completed filming in India for a BBC Three project on child trafficking. We would like to stress that she did not say she was present at the raid, this is a misinterpretation. She was merely referring to a raid that happened connected to child trafficking - the subject of the programme. "It is not uncommon for well known faces to be involved in current affairs programmes and often helps engage younger audiences with subjects they don't traditionally go to such as international affairs. The final documentary will have all the hallmarks of BBC content - and will be high quality, informative and engaging."
YOU GO GURL!!!
oh..lala....
India is somewhere you don't want to visit? WTF invited you here. Three centuries ago the greedy Europeans prime aim in their life was to dsicover the "wealty and civilized" India. The British colonialists has left India a shade of its former self. Once the country with the biggest economy and most civilized society. We don't need bloody patronising diatribes from the likes of you, whose forefathers plundered and ransacked India like rabid dogs.
lindsay you were such a good actress so cut and healthy looking what happen? di d being a child star do this if so someone was really mean to you, look at you you have aged way beyond your years do something it is not to late and what is with you angeline and others here in our own country our own land kids are dying from hunger they to are being raped and traffic auctions if anything dont copycat do something here homeless kids in cars cant go to school, hungry cry for our children also they need help. research you will find and then maybe you can really feel good.
DRINK WATER SO YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE A DEHYDRATED MONKEY SOCK DOLL!
There's no "T" in "Start"... That's all I payed attention to...
ANYTHING FOR PUBLICITY .... IS THERE ANY HOPE FOR THIS GIRL ?? SHE IS A LOST SOUL LOOKING FOR A HOLE TO BE BURIED IN !!
I can only hope that this really is the wake up call that girl needs so much. There is no occupation in life more miserable than concentrating on yourself and your career. It is only when we live outside of ourselves that we find true peace and direction. Lindsay needs both very much.
Drink water, please
Someone needs to traffic her right into rehab and never let her leave. Us her as an example what drugs and drink will do to a person.
yea, can she save herself? wat an uplifting statement, is this how u american discorage urseives, and kill all the tiniest will u have inside u?
This is a very self-less thing to do and people atr STILL bashing her! She is going down there to stop the trafficing and looks like so far she's doing a good job. wait till the documentry
Well, thank God she is doing something right... and newsworthy!
roflmao!!!! Can't even save herself. Please. Unfortunately, those kids will be back on the streets working as child laborers. Her showing up and making her presense known does not save lives. Read a book, Lindsay. It actually helps.
Good one vicky!
atleast ur trying/// to help..lol
How did she do that, exactly? Change her drunken driving route to avoid the local elementary school?
you need to help yourself first before you can help others honey!!