binkywood: Michael Lohan: engaged and taking digs

Riddle me this: why would Michael Lohan announce his engagement to E! News out of one side of his mouth, then say it's not official out of the other?

Because he's perfecting the art of famewhoring, that's why!

“We picked out a ring, but it’s not official,” Michael told E! News yesterday, adding that he wasn't making an official announcement until "some family issues are resolved."

Huh. Call me crazy, but isn't confirming your engagement to a celebrity gossip site about as official as it gets?

Talk about awkward: Lindsay's future stepmother, Erin Muller, is just two years older than she is. Michael's conversation with E! didn't include anything about how his daughter feels about his future nuptials, though he did take the opportunity to get in a few digs about Samantha Ronson, with whom Lindsay is attached at the hip.

"People like Samantha Ronson don’t need to be around Lindsay. She shouldn’t be dragging Lindsay around nightclubs. Who was Samantha Ronson before Lindsay Lohan? She was nobody. She is using her for her own gain. All these people have inserted themselves into her life like parasites, and it’s not right. I’m done with them," he said.

Samantha's using Lindsay for her own gain? Oh, that's rich. Pot, meet kettle.

Michael added that since his daughter got out of rehab and "all these people came back into her life, things haven't been right."

Way to take an engagement announcement and turn it into a slam session about your daughter's girlfriend*, Daddy-Lo. Ten points for you!

*Samantha's status as Lindsay's girlfriend has yet to be officially announced, but I mean, COME ON - we all know they're bumpin' uglies.

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