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Barbara Walters says Lindsay Lohan jokes went to far
When Lindsay Lohan cancelled her appearance on the Tonight Show because of an early morning DUI arrest, Rob Schneider filled in for her. Schneider appeared on the show looking like Lohan – dressed in a black dress, blond wig, and a alcohol monitoring device strapped around his leg.
“We had Lindsay Lohan booked on the show tonight, but apparently she was already booked. It’s too bad about Lindsay. I thought our competition was Nightline and Letterman. Turn’s out it’s Cops and
Lohan, who was set to appear on the show to promote her new movie “I Know Who Killed Me,” cancelled after she was pulled over for chasing another car and arrested for possession of cocaine and a DUI.
Barbara Walters says she thinks that Leno and Schneider crossed the line when Schneider appeared dressed like Lohan. Walter’s said on “The View” that “it just seems so mean” for comedians to make fun of the troubled actress. ‘View’ co-host Elizabeth Hasselbeck disagreed and says she doesn’t fell bad “when a person who’s drinking gets behind the wheel of a car when 43-thousand people a year are killed by drunk drivers.”
