thestar.com

Yet she is surprisingly philosophical about the unwanted attention and the many unfounded rumours. "You have to accept that whatever happens, happens," she shrugged. "I have an audience to cater to. People are going to read these magazines whether what they say is true or false - and 97 per cent of it is false - but I never read about myself and I don't need to defend myself."

"[Meryl Streep] and I were very close and she's not that sort of person," she said. "We had a great time and I was just very happy and thankful to be there with a great group of actors."

She claims Streep sought her out to ask her advice on clothes and fashion because Streep was about to begin filming The Devil Wears Prada. If that was the case, the Oscar-winning actress asked the right person. "I really, really, really love clothes," said Lohan, who confesses to once having spent $100,000 on a one-day shopping spree. "If I'm having a bad day I put on a pair of stilettos, some red lipstick and a great dress and I go shopping."