PREACH IT! Exclusive: PETA offers to sponsor Lindsay Lohan at rehab

When we last left Lindsay Lohan, she was languishing at the Betty Ford Center, devoid of all hope and, apparently, of all cash. She cannot, she has claimed, afford the $50,000 she must pay for a three-month court-ordered stay at the rehab facility. Lohan also, if reports are to be believed, is seeking sponsors for her stay.

Like, say, "Sobriety, brought to you by Advil."

Enter -- of course -- People for the Ethical Treatment for Animals. PETA loves publicity almost as much as it loves the minks and the cows and the rabbits, and it has approached Preach It! with an exclusive bit of dish: It wants to help pay Lohan's Betty Ford bills. Up to $20,000 of it, to be exact.

Here are the details: If Lohan goes vegan for the entirety of her remaining rehab stint, PETA will chip in $10,000. The animal rights organization will throw in an additional $10,000 if she remains a vegan for a year afterward.

"Lindsay Lohan is the most visible example of a real addict, and if she can conquer her addiction to meat and cheese, absolutely anyone can," PETA President Ingrid Newkirk said. "If she does, she'll not only save animals but save her own health, and she'll be an example to the millions of people who watch her every step."

For the record, PETA has a record of success with wayward celebrities, or wannabe celebrities. Remember that deal PETA offered Octomom? She took it, after all.

Lohan's attorney has not returned a request for comment.

-- Leslie Gornstein

Photo: After leaving the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage at 4 a.m. that day, Lindsay Lohan arrives in court  in Beverly Hills on Oct. 22, 2010. Credit: Mario Anzuoni / AFP / Getty Images

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Comments

[Deej]

What's wrong with CHEESE?

[J. Moraine]

Cheese Louise! As in Lohan's 'cheescake..."

[Tahler]

Great idea! Do it, Lindsay!

[Patricia]

That's only a good idea if Lindsay's body can handle the hormones in soy protein.

A lot of people do well on a vegan diet, but it's really bad for people whose bodies don't tolerate high amounts of plant estrogen very well.

[Sixfingered]

Deej - "What's wrong with CHEESE?"

Besides being unhealthy for you, cheese is made from milk from dairy cows that are treat inhumanely. They are overworked, never get to roam pastures, always impregnated so they produce milk, worked until they die and sold for cheap fast food beef. Females born from dairy cows become dairy cows and the males are taken from their mothers and are destined to become veal. Cheese is also made with rennet which is an enzyme taken from the stomach of the male calf used for veal.

[stan]

Sixfingered, you made me really hungry for a big, juicy steak with au gratin potatoes. Don't you have a whaling boat to swim in front of?

[Sixfingered]

Stan - You seem to be offended very easily. Enjoy your heart attack. Whether you convert to veganism or die from your clogged arteries makes no difference to me. Just one more meat eater down.

[Jack]

Kill plants, not animals!