{"id":32107,"date":"2025-07-29T15:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T15:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/32107\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T15:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T15:31:08","slug":"anthony-anderson-addresses-controversial-comment-to-teen-lindsay-lohan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/32107\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Anderson addresses controversial comment to teen Lindsay Lohan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Anthony Anderson has addressed his viral clip telling a teenage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/lindsay-lohan-thrives-personal-professional-life-fathers-arrest-tops-years-family-turmoil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Lindsay Lohan<\/a> that he likes them &#8220;young&#8221; in 2003.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Over 20 years ago, Anderson filled in for Sharon Osbourne on &#8220;The Sharon Osbourne Show&#8221; when he interviewed Lohan, who was 17 at the time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This interview was clearly intended as comedy. He regrets if the humor was in poor taste and maintains the utmost respect for Lindsay,&#8221; a spokesperson for Anderson told <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/anthony-anderson-responds-lindsay-lohan-interview-11779022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/anthony-anderson-lindsay-lohan.jpg\" alt=\"Anthony Anderson and Lindsay Lohan\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Anthony Anderson addressed his viral interview clip with Lindsay Lohan in 2003. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Any implication to the contrary is both inaccurate and potentially defamatory.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/lindsay-lohan-shares-struggles-la-after-moving-dubai-escape-hollywood-stress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LINDSAY LOHAN SHARES STRUGGLES WITH LA AFTER MOVING TO DUBAI TO ESCAPE HOLLYWOOD STRESS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a clip of the interview that has <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/notcapnamerica\/status\/1948425654443086252\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">resurfaced online<\/a>, Anderson asked Lohan about her home life, and she informed him that she had recently moved in with Disney Channel star Raven-Symone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"quote-text\">&#8220;This interview was clearly intended as comedy. He regrets if the humor was in poor taste and maintains the utmost respect for Lindsay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> \u2014 A spokesperson for Anthony Anderson<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Both of you are beautiful women. Both of you are young and have your own individual styles,&#8221; Anderson said, before asking how they would compromise on decorating the home.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LIKE WHAT YOU\u2019RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He then asked Lohan, &#8220;What gentlemen will be at the new pad with you and Raven-Symon\u00e9?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No one. I don&#8217;t have a boyfriend,&#8221; Lohan said. Anderson replied, &#8220;She&#8217;s single, but looking!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gettyimages-105250176-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Lindsay Lohan in 2003\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Lindsay Lohan in 2003. (J. Merritt\/FilmMagic)<\/p>\n<p>Lohan quickly clarified, &#8220;I&#8217;m illegal, for people that are old.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some men like them young. We ain&#8217;t gonna mention no names, but I&#8217;m one of them,&#8221; Anderson responded, which garnered a laugh from the crowd.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Later on in the interview, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/emmys-host-anthony-anderson-weighs-in-jo-koys-rocky-golden-globes-performance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Anderson<\/a> makes a play on Lohan&#8217;s movie, &#8220;Freaky Friday,&#8221; which was released on DVD the same day as the interview.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gettyimages-106724890-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis starred in &#8220;Freaky Friday.&#8221; (Gregg DeGuire\/WireImage)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Right now, we&#8217;re about to get our freak on,&#8221; Anderson said before scooting closer to Lohan on the couch and the interview cut to a commercial. Lohan put her hands over her mouth in the resurfaced clip.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The interview resurfaced as Lohan is gearing up for the premiere of the sequel, &#8220;Freakier Friday,&#8221; which debuts in theaters on Aug. 8.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Janelle Ash is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/mailto:janelle.ash@fox.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">janelle.ash@fox.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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