Website Wants to "Feed Lindsay"
Fri Jul 08, 7:55 PM ETA whole lot of people seem to be on a mission to put a little meat on the increasingly prominent bones of Lindsay Lohan.
An online petition titled "Please Lindsay, Eat!" has gathered over 12,500 signatures from concerned individuals, who are united in their preference for the actress' once curvy figure from the days of Mean Girls as compared to her drastically slimmer bod of today.
"To: Lindsay," the petition reads, "We urge you Lindsay to please, pick up a sandwich and eat it, or ice cream, or any food that might put those oh so cute pounds back on."
Many of the undersigned beseech the actress to get help for a presumed eating disorder or drug addiction. A good amount also want the former redhead to return to her natural color rather than her current bottled blonde.
"You looked so much better as a curvy redhead!" one individual weighed in.
"Hollywood has too many skinny blondes! Go back to your natural hair color and healthy weight! Do you have any idea the message you are sending to young girls who look up to you? Please be a positive role model!" another pleaded.
The petition was started by the creators of FeedLindsay.com, a Website devoted to urging Lohan to down a burger or four. The site hopes to further spread its message by hawking T-shirts bearing slogans such as "Feed Lindsay" and "eat."
"Sign the petition and wear your "Feed Lindsay" gear proudly!" the site proclaims. "Let her know that no one wants a skinny malnourished skeleton, but her old curvaceous self! Together we can Feed Lindsay!"
The site also features a computer-generated photo of Lohan's head affixed to an extremely malnourished body as an example of the path down which the actress could be headed.
For her part, Lohan has repeatedly denied that her weight loss is the result of anything but good old fashioned exercise.
However, FeedLindsay.com isn't the only Website calling attention to the Freaky Friday star's diminished figure.
LiquidGeneration.com has created both an online game called Lindsay Lohan's Extreme Diet Chamber (not for the faint of heart) and a fake blog featuring an "Emaciation Proclamation" purportedly written by Lindsay "Skinny" Lohan.
The "Feed Lindsay" movement can no doubt be traced back to a similar "Save Mary-Kate" call to action. The site, launched last year to sell T-shirts of the Olsen twin's head on a emaciated body (its motto: "Together we can do this. One T-shirt at a time.") and ostensibly to raise money for eating disorder groups, wound up provoking the ire of its tween-queen subject. The National Eating Disorders Association subsequently refused to accept any donations from the site.
Of course, Lohan isn't the only celeb to be targeted by an Internet movement these days.
Katie Holmes is the topic of discussion at FreeKatie.net, a Website determined to "liberate Katie, a young, gifted actress held captive by forces we may never understand. Even one summer of captivity is too long for one so bright! The site sells "Free Katie" gear, as well as shirts and pins bearing slogans such as "Stop Sofa Abuse" and "We're Totally in Love World Tour 2005."
Meanwhile, Holmes' fiance, a retiring fellow by the name of Tom Cruise, has also been the subject of a recent Internet petition. Close to 14,500 people added their signatures to a War of the Worlds/Tom Cruise Boycott addressed to Steven Spielberg.
"Dear Mr. Spielberg," the petition begins.
"We, the undersigned, wish to inform you that we are compelled to boycott your movie War of the Worlds. Our decision is based solely on the abhorrent behavior of Mr. Tom Cruise. We will not be spending our good money to support the ridiculous and potentially dangerous antics of this raving narcissist. Mr. Cruise's actions and comments have been offensive and insulting when not downright laughable."
It's unclear whether the petition, started before the release of War of the Worlds, did anything to put a damper on the film's box office receipts. The film easily topped the box office over the holiday weekend, grossing $77.1 million from Friday to Monday.
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