Michael Lohan Apologizes to Lindsay

But does it defeat the purpose?

Michael Lohan has finally decided to apologize to daughter Lindsay for calling her publicly out on her drug use. But he does so publicly. So, um, we're confused. Doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose?

Of course it was nice of Michael to attempt an apology to daughter Lindsay Lohan. But just listen to his weak apology we read at I'm Not Obsessed: "Lindsay, I love you with all my heart. And I'm sorry about being so public about certain things. But when I'm with you, when I was with you, out in LA, and I looked into your eyes I didn't see the girl I brought up or the girl that was so gifted and talented during the years of The Parent Trap, Freaky Friday, Mean Girls. And I'm not going to stand here and watch my daughter get destroyed anymore."

OK, first of all, did Michael Lohan actually bring Lindsay up? It seems to us that he played little part in her child-rearing. But whatever, that's beside the point. The point is, if you're going to apologize for being so public about things, don't you think it might be a good idea to do so privately? We're sure Lindsay would have appreciate that a bit more.

Michael continues and soon starts speaking like he's talking to an audience, not directly to his daughter. He says, "I mean, it's got to stop. Do you see the same Lindsay now that you saw when she was acting? Do you think she can act like she used to? No! There's no way, It's a hollow, vacant body. You hold that body - it's a broke body, a broken spirit in side. There's nothing there. Nothing. It killed me. It literally killed me holding her in my arms. No father wants to feel death in a kid that's always so alive. And I'm pissed - at myself too - for letting us go through a divorce. But that's what happens to kids when they get divorced. They suffer, not us."

Huh?! First of all, we're sure plenty of parents go through divorces and their kids turn out perfectly normal and well-adjusted. It's not the divorce that causes suffering; it's how the divorce is handled. But come on, Michael, stop talking to us about Lindsay. Talk to Lindsay. In private. Dude needs to shut up like 3 years ago.