Lindsay Lohan's casting in Sky One comedy Sick Note was supposed to mark her dignified returned into the mainstream, after years of public controversy. But now, Lohan has potentially ostracised herself from Hollywood's liberal elite after labelling women's #MeToo stories as "weak".

In an interview with The Times, Lohan said that women who shared their experiences of sexual harassment and assault during the #MeToo movement on social media were "attention seekers."

The Parent Trap actress stated: “If it happens at that moment, you discuss it at that moment. You make it a real thing by making it a police report."

She then went on to discuss the negative impact she believes the movement has made on women's image more broadly: "I’m going to really hate myself for saying this, but I think by women speaking against all these things, it makes them look weak when they are very strong women."

As for whether Lohan had experienced assault in the entertainment industry first-hand, the actress said that she "[didn't] really have anything to say" and "[couldn't] speak on something [she] didn’t live." But, the actress later criticised the approach of women who had shared their experiences: