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"Rosie O&amp;#039;Donnell has defended her recent controversial comments about Lindsay Lohan by saying that she fears for the young actress. The talkshow host told Today earlier this week that Lohan is not &amp;quot;capable&amp;quot; of playing Elizabeth Taylor in the Lifetime biopic Liz &amp;amp; Dick.   O&amp;#039;Donnell later clarified that she thinks the Mean Girls actress &amp;quot;needs help&amp;quot; in the wake of a series of personal problems, prompting Lohan to fire back: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s funny that someone you don&amp;#039;t know at all can say something so intrusive and so knowing. &amp;quot;You know, I did one of my first interviews with [Rosie] when I was little. I was so excited.&amp;quot; O&amp;#039;Donnell addressed the controversy in a return appearance on Today on Thursday (April 26), explaining that she doesn&amp;#039;t want Lohan to end up like the late Whitney Houston. &amp;quot;I [was] watching Whitney Houston&amp;#039;s funeral, and I remember thinking why didn&amp;#039;t more people say what they knew?&amp;quot; O&amp;#039;Donnell said. She went on to say: &amp;quot;We all knew, when she would not show up to do this show, not show up to do my show, we watched Being Bobby Brown and it was like watching Sid [Vicious] and Nancy [Spungen], they were people who were in the throes of addiction.  &amp;quot;But all that anyone cared about was that the show was getting ratings, not that this woman, this talented individual, this human being, this mother, this daughter, was worth saving... To look at Lindsay Lohan you can&amp;#039;t help but feel for her. I don&amp;#039;t think she&amp;#039;s untalented, I think she&amp;#039;s quite talented.&amp;quot; Production on Lohan&amp;#039;s film Liz &amp;amp; Dick is expected to begin in Los Angeles in June. &amp;gt; Rosie O&amp;#039;Donnell has no right to judge Lindsay Lohan, says dad Michael Watch Rosie O&amp;#039;Donnell&amp;#039;s Today appearance below:  Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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