Pop Stars in the Slammer
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The food isn’t nearly so palatable as the pricey gourmet offerings on the menu at the Ivy. The accommodations are nowhere in the comfort league of the Four Season’s posh slumber chambers. And let’s not even get started on the ablution facilities. But apparently, Lindsay Lohan just can’t get enough of the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, CA.
Just a month and a half after being released following a two-week stay that was 76 days short of her sentence for violating the terms of her probation, Lohan announced via Twitter that she might be headed back for an encore visit.
“Regrettably, I did in fact fail my most recent drug test and if I am asked, I am prepared to appear before judge Fox next week as a result,” she tweeted. If she does return to jail, perhaps she can bunk with Paris Hilton, who also could become a prison two-timer (this time for a full year) if she gets arrested for anything besides a minor traffic violation in the next year. Those are the terms of her probation after pleading guilty to two misdemeanors to avoid being convicted of felony cocaine possession.
They’re not the only two stars with an apparent taste for prisonwear. Rapper T.I., who spent ten months in custody for trying to buy multiple machine guns with silencers, might be headed back to jail following his September 1 arrest on drug charges. Let’s hope that Lil’ Wayne, currently serving a one-year sentence at Riker’s Island in New York City after pleading guilty to gun possession, is smart enough to stifle any criminal urges after his scheduled November release.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the pond, George Michael was sentenced on September 14th to eight weeks in the slammer for driving while under the influence of drugs. The good news for Michael? His ass, so perfect and perfectly displayed in the “Faith” video all those years ago, has gone south in the nearly quarter century since. None of his inmates will be singing “I Want Your Sex” and directing it at him.
Jeremy Helligar is a former staff writer for People, Teen People, Us Weekly and Entertainment Weekly, who now writes about celebrities and pop culture from his couch in Buenos Aires.