Lindsey Lohan Questions Why No One ‘Protected’ Her More During Her Childhood Stardom

The actor, who has made a Hollywood reemergence in recent years, said growing up in the spotlight was a "double-edged sword."

After transitioning to the role of wife and mother and, in recent years, making a smashing Hollywood comeback, Lindsay Lohan is opening up about the crushing challenges she faced growing up in the limelight in the ’90s and early ’00s.

In a new Thursday cover story for Vogue Arabia, the now 39-year-old actor pondered why she wasn’t better protected from the “overwhelming and consuming” scrutiny of Hollywood.

“I should have listened to my mom and dad and moved back to New York. But I was young and wanted to be in LA. And I didn’t know. So yeah, while a lot of it was fun, it was hard when I was young. It was a double-edged sword,” Lohan said.

“Now I look back and wonder, ‘Why didn’t anyone just go and take me out of there, protect me more?’ You don’t know how to do that yourself when you’re a teenager.”

Lohan rose to stardom after her breakout role in 1998’s “The Parent Trap,” when she was just 11 years old, and in 2003, her fame skyrocketed after starring in “Freaky Friday” opposite Jamie Lee Curtis. Her career continued ascending with 2004’s “Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen” and 2004’s “Mean Girls,” which was released shortly after.