Charlie Sheen has opened up about his Hollywood kindred spirit Lindsay Lohan, sharing why he continues to help out the troubled starlet after her many run-ins with the law.
“There is a reason that I root for [her], because we fell in love with this little girl that was just an absolute genius and had this great light about her and that’s still there,” Sheen said to “Entertainment Tonight.”
The actor famously loaned his financially troubled “Scary Movie 5” costar $100K to help chip away at her massive tax lien. Lohan also stopped by his “Anger Management” set for a cameo before she begins court-ordered rehab.
When Sheen was asked if he was still worried about Lohan, he replied, “You have to be. But I think she seems a lot more focused now than she was five, six months ago.”
He added, “You can’t extinguish that. I root for her because when you’re that talented it just doesn’t go away. Sometimes your appetites get in the way.”
When the bad boy actor was asked if he could relate to Lohan’s struggles with substance abuse and legal troubles, he emphatically agreed.
“Hell yeah,” he replied. “But I, not to insult her because I’m who I am and she is who she is, I got things a little bit quicker or had better opportunities, better timing. They let me off the hook a lot sooner then they seem to want to do with her.”