Lindsay Lohan takes umbrage at being called gay

By Stone Martindale Aug 2, 2008, 17:58 GMT

Lohan likes Samantha, end of story. EPA/NINA PROMMER

Actress Lindsay Lohan has been playing footsie with the press over her "is she or isn't she" gay or straight status, based on her 24/7 attachment to known lesbian Samantha Ronson, a DJ and sister to producer Mark Ronson.

Now Lohan has retorted to the Los Angeles police chief over an off-the-cuff remark that she had "gone gay".

"Police chiefs shouldn't get involved in everyone else's business when it comes to their personal life. It's inappropriate," Lohan said in a statement.

Chief William Bratton made the remark whilst commenting on opposition to a citywide crackdown on the paparazzi.  He refused to attend a Los Angeles city task force meeting to discuss ways to curtail the paparazzi.

Lohan lives, parties and plays with DJ Samantha.

The police chief was discussing problems with the paparazzi on LA news channel KNBC.  "If you notice, since Britney started wearing clothes and behaving, Paris is out of town not bothering anybody, thank God, and evidently, Lindsay Lohan has gone gay, we don't seem to have much of an issue."

Lohan gave her response in a video filmed by paparazzi and posted on celebrity website TMZ.

Her publicist Leslie Sloane-Zelnick has denied that the actress is in a relationship with Samantha Ronson, but said they were "close friends".