Dina Lohan Explains Dine & Dash Allegation: ‘They’re Using Me For Publicity’

I ignored a recent story about Dina Lohan allegedly eating on a charity’s dime only to stiff them for the bill since, right after, the whole Internet exploded with a story about people who actually matter. Except now I’m all out of sparkles and I’m bored of reading the same stories over and over. So let’s return to the ever-reliable Dina Lohan for a predictable rebuttal to claims she’ll kill charity with her parenting like she kills everything else you love. Lohan and her brother were accused of leaving without paying the bill or leaving a tip at the East Hampton restaurant Andrra where they were attending the Great Bonac Fireworks Show benefiting the Clamshell Foundation. A source told The New York Post: ‘They dined and dashed on a $2,500 check and didn’t leave a dime for the waiters. The understanding was they would get four free tickets. [Her brother] stormed up at the end and said, ‘What is this check for?’ Organizers offered a reduced bill for around $1,100, but then they just upped and left without leaving a tip.’ But, wait, there’s an explanation for this whole thing. Lohan explains: ‘I was asked to come to this charity event at the last minute and it sounded like a great cause. My brother was involved so I went. I was never given a bill, so I never ran out on anything. Everyone at the table was meant to be comped. The weirdest thing about it was I was invited for a sit down dinner, I did attend the party but I never even ate. I would never in my wildest dreams walk out on a bill or try to avoid paying a charity… The entire story is an absolute lie and it saddens me that they would use this as a marketing ploy. It is horrible anyone would think of me doing something like this… I will continue to support charities, this was not the charity it was the restaurant. They hired an outside publicist and all I can think of was it was spun and they used me, I was a sitting duck. They used me to get publicity. This is ridiculous.’

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