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  • Lindsay Lohan Allegedly On a Crusade to Star on UK’s Reality Show ‘TOWIE’

    Lindsay Lohan is apparently on a crusade to finagle her way on to the popular UK reality show The Only Way is Essex — aka TOWIE.

    While Lohan has not publicly declared her desire to star on the show, a source made it clear she is obsessed with the idea.

    “Lindsay’s obsessed with all things Essex and she’s watched every episode of TOWIE on YouTube. It’s like her new fix. She’s been telling anyone who’ll listen that she’d love to guest star in a few episodes and has even asked her management to set up a meeting with the producers,” said the source.

    Lohan has been (purposely?) hanging with the stars of the show, including a recent trip to Ibiza with Vas J. Morgan.

    That doesn’t necessarily translate into a working gig. On the other hand, she may be on to something since producers insist the reality stars of the show have some connection to Essex, which she may have now that she’s a new BFF of Morgan.

    “We always ensure that everyone on the show has a genuine connection to Essex. As a friend of Vas, Lindsay might fit the bill, but there are no plans as yet,” said another source to Now magazine.

    The Only Way Is Essex follows a diverse group of people that have one thing in common — they live in Essex. The show features a club promoter, a would-be model, a member of a girl band and two bar workers. Each episode airs just days after filming.

    The actress hasn’t had much success with reality TV on this side of the Atlantic. Lohan joined forces with Oprah Winfrey for Lindsay, which aired on OWN earlier this year. Few were really interested in the daily life of the troubled actress, and it was canceled soon after its premiere.

    Image via Lindsay Lohan, Instagram

  • Lindsay Lohan Could Get TOWIE Shot?

    The Only Way is Essex is to Brit reality TV what Jersey Shore is to American reality TV. The show, known to fans as TOWIE, runs in the standard Brit format of “series”, which would loosely parallel to American television “seasons”. Fans of Downton Abbey and Sherlock are already familiar with these shorter season formats.

    As such, TOWIE has been running for 12 series, ever since 2010. For some shows, there are multiple “series” per year. For others, there may be a hiatus between series of even longer than a year.

    But fans of TOWIE in the U.S. can catch episodes on YouTube. That would include and such as Lindsay Lohan. Friends of Lohan say the actress watches every TOWIE episode on YouTube, and is in fact friends with cast members, including being romantically involved with show star Tom Kilbey. But now Lindsay wants in on the action.

    One friend of Lohan’s has said that, “Lindsay’s obsessed with all things Essex and she’s watched every episode of TOWIE on YouTube.

    “It’s like her new fix. She’s been telling anyone who’ll listen that she’d love to guest star in a few episodes and has even asked her management to set up a meeting with the producers.”

    Lohan is also a friend of show star Vas J. Morgan, and was spotted holding hands with him outside a London club recently.

    One source inside the show said, ’’We always ensure that everyone on the show has a genuine connection to Essex. As a friend of Vas, Lindsay might fit the bill, but there are no plans as yet.’’

    The Only Way is Essex is a scripted reality show, which some people consider an oxymoron. People are placed in pre-arranged situations, and even given lines. For most reality television shows, audiences understand that some situations may be pre-cooked. Even shows lie Duck Dynasty do that. But when cast members are given lines ahead of time, some believe that it crosses from reality TV to simply loose format improv.

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