Oprah Winfrey Grills Lindsay Lohan on ‘Oprah’s Next Chapter’

Oprah Winfrey is not playing with Lindsay Lohan. Judging by a sneak peek of the post-rehab interview scheduled to take place on Sunday’s episode of Oprah’s Next Chapter, the renowned talk show host doesn’t hold anything back during her sit-down with the troubled movie star.

Winfrey asked Lohan, who who was recently released on July 30 after 90 days of court-mandated rehab, “Do you think you are addicted to chaos?” and “What’s going to be different this time?”

The OWN media mogul continued to hit hard, peppering the 27-year-old actress with more difficult questions like:

“When you get the first DUI, is that a wake-up call?” and “What do you know about yourself now that you wish you’d known six rehabs ago?”  She also asked, “What does it feel like to be — both an adjective and a verb — for a child actor gone wrong?”

Oprah spoke about the much-anticipated interview during recent appearances on the “Today Show” and “CBS This Morning” on Aug. 5.

“I felt she [Lohan] was honest. She was authentic,” said Oprah to her pal, Gayle King, on This Morning, adding: “I believe her. She looked good. She looked strong. She looked healthy.”

“All I can say about it is this: I believe that she believes that she is ready to move forward in her life,” Winfrey told Al Roker on the Today Show. “And we’ll see.”

The full interview airs on OWN, Sunday, Aug. 18 at 9 p.m. Check out the sneak peek preview of Winfrey grilling Lohan below.

 

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