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Pitbull on Lindsay: "I was keeping her relevant"
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Lindsay Lohan is suing mad over the apparently disparaging lyrics about her in Pitbull's song Give Me Everything.
But the rapper has said he was surprised by the lawsuit, which he calls ironic, as he intended the lyrics as a positive reference to the troubled actress.
Speaking in an interview published on his website PlanetPit.com, the 30-year-old says, 'I was very surprised when I found out about the lawsuit. At first I read it and I thought, "This has got to be a joke."'
Pitbull believes that Lohan may have misunderstood his meaning in the lyrics, 'Hustlers move aside, so I'm tiptoein', to keep flowin', I got it locked up like Lindsay Lohan.'
He explains: 'When I say "you got it locked up" it means you run that area.'
'In no way shape or form would I want to bring that on anyone. I didn’t look to defamate [sic], degrade or hurt someone’s career,' he says of the track, which features Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer.
'For me mentioning it on the number one record in the world, I thought it would be helping someone’s career and keeping them relevant.'
Indeed, to be mentioned in the lyrics to a hit record would usually be considered a mark that someone is firmly in the pop culture zeitgeist, so given that Lohan hasn't made a hit film in over four years, one would expect her to take the reference as a compliment.
But the starlet - and her lawyers - do not agree.
The lawsuit states that: 'The lyrics, by virtue of its wide appeal, condemnation, excoriation, disparaging or defamatory statements by the defendants about the plaintiff are destined to do irreparable harm to the plaintiff.'
The court papers describe the former party girl as 'a professional actor of good repute and standing in the Screen Actors Guild, is suing under the New York civil rights laws, which protects people from having their name exploited for commercial purposes.'
Lohan also alleges that the mention of her name in the song 'causes [Lindsay] to be associated and identified in connection with defendants.'
Attorney Stephanie Ovadia is the legal brain behind the lawsuit, which seeks an injunction to stop all of the defendants from broadcasting the song. It also seeks unspecified damages.
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