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She’s done an about-face.
Lindsay Lohan hosted “Saturday Night Live” last night — but her puffy visage is a far cry from the fresh-faced redhead who first appeared on the show in 2004.
The presumably clean and sober 25-year-old actress tried to kick-start her comeback after struggles with alcohol, the law and various parked cars.
Manhattan-based plastic surgeon Leonard Grossman says her appearance shows Lohan hasn’t worn her scandal-scarred past very well.
“The lips are overdone,” Grossman said, comparing a photo taken of Lohan last month with another from eight years ago.
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In the early photo, Grossman said, “her lips look more natural. . . . Now she looks used and abused.
Grossman added that Lohan’s face “looks like a dead fish. It doesn’t look appetizing at all.
“She has vertical lines of the upper lip, and that’s typical of a heavy smoker,” he said.
Lohan’s promising career spiraled into a descent of drugs and alcohol, jail time and stints in rehab.
She’s currently on probation for taking a $2,500 gold necklace from a Venice, Calif., jewelry store.
Lohan’s SNL appearance last night looked as awful as her plastic surgery. What- ever acting talent she once had seemed to vanish as she lackadaisically stumbled through her lines, even though she was obviously reading them off of cue cards.
Looking oddly bloated, Lohan came out for the monologue and addressed her struggles head-on.
“Everybody here believes in you. We wouldn’t have you back otherwise,” cast member Kristen Wiig said as she hugged Lohan, which then turned into a pat-down.
When Lohan asks if she’s being searched, Wiig just says, “No, I’m a lesbian now.”
“Been there, done that,” Lohan quipped, in reference to her romance with Samantha Ronson.
The Wall Street Journal, which reminded readers that “Lohan, when she’s on her game, is fully capable of delivering a solid comic performance,” said she had few standout moments in the episode.
The Journal singled out a parody of the “Real Housewives” reality TV franchise featuring Disney princesses as one of the “couple [of] skits worth watching.”
Lohan had extended invitations to celebrity pals to join her on “Saturday Night Live,” according to TMZ. “Mad Men” star John Hamm and former “SNL” cast member Jimmy Fallon took her up on her offer and made appearances.
Their cameos prompted author and TV personality Toure to tweet, “Lindsay Lohan hasn’t made me laugh yet. Can we still replace her with Jon Hamm?”
Singer Josh Groban strongly criticized the episode, tweeting, “East coasters, what’s happening on #SNL? Should I keep practicing and working hard at what I do, or is that not necessary anymore?”
Sources close to Lohan told TMZ that she was proud of her hosting gig. Some last-minute changes were made to the episode — such as the dropping of a musical monologue in favor of Hamm’s and Fallon’s cameos — but the sources said Lohan feels she did the best she could do.