Lindsay Lohan’s dad has said the former child star is planning on giving up on Hollywood and acting for the time being.

Lindsay is currently in rehab in Utah receiving treatment for alcohol abuse and cocaine addiction following her two DUI arrests earlier in the summer. She was rumoured to be leaving the facility this week after completing a 45-day treatment programme but a source has now said she will remain there for another 2-3 months.

Michael, who reconciled with his estranged daughter earlier in the month after she refused to see him for three years, told the News of the World: “When we finally came face to face we just clung on to each other and did not stop crying for at least half an hour.”

“Lindsay said, ‘Daddy, I have done some terrible things and been addicted to drugs but please believe me I will never do drugs again’.”

“She assured me she has given drugs up for good. And when I looked into her eyes I 100% believed her.”

“She said she does not want to live in Hollywood as that is where this evil in her life happens. She said, ‘I hate Hollywood and I don’t want to work there. I need a break and I am moving away’.”

She also vowed: “I will stop hanging round with people who are bad for me’.”

Lindsay also noted the daddy-daughter similarilities as Michael had alcohol and drug problems during Lindsay’s childhood, culminating in a 20-month jail sentence for drink-driving: “[She said,] ‘I’m just like you, Daddy.’”

“I have been in prison and am a recovering addict so I know more than anyone what she’s going through. But hopefully both of us now have finally turned our lives around for the better.”

“Lindsay laughed with excitement as she told me how she now spends her days. She spends hours writing songs about all she has been through. When she is not writing, she helps look after the horses stabled nearby. Every day she helps muck them out, feed them and ride them.”

“She has taken up gardening and loved showing me the roses she helps look after. These are things normal people take for granted, but things which Lindsay has not done for a long time because she has been wasted on drugs. I have seriously not seen her this happy in years.”

He added that it was Lindsay’s decision to stay in the treatment programme for longer: “She wants to make absolutely certain she can cope on her own in the outside world.”

And then she’ll return to her family in New York, not her career and friends in Los Angeles: “For Lindsay the only way to [turn her life around] is to take a break. So after she has honoured her existing film commitments that will be it. She just wants to stop making movies for the time being and be near her family.”

“Then she may find the peace she has been looking for. I am so proud of her.”