Lindsay Lohan Opens Up About 'Meaningful Friendship' With Mean Girls Co-Star Amanda Seyfried

Long before we knew her for the likes of Mamma Mia!, Mank and The Dropout, Amanda Seyfried found international fame playing Karen in the 2004 teen comedy Mean Girls, and witnessed her co-star Lindsay Lohan’s struggles in the industry up close.

Opening up about her friendship with Lindsay in a new British GQ interview, Amanda recalled how, although they were the same age when they appeared together in the Tina Fey-penned movie, the level of attention they received was nowhere near equal.

“[I] wasn’t working at that level,” she said. “The spotlight was on her, no matter what she did.”

Amanda said she saw in real time how Lindsay went from being Hollywood’s hottest star to having the tabloids praying for her downfall.

“The outsized bashing is ugly,” said Amanda. “It’s like, a fear of mine. I would not want to be spotlit for being infamous in any way.”

During the same GQ article, Lindsay spoke fondly of the Oscar nominee, opening up about their continued friendship.

“We’ve stayed close because there’s genuine trust and respect between us,” the Freaky Friday actor claimed. “What started as shared experience has grown into a meaningful friendship over time.

“Now we talk more about life, motherhood and our families. She’s always someone I can rely on. That consistency is rare and something I really cherish.”

Although Amanda may have been mostly unscathed from the press during the era of paparazzi upskirting starlets and tabloids plotting the downfall of young women, it wasn’t because she didn’t go out clubbing.

“Did I find myself at Val Kilmer’s house one night at 1am with [Mean Girls co-stars] Daniel Franzese and Jonathan Bennett? Did I find myself there with them in the pool? I was 18 and I had just moved to LA and we had gone to a screening of Reefer Madness. I was at Val Kilmer’s house – I don’t even remember meeting him, but I was at his house,” she recalled about her “ridiculous” 20s.

On the red carpet of the 2024 Mean Girls musical adaptation, Lindsay also sang the praises of her 2004 co-stars Amanda and Lacey Chabert, who played Gretchen Wieners. 

“I love Amanda and she’s done so well with her career,” Lindsay said. “She’s such a great actress and Lacey as well. We’re good friends and that’s what matters most.”