Lindsay Lohan slams dad's actions

Lindsay Lohan launched a furious rant at her father Michael after he released a secret recording of one of their personal phone conversations.

The recording, published by celebrity blog RadarOnline, reveals the Mean Girls star crying as tells her father "no one cares about me" and confesses problems with her family.

Lindsay wrote on Twitter: "My father's such a loser and those recordings are from years ago - to release personal things is foul enough, but to edit them."

She added: "I used to think that he needed the book for dummies on learning how to be a father. Haha - he needs the book for dummies on HOW TO BE A MAN."

Michael released the tape to back up his repeated claims that the 23-year-old needs help.

Lindsay's lawyer, Shawn Chapman Holley, told E! News: "Lindsay's concerned about recent actions of his. She is concerned about defamatory statements about her own personal safety and has instructed me to explore all legal options available to her to get him to stop and to leave her alone.

"She just wants me to take a look at what appears to be escalating destructive behaviour. We're trying to figure out [where the tape was recorded] right now. If it was in California, the law is very clear. You can't do that.

"Both parties have to authorise it being recorded, and there's no question Lindsay did not authorise it. If it happened here, he's in violation of the criminal law."