What was Lindsay Lohan doing at the hospital on Thursday night with lady-in-waiting Samantha Ronson? The speculations exploded on Friday morning but Dina Lohan has offered an official explanation: asthma. She was afraid to go the hospital because [the paparazzi] were gonna write about it. She was sick,” she said to People. “If you were sick, and you’re mother couldn’t even take you to a hospital because paparazzi will fabricate some story, you know, it’s sad. It’s really sad.” Yes, sad indeed.

Watch Dina and Ali Lohan on the Today show, talking about Lindsay and her new reality show, on Fancast.