Mean Girls removes ‘fire crotch’ joke that ‘disappointed’ Lindsay Lohan

The team behind the new Mean Girls film have taken a bold step after facing backlash from its original star over an explicit joke at her expense.

Angourie Rice and Lindsay Lohan.

Mean Girls just got a little less mean.

The 2024 musical film adaptation of the 2004 cult classic has axed a controversial joke made at Lindsay Lohan’s expense, reports Page Six.

In the film’s theatrical release, rapper Megan Thee Stallion appeared in an onscreen TikTok video alongside a snap of Angourie Rice, who takes on Lohan’s iconic role as Cady Heron. Like Lohan, Rice is also a redhead in the film.

“OK, so somebody sent me this look and I was like, ‘Hot girls, we are going back red, Y2K fire crotch is back,’” the WAP rapper, 29, said.

The digital version of the movie, however, has nixed the “fire crotch” joke after a rep for Lohan, 37, said she was “very hurt and disappointed” by the insult.

It seems the Parent Trap actor, who made a cameo in the film 20 years after originating the role of Cady, wasn’t even given a heads up about the line by screenwriter Tina Fey, who is a longtime friend of Lohan.

Rice plays Cady Heron, the same role that shot Lohan to fame.

Rice and Lohan at the premiere in New York City in January. Picture: Arturo Holmes/Getty Images

Back in January, a source told the now-defunct The Messenger that the new mum was “surprised and taken aback” when she first heard the reference at the New York City premiere of the film.

The insult originated in 2006 when socialite Brandon Davis was filmed leaving a nightclub with sisters Paris Hilton and Nicky Hilton.

The now-viral video showed Davis ranting to the paparazzi about Lohan’s vagina, calling it “stinky,” “orange” and infamously a “fire crotch.”

The failed musician, who is now married to Ashley Benson, cackled over the joke with Paris, who was frenemies with the Just My Luck star at the time.

The video even fuelled a years-long feud between the early ‘00s icons that only ended a couple of years ago.

In January 2022, the Paris In Love star, now 43, finally told fans that “everything was all good” between her and Lohan, noting that they were both “grown ups now.”

Lohan has also moved on. She welcomed a baby boy named Luai with husband Bader Shammas last year, and spends most of her time in Dubai.

This article originally appeared in Page Six and was reproduced with permission.

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