Two years ago, Dina Lohan says, she never would have done a reality show. Yet now she is opening up her life with Living Lohan, a reality series with daughter Ali, 14.

The show, filmed inside the Lohan home on Long Island, premieres May 26 on E! and centers on Ali pursuing her dream to become a singer and Dina managing her career, just as she does for her other daughter, Lindsay, 21.

“What’s opened up now is not our life. It’s rumors and it’s tabloidism,” Dina says with Ali sitting beside her in a suite at the Waldorf-Astoria. “My back as a single mom was against the wall. … We have the power to set the record straight. With all the Internet, YouTube and all the silliness out there, I think it’s time for (me) as a mother to protect my kids and just say, ‘This is who we are.’ ”

Lindsay has had her share of problems, including stints in rehab. Does Dina believe she has protected her well, and will she do anything differently with Ali?

“You don’t have children and have a rule book,” Dina says. “Lindsay, whether she were in the business or not, fortunately or unfortunately made — we’re all going to make mistakes. I think Ali, too. God willing she’ll learn from what I instill in her and what her sister teaches her.”

One thing she has instilled: animosity toward tabloids.

Ali says: “When the tabloids say something bad, it makes us stronger as a family because we stick together. So keep it coming, guys.”

“Oh no,” her mother says.

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