July 3, 2008 --
DAD-of-the-year Michael Lohan is trying to get a celebrity weekly to help him with child-support payments if it turns out he's the father of 13-year-old Ashley Kaufmann. Lohan has approached both OK! and People magazines with the offer of his exclusive story, should paternity tests prove he's her biological father. "He's approaching everyone to get the highest bid because, if he is the dad, he's going to need the money for back child support," said an insider. The tweenster's mother, Kristi Kaufmann, claims she and Lohan had an affair in 1995 when he was separated from then-wife Dina Lohan. The asking price for Michael's story is in the $20,000 range, but it sounds like both weeklies are passing on the offer. "Nobody wants to buy DNA results," our source scoffed. A rep for People denied Lohan had approached the mag, and a rep for OK! said, "We're not interested."
