Lindsay Lohan says she was profiled while wearing headscarf

Lindsay Lohan claims she was "racially profiled" while wearing a headscarf at London's Heathrow Airport.

The actress told a British talk show that she was stopped while travelling to New York recently.

Lindsay Lohan met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Jan. 27, along with his wife Emine Erdogan and Bana al-Abed, 7, who has tweeted about life in East Aleppo, Syria. Lohan offered encouragement to Syrian refugees during the visit. (Instagram/LindsayLohan)

She said an airport worker "opened my passport and saw 'Lindsay Lohan' and started immediately apologizing, but then said: 'Please take off your headscarf."'

She told Good Morning Britain on Tuesday that the incident made her wonder "how would another woman who doesn't feel comfortable taking off her headscarf feel?"

Lohan was returning from Turkey, where she recently met President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

She said she wore a headscarf in Turkey, a predominantly Muslim country, out of "personal respect."

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Lindsay Lohan says she was profiled while wearing headscarf