Lindsay Lohan calls in sick

Pop diva Lindsay Lohan has caused a storm of controversy after she pulled out of Tuesday's edition of Live with Regis and Kelly , citing "food poisoning," before making a full recovery to appear on MTV just hours later reports Hollywood.com.

"Lindsay Lohan is sick. She's not coming. Well, that's kind of a blow," griped the show's star, Regis Philbin, to sidekick Kelly Ripa. The New York Post reports that Lohan's reps apparently informed Live producers of Lindsay's illness five minutes after the show went on the air reports People magazine.

"She has food poisoning," Philbin announced. "What'd they find out, about five after 9? ... She tried to make it."

Lohan, was seen at Monday night's Times Square gala premiere of King Kong with joined Naomi Watts, Peter Jackson, Adrien Brody, Jack Black and George Lucas and was also spotted enjoying herself at an after-party.

The cancellation came after the show had started, too late to book another suitable guest and the show producers were "most unhappy" with Lohan, says a source. "Canceling that late is very bad form," says an insider from another show, who was unsympathetic to the "food poisoning" explanation reports MSNBC

Lohan's publicist did not answer the Post's request for comment regarding the actress's absence, but Lohan rebounded in time to make an appearance later Tuesday afternoon on MTV's TRL.