Jul 1, 2011 09:45 GMT  ·  By

Lindsay Lohan spent the last 35 days of her life under house arrest, presumably not drinking and just taking the time to reassess her career, and determine which areas need change and improvement. On her first night of freedom, she went out and ended up taking a tumble in front of the paparazzi.

Initially, Lohan said she would stay at home for her first night of freedom because she was too afraid of the paparazzi because she knew only too well the kind of mayhem they’d cause to get her shot.

She later had a change of heart, PopEater reports, and went out with two friends to a mixology bar: paparazzi say she was inside for about 5 hours.

“Actor Emile Hirsch and 'Nikita' star Lyndsy Fonseca joined the platinum-blonde starlet, among other friends, at Lexington Social House for a relaxing evening,” PopEater says.

Reports in the media have it that, while inside, Lindsay only sipped on sodas that she had her personal assistant deliver, while chain-smoking and laughing with friends.

If so, then talk of how she stumbled outside because she was drunk is completely unfounded.

“She stumbled. She turned her ankle ever so slightly on the curb, with hundreds of flashing cameras no doubt blinding her. And of course every nanosecond was caught on film, with someone even yelling out, ‘She’s drunk!’” PopEater says.

During the few seconds she was outside to get from the bar to the car, she was photographed hundreds of times and, while some believe that she actually tripped on her high platform shoes, others choose to believe the photos – and they show some indication that she’s been drinking inside.

The moment headlines emerged of Lindsay’s “wild” night (all of them based on the few seconds she spent outside), she was on Twitter, lashing out at critics and urging her fans to stop believing such erroneous reports.

“Of course me going to my best friends going away dinner is a headline- especially on my first day out of my house in 35 days. That does not give anyone the right to have a field day and manifest stories,” she writes, adding that the “party” was a going away dinner for Fonseca.

“If anyone caused me to nearly fall it was the pyschotic paparazzi [sic],” Lohan adds. She also includes a photo of her incredibly high platform shoes to prove she tripped on them and not because of the booze.