Actress Lindsay Lohan has said she is simply studying Islam when pressed on whether she had converted to Islam.

Speaking on Good Morning Britain with Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid today she also admitted she had been delayed at an airport for wearing a headscarf.

On converting to Islam she said nothing was confirmed and religion was a personal belief.

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Speaking on the show she said, “I was flying to New York recently I was wearing a headscarf and I got stopped at the airport and racially profiled. For the first time in my life.”

The incident happened in London on her way back from Turkey.

“She opened my passport and saw Lindsay Lohan and started immediately apologising. But then said please take off your headscarf. I did it. It is okay.

“What scared me was at that moment how would another woman who doesn’t feel comfortable taking off her headscarf feel. That was really interesting to me.”

She said she was wearing the headscarf out of respect for the country she was visiting at the time – in this case the Muslim majority Turkey.

Asked why she had chosen to wear the piece, Lohan said: "You know what's so interesting to me is when you look back at Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn and these old Hollywood actresses - they used to cover up the same way. With the big glasses and their headscarf.

"You don't want to be seen as much in the airport - my red hair doesn't exactly not stand out."

She added: "I was doing it because I was leaving Turkey and out of respect for certain countries I go to when I see certain people I feel comfortable acting the same as other women. That's just a personal respect issue for me.

"And it was also really early but I felt more comfortable that way. And then I felt a little scared."

Speaking about pictures of her carrying a Quran, Lohan said: "I find a solace in studying, not just the Quran, other religion. Just like meditation.

"Something that feeds my soul and learning different cultures and beliefs and the Islamic culture I've found a lot of people, I feel like it's a family to me.

"A lot of my friends are Arab, and they've been really good people to me."

Remarking on the first month of Donald Trump's presidency, Lohan said: "It's such a double-edged sword because I don't agree with his policies and the things that he's doing, but at the end of the day he is the president right now, so what's the point in picking on someone instead of just seeing what they're capable of or not capable of?"

However she added that Mr Trump's Twitter "needs to be taken away or deleted".

The Home Office has been contacted for comment.

On set she also caught up with Ross Kemp who was also appearing on the programme.