From: NY Daily News, Digital Spy, Hollywood Insider. This story provided by Scoople. Download the app Critics may have been harsh on Lindsay Lohan s performance as host on "Saturday Night Live," but the recovering starlet has at least one big name in her corner: actress Zooey Deschanel. 1Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, the New Girl actress rejected the view that Lohan relied too much on her script notes. 2Zooey Deschanel knows the pressures of live performance well, which probably helped her pull off on one of the better episodes of SNL this season. EW caught up with Deschanel on Monday night during the PaleyFest salute to New Girl (which was a panel as quirky and lovable as the show itself), and the actress-singer was quick to rush to her fellow host's defense. 3
