For a long time, Lindsay Lohan has been more famous for her multiple arrests, court appearances and stints in rehab than she ever was for her acting.
For eight years, from 2007, the former child actor hit headline after headline for everything from drink-driving and cocaine possession to punching a woman outside a nightclub and stealing a necklace from a Los Angeles jewellery store.
She was a Hollywood wild child – and they didn’t come any wilder than Lindsay.
Then, eight years ago, she quietly packed her bags and flew away from the US, leaving behind not just her tattered career but also, it seems, her demons.
Fans were thrilled when the Mean Girls star, 36, recently shared on social media that she had quietly wed Kuwaitborn financier Bader Shammas, 35, in an “small, intimate” ceremony.
“A big, glamorous event didn’t interest Lindsay,” shares a source. “She’s never been this happy in her life.”
Since leaving Hollywood, Lindsay has kept a low profile, at first living in London and then, in 2016, moving to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, where she met Bader.
“The past is dead to me,” she said in a rare interview, “and that’s the most important thing.”
This story is from the September 5, 2022 edition of New Zealand Woman's Weekly.
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