This is Bader S. Shammas, the fiance who has restored the illusion to Lindsay Lohan: a discreet banker oblivious to the excesses of fame

Lindsay Lohan, at an event in Melbourne, Australia, in November 2019. James Gourley (Getty Images)

In 2014, exhausted from the media pressure and the nocturnal temptations of Los Angeles, Lindsay Lohan decided to start a new stage in Dubai.

Many thought that this was nothing more than a passing whim and that she would soon return to the United States.

But, against all odds, the protagonist of

has found, thousands of kilometers from the land where she was born, the calm and anonymity that she had always yearned for.

"Moving here was a new beginning," she said about it in the magazine

in 2018. “You hear more about real news than celebrity gossip, which I really appreciate.

And it's not like I go out much at night, it's a very different lifestyle for me.

I came with that purpose: I don't have to be seen publicly all the time, or comment on what I'm doing."

Since she confirmed her breakup with Russian businessman Egor Tarabasov in 2016, which led to canceling the preparations for her imminent wedding, no other relationship of hers had emerged.

However, the actress surprised her nearly 10 million followers on her Instagram on November 28 with unexpected news: her engagement to Kuwaiti banker Bader S. Shammas.

"My love.

My life.

My family.

My future ”, she wrote under a carousel of romantic images in which both are seen embracing.

Likewise, she took advantage of the moment to show an engagement ring from the firm Harry Winston, presided over by a diamond of

six carats, whose value is estimated at 250,000 dollars (just over 220,000 euros).

Although the date of the link is still unknown, a few days ago Lohan confirmed, as published by

, that she is already immersed in the preparations for the event.

“I already started talking to a friend of mine about her dress.

But I want to do things well and I want to control the pace of everything.

But it is an exciting time.

I am very feminine, so … ”, answered the interpreter intriguingly, that she has assured that she will wear several

that day.

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Even carrying it with great discretion, previously the American had already given a clue that she was not single.

In February 2020, after attending a music festival in Dubai, she shared a snapshot accompanied by Dan Smith and Chris Wood, respectively vocalist and drummer of the band Bastille, as well as her sister Aliana and Shammas himself.

Minutes later, Lohan removed her from Instagram because in her caption, she coincidentally mentioned a "boyfriend."

In fact, as the star's rep recently told

, they have been dating for three years since their paths crossed in Dubai.

Everything that surrounds Shammas is a mystery.

According to a

article , he comes from a wealthy Christian family in Kuwait and is the son of a Lebanese mother and a Kuwaiti father.

He is 34 years old, one year younger than Lohan.

And although his Instagram account is kept private (only 597 people follow him), thanks to his LinkedIn profile there is evidence of both where he studied and his professional resume.

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He was educated in the United States: in 2010 he received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of South Florida and, over the next two years, a master's degree in finance from the John H. Sykes College of Business, affiliated with the University of Tampa, also in Florida.

After that, he worked as an associate at BNP Paribas Wealth Management in his native Kuwait, and in February 2017, he moved to Dubai.

Since August 2018, in the luxurious city of the United Arab Emirates, he has been deputy vice president at the Credit Suisse banking entity.

Given his animosity towards social networks, his hobbies, tastes and even such banal data as if he has brothers or sisters are unknown.

Now, those closest to Lohan are delighted that she has someone outside the entertainment world by her side.

“He's not a Hollywood guy, you don't see pictures of them in the press.

That was one of Lindsay's problems: the

harassed her and made up stories about her.

It was hard, but now she's with a man who doesn't like the limelight.

She is relaunching her career and you wish there was a good person in your life when you hit that reset button.

Everyone is happy.

Lindsay recovered her life when she met him, she has been living a really happy and healthy life, ”she said a few days ago her father, Michael Lohan, in the aforementioned

.

These days the actress is in Utah (precisely, Shammas flew there to ask her to marry her) shooting with actor Chord Overstreet a Christmas romantic comedy that will arrive on Netflix in 2022. Waiting for the “yes, I want” to be given, For now, Lindsay Lohan has already resumed her career in front of the cameras.