Oprah changed me – but Jamie Oliver’s my hero

AMERICAN actress-turned-nightclub-owner Lindsay Lohan, 32, divides her time between her home in Dubai and Mykonos, where she recently opened the Lohan Beach House.

I’m happiest being single.

I don’t really hang out with guys now. My focus is my friends and family. My last relationship [she was engaged to Russian billionaire Egor Tarabasov, who she claimed was violent toward her] feels very much in my past. I’m so glad that I’m no longer in that place. What made me leave it? Looking in the mirror and realising what I was missing out on by being stuck in a toxic situation. I didn’t know how to get out of it but eventually I had the courage to walk away, and that’s when things changed. No one is going to hurt me again.

I don’t want to be labelled a party girl.

My old life was a total circus, with photographers following my every move. I had a lot of people around me who weren’t there for the right reasons. It is shocking how I ended up getting in the trouble that I did. I need my sleep, to be in the present and not feel out of control. I can be more under the radar here.

I’m a typical Cancerean.

I am a hard-shelled crab. I come out of my shell and I feel safe but I can also run away and hide. For the first time in my life, I’m not afraid of being alone. I have found this inner peace.

I love a good TV drama.

I love The Americans, Billions and The OA. But my guiltiest pleasure is US reality series Vanderpump Rules. It’s a spinoff of The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills. It’s hilarious and totally addictive.

America gives me panic attacks.

I used to suffer from terrible anxiety because of the paparazzi. When I have anxiety attacks, my chest gets really tight, I can’t breathe and I start having palpitations. It has been reported that I never go back to the US, but I do go back for work and to see my mum and sister. I am close to my mum, although I haven’t seen my dad in a while. I have no plans to live there again.

Oprah changed my life.

She told me to read The Untethered Soul, by Michael Singer. Reading it has helped me come to terms with what happened in my negative relationship and it has helped me put it behind me.

Meditation sorts me out.

Once upon a time, I would have stayed up all night partying. But for the past six years I’ve been practising mindfulness and meditation. It levels you and shuts out all the unwanted noise in your head.

No part of my body is fake.

I don’t judge anyone who has had surgery. Women can do whatever they want with themselves. But there are other ways to feel happy.

Having ADD is a blessing.

It means I can multi-task and concentrate on a million different things at once. Having attention deficit disorder – ADD – means I am always five steps ahead and can focus on lots of different things.

I’ll adopt my first child.

I’ve spent time with Syrian refugees in Turkey, and it made me realise how much I love kids. I just want to save them. I would love to have two or maybe four kids but I have no plans to start my own family yet.

I’m the biggest fan of Jamie Oliver.

I use his recipes a lot. It would be a dream come true if he came and cooked at Lohan Beach House.

If you don’t love yourself, how can you love someone else?

Once you understand this, you’ll feel in more control of what you can give to others.