'I took control back': Lindsay Lohan on how she turned her life around after realizing toxic relationship with ex Egor was just like her parents
Lindsay Lohan has opened up about how she 'took control back' over her life.
The 30-year-old actress revealed she decided to focus on renewal and working with refugees in Syria after ending a toxic relationship with Egor Tarabasov.
She parted ways with him last year amid allegations that the businessman was violent toward her.
She now admits she accepted the 'safe chaos' as 'normal' because it was similar to the dynamic between her parents Dina and Michael Lohan when they were married.
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'I took control back': Lindsay Lohan says she started her life over after realizing her toxic relationship with ex fiance Egor was just like her mum and dad
Moved on: The 30-year-old actress parted ways with Egor Tarabasov last year amid allegations that the businessman was violent toward her.
She said: 'I notice and I look back and think I saw my mom going through this and I get it. I stayed because it was normal for me.
'Of course, as a child, you recognize, in psychiatry it's a study, those moments become almost like a safe chaos and you just think it's normal, but it's not normal, and I remember saying to myself that moment when he ran out of my house, "Thank God".
'I was like, "Oh my God, I'm not going to put myself through what my mother went through, no. This ends now."
Opening up: Lindsay spoke out on on John Bishop: In Conversation With...
'My father was never physically abusive to my mother in front of me, I never saw that. Before I was born, yes. I've seen those photos.'
The Mean Girls star admitted realizing she needed to get out of the relationship was one of the big turning points that sent her towards working with refugees in Syria.
Speaking on John Bishop: In Conversation With..., she said: 'I was in a very abusive relationship with my ex, he was hitting me a lot, and I didn't know how to get out of it, and that was when things changed.
Reflecting: She said 'My father was never physically abusive to my mother in front of me, I never saw that. Before I was born, yes. I've seen those photos.'
Not sad it's over: Lindsay spent a long period of time 'praying' Egor would leave her before the relationship ended
'I took control back in my life and said, "No one is going to hurt me, I'm gonna help other people and focus on taking care of myself.'
And Lindsay spent a long period of time 'praying' Egor would leave her before the relationship ended.
Asked how she would help someone if they came to her in a similar situation, she said: 'If someone came to you in the same situation, what would you do?
The ex: The 30-year-old actress parted ways with Egor Tarabasov last year amid allegations that the businessman was violent toward her
'I don't know. I would take them with me and be like, "Let's get you out of here."
'It's really hard to talk to someone in that situation, you're scared but you want to be strong and you want to make it calm.
'I don't know. I just prayed for him to go, and he did, I got by with some angels It was that bad and I didn't want anyone to know, so I didn't talk about it.
'Because for me it's a whole different situation the second it's public.'
Memories: Lindsay realised her romance was a recreation of the flawed relationship between her parents, Michael and Dina Lohan; she is seen with the couple in 2003
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