\u201cJust give me books and a pile of animals and leave me alone, and I\u2019m happy.\u201d<\/p>\n
MORE: Truth behind A-lister\u2019s 4-year disappearance<\/a><\/p>\n Swift rejected over wall, $8m neighbour act<\/a><\/p>\n Bruno Mars shocks on $60m debt claims at 40<\/a><\/p>\n Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger attend the Terminator: Dark Fate photocall in 2019 in London, England. Picture: Tim P. Whitby\/Getty Images<\/p>\n Linda Hamilton in the 1991 film Terminator 2: Judgment Day<\/p>\n Her decision to trade Los Angeles for Louisiana came after years of personal hardship, including two failed marriages and a late diagnosis of bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n Hamilton married actor Bruce Abbott in 1982, but he left her while she was pregnant with their son, Dalton. The couple divorced in 1989.<\/p>\n She later began a relationship with Terminator director James Cameron. The pair welcomed a daughter, Josephine, in 1993 and married in 1997.<\/p>\n The high-profile marriage collapsed after just two years, resulting in a $US50m ($72m) divorce settlement in 1999.<\/p>\n The Dante\u2019s Peak star revealed her undiagnosed bipolar disorder and depression severely impacted her personal life.<\/p>\n Hamilton spent 20 years searching for answers before receiving a formal diagnosis in 1994, using exercise, medical intervention, and lifestyle changes to regain control.<\/p>\n \u201cFrom 20 to 40. I call them my lost years,\u201d she told AP Radio<\/a> in 2024.<\/p>\n \u201cIf I was suffering or angry with my husband over the smallest slight, he would suffer. <\/p>\n \u201cThere was no capacity to remove myself from my condition.\u201d<\/p>\n Hamilton\u2019s high-profile marriage to James Cameron collapsed after just two years, resulting in a $US50m ($72m) divorce settlement in 1999.<\/p>\n The 69-year-old star now lives a quiet life in a New Orleans townhouse after quitting California more than a decade ago. Picture: Hector Vivas\/Getty Images<\/p>\n Hamilton\u2019s property portfolio has shifted along with her lifestyle changes. <\/p>\n In 2012, she sold a luxury Malibu mansion for $US4m ($5.7m) after initially seeking $US5.5m ($7.9m).<\/p>\n That same year, the actress bought a farm property in Lucketts, Virginia, for $US998,000 ($1.4m). She sold the estate four years later for $US1.3m ($1.9m).<\/p>\n She also acquired an oceanfront residence near Sarasota, Florida, for $US850,000 ($1.2m) in 2003, alongside her New Orleans home.<\/p>\n Hamilton bought her Louisiana property online after seeing it once.<\/p>\n \u201cI bought the first house I saw \u2026 like I\u2019m really trying to live that life,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s been the stupidest thing, but that\u2019s the universe rewarding me somehow by putting me here. I love New Orleans. I really love it.\u201d<\/p>\n The Stranger Things actress said she had zero interest in trying to recreate her blockbuster past or fight the ageing process.<\/p>\n \u201cOf course people are going to look at me and say \u2018Oh, she got old\u2019,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cUltimately, I woke up one day and said, \u2018F**k trying to be what I was, because I am so much more than I was.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n MORE: It\u2019s time\u2019: Star suddenly quits $149m in fear<\/a><\/p>\n 50yrs on: What $1bn ABBA all look like now <\/a><\/p>\n \u2018F**k\u2019: What Chris Rock\u2019s divorce really cost<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Linda Hamilton walked away from Hollywood with a $100m fortune after surviving personal turmoil, a record-breaking divorce, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":908070,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134],"class_list":["post-908069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=908069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/908070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=908069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=908069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=908069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n
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