Nadia Farès did not only leave her two daughters, Shana and Cylia, and her ex-husband, Steven Chasman, in tears. The death of the 57-year-old actress has also “upset” a celebrity no one expected and who would have been “her secret love,” according to a source in the Daily Mail. Very close to Mel Gibson since their meeting and collaboration on the set of the film “On the Line” in 2021, the French actress is said to have gone from friendship to romance with the American star. This information was confirmed by Closer, revealing that she had found love in the arms of the 70-year-old actor for the past 7 months.
A happy news that the late actress had already mentioned in Gala last January, without revealing the identity of the new man in her life. “I met someone. He is not French,” she revealed. “But for now, we’re getting to know each other. I have calmed down. I have no regrets about my choices, they have shaped me, led me to deep reflections, to question myself. They were not dictated by external influences, but now, with age, I am more measured. I no longer get carried away, because I think there is a time for everything.”
Before the tragedy, Nadia Farès reportedly fully enjoyed her relationship with Mel Gibson who was filming the movie “The Resurrection of Christ” in Rome. The French actress took advantage of the opportunity to see the American actor more regularly, according to Closer. The star allegedly wanted to materialize this secret love by buying a house in Normandy. She reportedly wanted to make it “their love nest.” However, this dream is now impossible as Mel Gibson parted ways with his partner, Rosalind Ross, in 2025 and bid farewell to her at the hospital where he stayed by her side until the end.
In January, in an interview with Gala, Nadia Farès also made touching confessions about her separation and her relationship with Steven Chasman, her former husband and father of her two daughters. “Four years ago, my husband and I decided to separate, but we have remained on good terms. We are very attached to our family core,” she declared regarding her relationship with the American producer whom she left in 2022. Support that has endured between the two exes, who met at Luc Besson’s castle in Normandy.
