Canadian actress, author and icon Pamela Anderson admitted that, at 57, she’s still working to figure out who she is “in real life.”
After spending the last three decades in the spotlight playing fictional characters such as Casey Jean ‘CJ’ Parker in Baywatch and Barb in the 1996 dystopian sci-fi action film Barb Wire, the icon, who many still view as the archetypal blonde bombshell, opened up. about your current journey of self-discovery.
The mother of two explained that the process has been her “hardest work in recent years.”
When asked directly by Glamor who ‘Pamela Denise Anderson sitting here’ is today, anderson She confessed that she started ‘playing roles’ when she was ‘very little’
‘He had a very strong imagination. And that’s just what I did. I didn’t realize that was a career,” she said. “And then when I moved here (to the U.S. from her native Canada) and then Playboy… or being married to Tommy (Lee), or Whatever… I always wanted to be the best I could be at it.”
Canadian actress, author and icon Pamela Anderson admitted that, at 57, she’s still working to figure out who she is “in real life.”
Now, the performer says she has committed to staying ‘alone’ and identifying what she likes without anyone else’s opinion.
Plus, she’s no longer afraid to speak her mind and get vulnerable about her past.
While reflecting on the 2022 Hulu series Pam & Tommy, based on her and Tommy Lee’s leaked sex tape, Anderson said it hit her “harder” than she “even imagined.”
‘It made me so nauseous thinking about it again when it came out, this Hulu thing. “It really felt like another kick in the gut that people might find entertaining,” he explained.
Meanwhile, during that time in her life, she said she lost her husband, her “sanity” and her career.
“I didn’t realize it at the time,” he said. ‘It’s like post-traumatic, and then you start acting out. And I knew that a lot of things had happened (to me) that I could have handled differently…. In this world, how you manage your career is very important. And I was just playing the Wild West.’
After feeling that her reputation was irrevocably tarnished, she agreed to appear on several reality shows, including Big Brother and Dancing on Ice.
During that time, he said he used to “try to laugh” at the pain.
After spending the last three decades in the spotlight playing fictional characters such as Casey Jean ‘CJ’ Parker in Baywatch and Barb in the 1996 dystopian sci-fi action film Barb Wire, the icon, who many still view as the archetypal blonde bombshell, opened up. about your current journey of self-discovery
The mother of two explained that the process has been her “hardest work in recent years.”
“I think that’s how we learned to deal with it,” he explained.
But dealing with becoming tabloid fodder for much of the ’90s and being the butt of many late-night jokes undoubtedly took a toll on her.
‘Even when I hear my name, I don’t like it. I have a negative connotation with that,” she said. ‘I still almost have a stereotype of myself. And so it’s been hard work trying to get rid of that because I’m a woman.’
“I’m a Halloween costume, wherever you go,” he said. ‘That’s how people see me… It’s not that I came to Los Angeles and decided to play a character. I was on these shows…everything was photographed. So I just played along.’
As she works to discover herself, Anderson has stopped hiding behind makeup.
When asked directly who “Pamela Denise Anderson is sitting here today,” Anderson confessed that she began “playing roles” throughout her “whole life,” even “when she was a very little girl.”
Now, the performer says that she has committed to staying ‘alone’ and identifying what she likes and wants to do with her time.
“I just did it and played with it,” he said. “I have nothing against makeup, but I felt like it looked better on me when I was 20 than it does now.”
“You will find yourself at a crossroads when you are 50 years old and you will ask yourself: ‘Am I going to pursue youth? Am I going to be miserable? Or am I going to accept myself?” said the actress about her way of thinking. . And it is a practice. And it’s hard to say you’re trying all this if you’re still on red carpets and magazine covers in makeup.’
In the end, she told readers, “I think instead of trying to be a polished person, I prefer to be crude.” One eye is smaller than the other, my nose is crooked, my lips are weird. Everyone is weird. Everyone has imperfections.’
‘It’s important, no matter what stage of your beauty journey you are at, to accept yourself as you are. And right now I’m having a great time accepting the scars that I have or the imperfections,” she said of acting natural in public and during photo shoots.
He went on to say that he’s “definitely a lot happier now” than he was ten years ago.
Anderson also credited her sons, Brandon Thomas Lee and Dylan Jagger Lee, whom she shares with Lee, for giving her strength.
‘Even when I hear my name, I don’t like it. I have a negative connotation with that,” she said. ‘I still almost have a stereotype of myself. So it’s been hard work trying to get rid of that because I’m a woman’ (seen in 2008)
‘What saved my life (and you never want to blame this on your children) were my children. Because without my kids I wouldn’t have been able to be as strong as I was,” she said. ‘I had to be strong for my kids. And I also had to leave Tommy for my kids.
Anderson also spoke about the upcoming 2024 United States presidential election and the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
‘It’s scary. No, it’s very scary,’ he said. ‘I wouldn’t say I’m a Republican or a Democrat. I don’t know what I am. Obviously more Democrat than Republican. But I think, unfortunately, there are a lot of things that are out of our reach… all you have to do is vote.’
Anderson emphasized that she does not “want a sexual predator in the White House.”
On Tuesday, Anderson accepted the coveted Glamor Impact Award; Seen above in the winners room at the Glamor Women Of The Year Awards.
‘I am very convinced of that. And that should be it… that’s my red line,” he said of the possibility of Donald Trump being elected to a second term.
On Tuesday, Anderson accepted the coveted Glamor Impact award.
Glamour’s Women of the Year Awards honor activists and record-breakers leading the fight for women’s equality.
Elsewhere at the ceremony, Jodie Turner-Smith received the Trailblazer trophy from her friend and fellow actress Naomie Harris, 48.
Serena Williams (seen above) is the global cover star of Glamor’s Woman of the Year
Katherine Ryan also accepted the award for Feminist Hero.
Keely Hodgkinson received the Sporting Hero award, while former Love Island star Cally Jane Beech received the Activist of the Year award.
Former Love Island star Cally Jane Beech was awarded Activist of the Year.
Previous winners include Kim Cattrall, Naomi Campbell and Victoria Beckham.