The life of Pamela Anderson doesn’t read like a typical fairy tale – in fact, far from it. But as a hopeless romantic, she still believed in them, and as a storyteller through and through (“I’m Finn—it’s in my blood”) Anderson couldn’t resist turning the straw into Gold, reflecting on the highs and lows of her life.
The year-old actress, model and activist is gearing up for the release of her Netflix documentary, Pamela, A Love Story , and the new memoir, Love, Pamela , are all in Published in January . Each depicts Anderson’s growth from small town girl in Canada to Hollywood 90 sex symbol to Playboy
poster , embodying the California dream in
Baywatch and battling the perils of fame, including, yes, a stolen sex tape.
Anderson on VHS in ’90 Camera*)s.Photo: Courtesy of Netflix
“It’s all or nothing,” Anderson told Vogue over the phone from her Ladysmith home. , British Columbia, where she grew up. “Because I’m in public and people have access to so many private life moments, the best thing I can do is go the extra mile and tell my story from day one. I’m not trying to push the narrative. I don’t want to Changing anyone’s opinion. I don’t want to change anyone’s opinion of me. It’s just a life story.”
As she strips away her bombshell exterior— Eschewing the smoky eyes and matte pink lips in favor of a bare face and icy blue gaze, framed by her Scandinavian blonde gown – Anderson speaks candidly in this documentary A series of recent interviews, decades worth of never-before-seen camera footage, and diary entries read aloud by an actor. “I just opened my files, gave them the key to the safe, which contained all my journals, and said, ‘Take it,'” she said. Anderson opens up about her traumatic childhood (including the trauma she survived as a young girl), her tumultuous love life, and becoming a mother (she shares two sons, Brandon Thomas and Dylan, with ex-husband Tommy Lee. Jagger), who rebuilds her life and career after suffering an unimaginable invasion of privacy. She also opened up about the sexism and misogyny she faced in the wake of the sex tape, including interviews that were often reduced to “boyfriends and boobs” by mostly male journalists.
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