Pamela Anderson in Aritzia forElle.Photo:Courtesy of AritziaPamela Andersonis pondering how her public image has shifted since the release of her bestselling memoirLove, Pamela.“I get a lot of people walking up to me on the street, saying, ‘I had no idea who you were, and I’m sorry for all the ways I thought about you before, because I like you now,' " the actress and model, 56, toldEllein a new interview of the time after the publication ofLove, Pamelaearlier this year.Recalling her reaction, Anderson, who models pieces fromAritzia’s fall 2023 Babaton campaignin the accompanying photos for herElleinterview, said, “I’m just like, ‘What did you think of me before?’ “But, she admitted of her past image, “You don’t really think about it in the moment. You’reraising two kids, you’re trying to survive, your heart is broken, you’re trying to fill upyour life with peopleand making mistakes. We’re all just trying to live every day.““So, I guess, decades got away from me,” Anderson continued. “And it was nice to come home, full circle. I’m working more than ever, when I thought I was retired!”Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.Pamela Anderson in Aritzia forElle.Courtesy of AritziaLast year, when the Hulu seriesPam & Tommydramatized her love affair and marriage toTommy Leeand thetheft of their personal tapes, Anderson didn’t comment. But she set the record straight in a memoir anddocumentary for Netflix.Anderson, who now lives on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, previously told PEOPLE, it was her two sonsBrandon, 27, andDylan, 25, who “encouraged me to tell my story.""[There’s] a little bit of anxiety before it comes out, because this has been a year, basically, of therapy, going through my life from my first memory to my last memory,” said the formerBaywatchstar of writing her book. “I’m really proud of it. It is something I wrote every word of. I didn’t have a collaborator. I didn’t have any ghostwriter, nothing.““It’s just one girl’s story of how I made it through: a small-town girl going to Los Angeles and just going through all the wild and crazy adventures I did and then circling back and going home,” Anderson explained.Pamela Anderson’s memoirLove, Pamela.HarperCollinsIn her interview withElle, Anderson also recalled a helpful saying about image that she used to hear regularly from a fellow famous blonde.“That was a great expression thatSuzanne Somerstold me. She used to always say, ‘Hi, dumb blonde.’ Meanwhile, she’s a gazillionaire, doing all these great things,” theBarb Wirestar said.In her own career, Anderson said, she “always thought it was fun to not have anything to live up to, because you could only surprise people.““So it was to my advantage sometimes … and if people didn’t want to look at you as an intelligent person, because you looked a certain way?” she added. “I think we’ve grown past that, hopefully.”
Pamela Anderson in Aritzia forElle.Photo:Courtesy of Aritzia
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Pamela Andersonis pondering how her public image has shifted since the release of her bestselling memoirLove, Pamela.“I get a lot of people walking up to me on the street, saying, ‘I had no idea who you were, and I’m sorry for all the ways I thought about you before, because I like you now,' " the actress and model, 56, toldEllein a new interview of the time after the publication ofLove, Pamelaearlier this year.Recalling her reaction, Anderson, who models pieces fromAritzia’s fall 2023 Babaton campaignin the accompanying photos for herElleinterview, said, “I’m just like, ‘What did you think of me before?’ “But, she admitted of her past image, “You don’t really think about it in the moment. You’reraising two kids, you’re trying to survive, your heart is broken, you’re trying to fill upyour life with peopleand making mistakes. We’re all just trying to live every day.““So, I guess, decades got away from me,” Anderson continued. “And it was nice to come home, full circle. I’m working more than ever, when I thought I was retired!”Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories.Pamela Anderson in Aritzia forElle.Courtesy of AritziaLast year, when the Hulu seriesPam & Tommydramatized her love affair and marriage toTommy Leeand thetheft of their personal tapes, Anderson didn’t comment. But she set the record straight in a memoir anddocumentary for Netflix.Anderson, who now lives on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, previously told PEOPLE, it was her two sonsBrandon, 27, andDylan, 25, who “encouraged me to tell my story.""[There’s] a little bit of anxiety before it comes out, because this has been a year, basically, of therapy, going through my life from my first memory to my last memory,” said the formerBaywatchstar of writing her book. “I’m really proud of it. It is something I wrote every word of. I didn’t have a collaborator. I didn’t have any ghostwriter, nothing.““It’s just one girl’s story of how I made it through: a small-town girl going to Los Angeles and just going through all the wild and crazy adventures I did and then circling back and going home,” Anderson explained.Pamela Anderson’s memoirLove, Pamela.HarperCollinsIn her interview withElle, Anderson also recalled a helpful saying about image that she used to hear regularly from a fellow famous blonde.“That was a great expression thatSuzanne Somerstold me. She used to always say, ‘Hi, dumb blonde.’ Meanwhile, she’s a gazillionaire, doing all these great things,” theBarb Wirestar said.In her own career, Anderson said, she “always thought it was fun to not have anything to live up to, because you could only surprise people.““So it was to my advantage sometimes … and if people didn’t want to look at you as an intelligent person, because you looked a certain way?” she added. “I think we’ve grown past that, hopefully.”
Pamela Andersonis pondering how her public image has shifted since the release of her bestselling memoirLove, Pamela.
“I get a lot of people walking up to me on the street, saying, ‘I had no idea who you were, and I’m sorry for all the ways I thought about you before, because I like you now,' " the actress and model, 56, toldEllein a new interview of the time after the publication ofLove, Pamelaearlier this year.
Recalling her reaction, Anderson, who models pieces fromAritzia’s fall 2023 Babaton campaignin the accompanying photos for herElleinterview, said, “I’m just like, ‘What did you think of me before?’ "
But, she admitted of her past image, “You don’t really think about it in the moment. You’reraising two kids, you’re trying to survive, your heart is broken, you’re trying to fill upyour life with peopleand making mistakes. We’re all just trying to live every day.”
“So, I guess, decades got away from me,” Anderson continued. “And it was nice to come home, full circle. I’m working more than ever, when I thought I was retired!”
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Pamela Anderson in Aritzia forElle.Courtesy of Aritzia
Last year, when the Hulu seriesPam & Tommydramatized her love affair and marriage toTommy Leeand thetheft of their personal tapes, Anderson didn’t comment. But she set the record straight in a memoir anddocumentary for Netflix.
Anderson, who now lives on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, previously told PEOPLE, it was her two sonsBrandon, 27, andDylan, 25, who “encouraged me to tell my story.”
“[There’s] a little bit of anxiety before it comes out, because this has been a year, basically, of therapy, going through my life from my first memory to my last memory,” said the formerBaywatchstar of writing her book. “I’m really proud of it. It is something I wrote every word of. I didn’t have a collaborator. I didn’t have any ghostwriter, nothing.”
“It’s just one girl’s story of how I made it through: a small-town girl going to Los Angeles and just going through all the wild and crazy adventures I did and then circling back and going home,” Anderson explained.
Pamela Anderson’s memoirLove, Pamela.HarperCollins
In her interview withElle, Anderson also recalled a helpful saying about image that she used to hear regularly from a fellow famous blonde.
“That was a great expression thatSuzanne Somerstold me. She used to always say, ‘Hi, dumb blonde.’ Meanwhile, she’s a gazillionaire, doing all these great things,” theBarb Wirestar said.
In her own career, Anderson said, she “always thought it was fun to not have anything to live up to, because you could only surprise people.”
“So it was to my advantage sometimes … and if people didn’t want to look at you as an intelligent person, because you looked a certain way?” she added. “I think we’ve grown past that, hopefully.”
source: people.com
