Pamela Anderson talks about how difficult it was for her young sons to see her “sexualized” by Hollywood as they were growing up.
“Being a working mom and being in this entertainment world and seeing your mom sexualized in one way or another… a lot of things I went through, I didn’t realize my kids were going through. at the same time,” she said. The 57-year-old actor said in a new interview with fellow actor Mikey Madison for Variety: “Actors on Actors » series.
Anderson became a renowned sex symbol in the 90s after rising to fame with her role in “Baywatch» like the blonde bombshell who never failed to turn heads by running in slow motion in a red one-piece swimsuit.
Known for her regular appearances in Playboy magazine, she holds the record for the greatest number of covers (13). The star was also the subject of controversy after a sex tape with her ex-husband and rock star Tommy Lee was released. stolen and distributed.
“The Last Showgirl” star, who is mom to sons Brandon, now 28, and Dylan, now 26, with Lee, admitted in the interview published Tuesday that she was “I am not ashamed of the choices I made.”
But Anderson said that “maybe in hindsight I would have done things differently.”
However, as she told Madison, everything worked out because “you need life experience to know that you would have done things differently.”
When it comes to raising her sons now, she said she feels like she has “the freedom to focus on things instead of worrying about a relationship or my family” since they are now adults.
“My children are grown up. I am free. Now I can act again,” the “Barb Wire” actor told Madison.
In an interview with Variety published Wednesday, Anderson’s son Brandon gushed about his mother’s “big change” in her career, from being “objectified” by the “male gaze” to being noticed by female fans as a respected actress.
He attributed the transition to the release of his 2023 memoir, “Love, Pamela,” and the Netflix documentary “Pamela, a Love Story,” but insisted his new film, “The Last Showgirl,” was which “pushed” the public to really see her acting skills.
“In the category that she previously fell into, she was just very objectified…her whole career was just geared toward the male gaze,” said Brandon, a Emmy Award-nominated producersaid. “And seeing the change after playing all the cards on the table shocked me.”
Her eldest son added: “I knew at that point that there would be this big change in her career, because she was no longer this misunderstood or threatening personality. »
Explaining that “she wasn’t this sex symbol anymore” in these projects, Brandon said, “She was a human being, and I think people were looking at her in a whole new light.”
He added, “And I feel like it kind of reintroduced her to the world.” It’s like everyone supports her.
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Watch a clip from Anderson’s “Actors on Actors” interview with Mikey Madison below.