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Leader Live
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Leader Live
Being a sex symbol can be scary at times
Speaking on the How to Fail with Elizabeth Day podcast, the Baywatch star discussed her career, being typecast, her experience of abuse and her decision to no longer wear make-up on red carpets. Anderson, who was a Playboy model before being propelled to fame in her role as lifeguard CJ Parker in Baywatch in the 1990s, described being a sex symbol as a 'slippery slope'. The 58-year-old said: 'I don't like being a sex symbol. I mean, I think it's not very sexy. 'I think we all aspire to be sexy in our relationships, but sexy for the world is, I don't know. 'It brought a lot of attention I didn't like, but I hate to say that because I'm not complaining, but I do feel that is a slippery slope where you are presenting yourself to the world like this and you get this attention back, that can be even scary at times. 'Me not wearing make-up and me being at this age, coming into this part of my career, I felt it was important for me in my personal life, to be more natural. 'I want to challenge myself and become and to be, present myself in different ways because women are many things. 'We're not just the wild animal between the sheets.' On her decision to be make-up free on red carpets, Anderson said she was not 'letting myself go'. 'I don't feel like I look like a mess when I walk out the door,' she said. 'I'm just peeling it back to see who I am.' The actor added: 'We have these generational habits, the way that we're brought up even, and just these things stick in our head, so I want to break free of that. 'I feel like this is a little bit of a rebel move is to be who you want to be, like what is beauty? Beauty's subjective? 'We don't have to look like the covers of magazines. 'We don't have to do the industry standard, which everybody was so horrified when I decided I didn't need a glam team for certain events.' Anderson, who was a Playboy model before being propelled to fame in her role as lifeguard CJ Parker in Baywatch in the 1990s, has two sons with ex-husband Tommy Lee. In 2022, her private life was shone under the spotlight once again, with the TV series Pam & Tommy dramatising their whirlwind romance. She made her Broadway debut playing Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago in 2022, and last year she starred in the film The Last Showgirl, which led to her being nominated for a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild award. The full interview can be heard on the How To Fail With Elizabeth Day podcast.
South Wales Guardian
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- South Wales Guardian
Being a sex symbol can be scary at times
Speaking on the How to Fail with Elizabeth Day podcast, the Baywatch star discussed her career, being typecast, her experience of abuse and her decision to no longer wear make-up on red carpets. Anderson, who was a Playboy model before being propelled to fame in her role as lifeguard CJ Parker in Baywatch in the 1990s, described being a sex symbol as a 'slippery slope'. The 58-year-old said: 'I don't like being a sex symbol. I mean, I think it's not very sexy. 'I think we all aspire to be sexy in our relationships, but sexy for the world is, I don't know. 'It brought a lot of attention I didn't like, but I hate to say that because I'm not complaining, but I do feel that is a slippery slope where you are presenting yourself to the world like this and you get this attention back, that can be even scary at times. 'Me not wearing make-up and me being at this age, coming into this part of my career, I felt it was important for me in my personal life, to be more natural. 'I want to challenge myself and become and to be, present myself in different ways because women are many things. 'We're not just the wild animal between the sheets.' On her decision to be make-up free on red carpets, Anderson said she was not 'letting myself go'. 'I don't feel like I look like a mess when I walk out the door,' she said. 'I'm just peeling it back to see who I am.' The actor added: 'We have these generational habits, the way that we're brought up even, and just these things stick in our head, so I want to break free of that. 'I feel like this is a little bit of a rebel move is to be who you want to be, like what is beauty? Beauty's subjective? 'We don't have to look like the covers of magazines. 'We don't have to do the industry standard, which everybody was so horrified when I decided I didn't need a glam team for certain events.' Anderson, who was a Playboy model before being propelled to fame in her role as lifeguard CJ Parker in Baywatch in the 1990s, has two sons with ex-husband Tommy Lee. In 2022, her private life was shone under the spotlight once again, with the TV series Pam & Tommy dramatising their whirlwind romance. She made her Broadway debut playing Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago in 2022, and last year she starred in the film The Last Showgirl, which led to her being nominated for a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild award. The full interview can be heard on the How To Fail With Elizabeth Day podcast.
The Herald Scotland
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
Being a sex symbol can be scary at times
Anderson, who was a Playboy model before being propelled to fame in her role as lifeguard CJ Parker in Baywatch in the 1990s, described being a sex symbol as a 'slippery slope'. The 58-year-old said: 'I don't like being a sex symbol. I mean, I think it's not very sexy. 'I think we all aspire to be sexy in our relationships, but sexy for the world is, I don't know. 'It brought a lot of attention I didn't like, but I hate to say that because I'm not complaining, but I do feel that is a slippery slope where you are presenting yourself to the world like this and you get this attention back, that can be even scary at times. 'Me not wearing make-up and me being at this age, coming into this part of my career, I felt it was important for me in my personal life, to be more natural. 'I want to challenge myself and become and to be, present myself in different ways because women are many things. 'We're not just the wild animal between the sheets.' On her decision to be make-up free on red carpets, Anderson said she was not 'letting myself go'. 'I don't feel like I look like a mess when I walk out the door,' she said. Pamela Anderson attending the Vanity Fair Oscar Party held at the Wallis Annenberg Centre for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California (Doug Peters/PA) 'I'm just peeling it back to see who I am.' The actor added: 'We have these generational habits, the way that we're brought up even, and just these things stick in our head, so I want to break free of that. 'I feel like this is a little bit of a rebel move is to be who you want to be, like what is beauty? Beauty's subjective? 'We don't have to look like the covers of magazines. 'We don't have to do the industry standard, which everybody was so horrified when I decided I didn't need a glam team for certain events.' Anderson, who was a Playboy model before being propelled to fame in her role as lifeguard CJ Parker in Baywatch in the 1990s, has two sons with ex-husband Tommy Lee. In 2022, her private life was shone under the spotlight once again, with the TV series Pam & Tommy dramatising their whirlwind romance. She made her Broadway debut playing Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago in 2022, and last year she starred in the film The Last Showgirl, which led to her being nominated for a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild award. The full interview can be heard on the How To Fail With Elizabeth Day podcast.
Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Pamela Anderson insists women are 'so much more than animals between the sheets' as former Baywatch bombshell dismisses her sex symbol status and reveals why she's really chosen to stop wearing makeup
For many she was the ultimate nineties pin-up, but Pamela Anderson admits she hated the objectification that inevitably came with her sex symbol status after finding fame on Baywatch. The Canadian actress became a household name thanks to her role as voluptuous C.J Parker in David Hasselhoff's smash-hit series centered on the genetically blessed lifeguards of Los Angeles County. But Anderson, now 58, believes being credited as one of the world's sexiest women is a 'slippery slope' that generates more than its fair share of negative male attention Appearing on the latest instalment of the How To Fail With Elizabeth Day podcast, she said: 'I don't like being a sex symbol. I mean, I think it's not very sexy. I think we all aspire to be sexy in our relationships, but sexy for the world is, I don't know. 'It brought a lot of attention I didn't like, but I hate to say that because I'm not complaining, but I do feel that is a slippery slope where you are presenting yourself to the world like this and you get this attention back that.' The actress, who has opted to defy convention by attending high profile public events without makeup over recent years, insisted it was important to redefine herself and embrace a less sexualised look as she entered middle-age. She said: 'It can be even scary at times, me not wearing makeup and me being at this age, coming into this part of my career, I felt it was important for me in my personal life, to be more natural. 'I want to challenge myself and become and to be present myself in different ways because women are many things. We're not just the wild animal between the sheets.' As she advances through her fifties, Anderson has been widely praised for the unconventional decision to forgo makeup at a string of public events, starting with a memorable appearance at Paris Fashion Week in September 2023. 'I get people coming up to me on the street, at the grocery store, on the plane, and really loving this choice that I've made,' she said. 'I feel like it is resonating and it's something I want to explore deeper too, even for myself, because I'm a rebel. I'm always challenging things. I'm always doing the opposite of what people tell me to do. I just have that in me and so I want to work with people that have the same concerns. 'We have these generational habits, the way that we're brought up even, and just these things stick in our head, so I want to break free of that. 'I feel like this is a little bit of a rebel move to be who you want to be, like what is beauty? Beauty's subjective? We don't have to look like the covers of magazines.' The actress went viral after attending Victoria Beckham's Paris Fashion Week runway show without a scrap of makeup. It marked the beginning of a fresh chapter for Anderson, who admits the decision to travel to the French capital without a makeup artist sparked panic among her team of assistants. She recalled: 'When I was in Paris, I thought, who's looking at me? I'm clothed from head to toe with these big hats and this much of my face is sticking out. Is anyone going to really fall over backwards if I'm not wearing makeup? And that's where it started at Paris Fashion Week. 'It just sent everybody scrambling around me thinking, no, this is not what people do and I said, well, that even gives me more reason to do it. Not that it was, world peace or anything, but it was just me challenging myself thinking, why am I sitting in a makeup chair for three hours when I'm not trying to be the prettiest girl in the room. I'm going to a fashion show. 'I just felt like it was time to, I had nothing to lose and I felt, I'm not trying to create a persona right now. I'm not trying to be famous. I need to use my position to experiment and open up conversations.' She added: 'It's not that I'm letting myself go. I don't feel like I look like a mess when I walk out the door. I'm just peeling it back to see who I am. 'It's just a starting position. I don't know what my next incarnation is, but it's not going to be what my mother tells me to do.' It all began for Anderson in 1989, when she made what would prove to be a life-decision by attending a football match with her mother at Vancouver's BC Place stadium. The then-unknown 22-year old featured on the stadium jumbotron wearing a Labatt's beer T-shirt, sparking the interest of brewing company executives who immediately employed her as a company spokesmodel. The move would eventually lead to a call from Playboy, a move to Los Angeles and her now iconic cover shoot for the American's men's monthly. 'Playboy called me when I was in Vancouver still and I called my mom and she said I'd do it,' she recalled. 'She goes, if they asked me, I would do it and she said, I want you to get out of this town. I want you to live your life, go baby, see where this takes you."' The following year Anderson was named Playmate Of The Month, with the actress getting her own centrefold spread in the magazine's February 1990 issue. And she admits being independent in Los Angeles while surrounded by 'so many beautiful women of all shapes and sizes' at Hugh Hefner's Playboy Mansion helped her overcome her initial shyness and embrace a newfound freedom 'in a big way.' 'I seem to be challenge myself in very interesting ways, but that was one of the things, I felt like the first flash of photography, it was just a Playboy cover, was not nudity, but it was very low jacket that I was holding shut,' she said. 'I felt like I was falling off a building. I felt like I am free and I know that sounds crazy, but it was freedom. It was, I'm somebody else. 'I'm going to be what this version of what a Playboy playmate would be or an actress because it was so far removed from my reality that none of it felt real, but I felt freedom.'
Daily Mail
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Pamela Anderson RETURNS to signature 90s glam makeup after years of embracing natural beauty
Pamela Anderson made an epic return to her signature makeup look after years of embracing her natural beauty on magazine covers and at public appearances. While she entered her fresh-faced era back in 2023 to feel more comfortable in her own skin and reject societal beauty standards, the movie star, 57, made the rare move of wearing full glam. In a post, uploaded by Los Angeles-based makeup artist David Velasquez, the actress wore a red Versace robe, charcoal black liner, overlined beige lipstick and a dramatic pair of fake eyelashes. 'Rock N Roll like the 90s,' Velasquez, who previously did Anderson's makeup for a 2022 Paper Magazine shoot, captioned the image. Although it is unknown when the stunning snap was taken, fans of the Baywatch legend were quick to praise her blonde bombshell comeback. 'I love her no makeup look but this feels like home,' one fan commented. Pamela Anderson made an epic return to her signature makeup look after years of embracing her natural beauty on magazine covers and at public appearances Another gushed: 'Wow! She looks even better than she did in the 90s! Sheesh!!' 'pammy out here reminding us she can eat us all up with or without makeup,' a third wrote underneath the post. Others thanked Velasquez for giving Anderson 'a full face just to remind the girls who THE OG is!!!' Anderson is best known for starring on Baywatch for five seasons, from 1992 to 1997, as the iconic role of C.J. Parker, a stunning lifeguard. Last year, she received critical acclaim for her 2024 drama The Last Showgirl and earned a Best Actress nomination at the Golden Globes and SAG Awards. Earlier this year, a source told that Pamela is delighted that she is 'being applauded for her toned-down looks and recognized for her true talent.' They said: 'Pamela has gotten so much positive feedback from women all over the world for her natural glow up. 'She has become an icon who is now known for baring her all-natural self. 'While Pam recognizes that a little more make up would have gone fabulous with her gown, she also realizes that this is not true to who she is anymore. 'To do herself up – whether at the awards or anywhere else for that matter – would make her not true to herself.' The insider added that 'part of her motivation' to cut back on her glam was because she wanted to 'strip away her Barbwire image and Baywatch personification' - and be viewed 'as a serious actor.' 'When she went into this, part of her motivation was to strip away her Barbwire image and Baywatch personification. Shew wanted to be taken as a serious actor,' they continued. 'Pamela realized her true talent when she played Roxy Hart on Broadway. This was life changing for her. 'Never in a million years did she think that she would have been nominated for an award like this.' Another source close to the star confirmed that she 'still wears light makeup from time to time' and that she has not sworn off make-up forever, instead just changing her relationship with it. Earlier this week, an insider revealed that the Baywatch icon is 'focusing on herself, enjoying being single' and not interested in any of the divorce rumors regarding her ex-husband Tommy Lee and his wife Brittany Furlan. Just days after the Mötley Crüe drummer's wife, 38, admitted they were navigating a 'tough time' in their relationship, a source insisted that his former spouse has 'zero interest in revisiting the past.' The insider went on to tell TMZ that the musician, 62, has 'no shot' with Anderson, whom he shares sons Brandon Thomas, 27, and Dylan Jagger, 26, now. Lee and Furlan allegedly split after six years of marriage due to the rocker's drinking problem. While sources told TMZ, it was 'unclear' if a divorce filing was in the near future, Lee unfollowed Furlan on Instagram amid their ongoing drama and the content creator has been living in a hotel.
