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Pamela Anderson explains her decision to leave Hollywood for Canada
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Pamela Anderson explains her decision to leave Hollywood for Canada

Pamela Anderson explains why she left Hollywood for her home country of Canada.

The actress told Women’s Wear Daily this week, her decision was made as a way for her “to really look at (her) life and remember who (she) was.”

“That’s not what other people told me I was — and I didn’t want what happened to me to define me,” she further explained.

“I wanted what I do to define me… all these accomplishments came to me in the rose garden.”

Pamela Anderson told Women’s Wear Daily on Tuesday that she left Hollywood for Canada to remember who she was. Instagram/Pamelaanderson
“I didn’t want what happened to me to define me,” she told the publication. “I wanted what I do to define me.” Instagram/Pamelaanderson

The Baywatch star, 57, left Tinseltown for Vancouver Island, British Columbia, a few years ago during a period of soul-searching.

In an interview with better houses and gardens in August, Anderson recalled that she “kind of gave up at one point” and felt she “needed a change” before moving.

“I don’t know what’s happened over the last few decades, but I now feel very far from the image of who I was,” she told the publication.

The former Playboy model moved to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, a few years ago during a period of soul-searching. Instagram/Pamelaanderson
She previously told Better Homes & Gardens that she “gave up” at one point in her life and “needed a change” before moving. pamelaanderson/Instagram

The “Barb Wire” star added that she also felt “very sad and alone,” as well as “misunderstood.”

“I felt like I had really screwed up, that my whole life was a bunch of mistakes,” she said.

Anderson didn’t share at the time what mistakes she thought she made, but she did describe what she thought people thought of her.

Anderson also said she now feels “so far away” from her previous image. Roadside Attractions via Getty Images
“It’s such a relief that I can be myself and enjoy this moment,” she said. Getty Images for the Academy of Cinema

“People have this sort of pneumatic image of me, from Playboy to ‘Baywatch’ to my rock ‘n’ roll husbands and everything in between,” the former Playmate said.

“But I also played with the image that was created around me. I’m glad I did all that, but I’m really happy to be where I am now.

Anderson acknowledged that she had “overcome all of that,” concluding, “Now it’s such a relief that I can be myself and enjoy this moment.”

Anderson was a ’90s sex symbol after starring in “Baywatch” and posing several times for Playboy. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Giorgio Armani
She was infamously married to Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee for a few years. Their troubled marriage ended after their sex tape was leaked. Getty Images

Anderson was a notorious sex symbol of the ’90s after rising to fame on “Baywatch” and becoming a fixture on Playboy magazine.

She was infamously involved in a leaked sex tape in 1996 with her then-husband, Tommy Lee, the drummer for Mötley Crüewhat she mentioned previously weighed heavily on her.

The couple shares two adult sons: Brandon Thomas Lee, 28 years old, and Dylan Jagger Lee, 26 years old.

Anderson continued to try marriage several times, but she is currently single. She had no more children.

Anderson is currently single after walking down the aisle several times. thedrewbarrymoreshow/TikTok
In September, she said she had never felt more comfortable in her own skin. thedrewbarrymoreshow/TikTok

In her 2023 Netflix documentary “Pamela, A Love Story,” the star confirmed that she would rather “be alone” than not be with Lee.

“I thought I would start a family again or fall in love with someone else, that’s just not me,” she explained.

Despite all the ups and downs of his life, Anderson says Glamor in September, she never felt better and shared, “I feel more comfortable in my skin now than I have in the last 30 years.”