Pamela Anderson says she left Hollywood for Canada to ‘remember who I was’

In a new interview, the Baywatch star said she doesn’t want to be “defined” by other people’s misconceptions about her.

Pamela Anderson reinvents himself – and leaves the past behind.

Back in 2020 Baywatch The 57-year-old actress decided to move to her home country, Canada. In a new interview with the magazine Women’s casual wear (WWD)Anderson said her move to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, was an opportunity to reconnect with her true self.

“I think (it was) coming home, you could say, to really look at my life and remember who I was and not who other people told me I was,” she told the publication.

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“And I didn’t want anything that happened to me to define me. I wanted what I did to define me,” she continued.

This isn’t the first time an ex Playboy The model spoke about her decision to return to her roots.

“I wasn’t in a good place when I came back to Canada,” Anderson told the publication. The best houses and gardens for the September 2024 cover.

“I don’t know what happened in the last few decades, but now I feel so far away from the image of who I was,” she explained. “I was very sad and lonely. I didn’t just feel misunderstood, I felt like I had really screwed up, that my whole life was a tangle of mistakes. I was hard on myself and thought I had put my family and my children through a lot.”

Anderson has two sons with her ex-husband, Brandon, 28, and Dylan, 26. Tommy Lee.

“It took me a couple of years to transition and reflect,” she said. The best houses and gardens. “I could finally sit with myself.”

Anderson noted that for the first few years after moving, she personally renovated her parents’ house, wrote, and learned to bake. The result of a time of self-reflection was her 2023 memoir. With love, Pamela, as well as a cookbook called I love youwhich was published in October 2024.

The author is currently also promoting the launch of a new Sonsie skin cleansera vegan skincare company that she co-owns. She says the product she helped create was inspired by her rose garden.

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“When I started working with the Sonsie group, I really wanted to start applying my life lessons and the things I’ve learned along the way – accepting where you are on your beauty journey – and it just felt like a rose garden to me. , was a very important message because I kind of reinvented myself in the rose garden,” she said. WWD.

Anderson also continues to act. The animal rights activist most recently starred in The Last Dancerwhich premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September and hits theaters on January 10th. She will also star in the film new Naked gun movie With Liam Neeson.

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“I don’t know how I did it,” Anderson said. WWD about the various projects that have appeared in her recently. “Just like in this film, I also don’t know how I did it. I just feel like the stars are aligned and if you just believe in yourself long enough… always keep that little fire going.”

“You know, timing is everything. It seems like my time has come, so I accept it,” she added.