Pamela Anderson Says She Left Hollywood for Canada to 'Remember Who I Was'

Mar. 15, 2025

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Pamela Andersonis rediscovering herself — and leaving the past behind.

Back in 2020, theBaywatchactress, 57, made the decision to relocate to her home country of Canada. In a new interview withWomen’s Wear Daily (WWD), Anderson said her move to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, was an opportunity to reconnect with her true self.

“I guess [it was] a homecoming, you could say, to really kind of look at my life and remember who I was — not what other people were telling me I was,” she told the outlet.

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

This isn’t the first time the formerPlayboymodel has spoken about her decision to return to her roots.

“I was not in a good space when I moved back to Canada,” Anderson said in an interview withBetter Homes & Gardensfor its September 2024 cover story.

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

Anderson shares two sons, Brandon, 28, and Dylan, 26, with her ex-husbandTommy Lee.

“It took me a couple years of transitioning and thinking,” she toldBetter Homes & Gardens. “I was finally able to sit with myself.”

Anderson noted that she spent the first few years after the move personally renovating a property for her parents, writing and learning to bake. The time of self-reflection resulted in her 2023 memoirLove, Pamela,as well as a cookbook calledI Love You, which was published in October 2024.

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

Anderson also continues to act. The animal rights activist most recently starred inThe Last Showgirl, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September and will hit movie theaters on Jan. 10. She is also set to star in anewNaked GunfilmwithLiam Neeson.

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“I don’t know how I pulled this off,” Anderson toldWWDof the various projects that have come her way recently. “Just like this movie I’m doing, I don’t know how I pulled it off either. I just feel like the stars have aligned, and if you just believe in yourself long enough … always keep that little fire burning.”

“You know, timing is everything. So this seems to be my time, so I’m embracing it," she added.

source: people.com