Pamela Anderson tells Martha Stewart that her mother urged her to pose for Playboy to cure her shyness

Pamela Anderson He opened up about his early days as a playboy model for Martha Stewart.

During an interview for Elle’s digital problem January 2025, Stewart spoke with Anderson about her recent film, “The Last Showgirl” and her Oscar snub.

While diving into their career, Anderson and Stewart took a trip down memory lane when they were first introduced to fame.

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“Back to the movie. I can’t stop thinking about that man in the audition scene… it’s happened to all of us. Those auditions that are so ridiculous and so cutthroat. You get the real feeling of that there,” Stewart he said, referencing Anderson’s latest film.

Pamela responded, “I like that he doesn’t take no for an answer. He almost walks away, but then he turns around and says, ‘What didn’t you like?’ As much as he wore his heart on his sleeve to re-evaluate his life choices, he fought back.”

“I had an experience like that when I was very young, going modeling. They asked all the girls to bring bikinis, and after my interview with about 15 guys sitting around a table, they said, ‘Go look in your bikini,” Stewart said.

“And I said, ‘Does the part require a bikini?’ And the guy said, ‘No, but we have you here, so we might as well look at you.’ And I just left the room.

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“That’s the way I’ve been all along, I just couldn’t stand it,” Stewart said. “When you see other girls putting up with it because they need the money or they need the job, it’s a tough situation. I think that might be getting better after all these years.”

Anderson sympathized with Stewart and explained that her mother was a big reason she decided to pose for Playboy in October 1989.

“It’s hard to navigate a business that’s built on physical beauty and also naivety. You’re in this business and you want to please people. And you get the feeling that maybe it’s not the right thing to do, and you can put yourself in these situations. dangerous,” Anderson said.

“When the Playboy cover (opportunity) came up, my mom said, ‘Just do it.'”

– Pamela Anderson

“Was Such a shy young woman, If you can believe it, I wanted to do anything to stop being shy. When the Playboy cover (opportunity) came up, my mom said, “Just do it.” “I didn’t know what it was going to lead to, but then it led to this crazy, crazy life,” Anderson concluded.

In 2018, Anderson discussed her mother’s influence on her Playboy career.

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“It was the woman’s choice to be in the magazine. It was my choice to be in the magazine, they didn’t make me do anything I was uncomfortable with. My first reaction was no, and I talked to Mother. And she said, ‘Why? no? Associated Press At the moment.

“I had never been on a plane before, I had never left my small town and I was scared to death.

Now that she Playboy days are behind her, Anderson is living a peaceful life in Ladysmith in British Columbia. The “Baywatch” star decided to return to acting, as well as gardening and moving her parents to their property.

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“The Last Showgirl,” which debuted in 2024, earned Anderson Golden Globe and SAG nominations, but not an Oscar nod.

“Congratulations on the Golden Globe nomination. I don’t think you’ve gotten an Oscar,” Stewart told Anderson.

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Pamela responded: “No, there is no Oscar nomination, but I couldn’t even imagine that. I got a SAG nomination, which is really exciting and… this whole thing is unexpected and exciting. I always say that the victory is in Him.” job.