After nearly three decades of exploitation and public humiliation on a global scale, complete with cringey late-night talk show clips that live rent-free in our heads (cough, cough, Jay Leno), Pamela Anderson has taken the reigns back and vindicated herself of the unwarranted judgment and ridicule once and for all — and, finally, the world is willing to receive it.
In her new, older, wiser era, Anderson is embracing her imperfect hero’s journey. “I’m not a victim,” she declared in her hit Netflix doc. “I put myself in crazy situations and survived them.” Through years of survival, Anderson’s shine can no longer be ignored. Between her 2022 Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in “Chicago,” her latest endeavor with Netflix, and her new candid newsletters to fans, Anderson is reclaiming the space we shut her out from for so long. Perhaps she says it best when she posed the question in her streaming doc, “Why can’t we be the heroes of our own life story?”
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While it’s glaringly apparent that Anderson’s happiness does not hinge on our acceptance and applause, we would be absolutely remiss not to apologize for all we put her through. We are so sorry, Anderson. It should have never taken us this long.
