Pamela Anderson was diagnosed with hepatitis C in the late 1990s. At the time, there was no cure.
The Baywatch actress opened up about her experience with the viral infection during the amfAR Gala in Venice.
“It was a death sentence. That’s what my doctor told me — that I probably had around 10 years to live,” she said, according to Variety. “I’m sure that colored and corrupted my decisions. It was not fear of death, but fear of what might happen to my young children. It turned my life inside out.”
The cure for hepatitis C came out in 2011 and in 2015 she was “hep C free,” she shared, adding that “it took everything I had in my bank” to pay for treatment. On Sunday night was given amfAR’s Award of Courage. The nonprofit organization is focused on ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic but has also done work researching and advocating for hepatitis C.
“But my experience of shame and guilt was also an unconscious journey. It stays with me; it haunts me,” she said. “And just like the sexual abuse that I endured as a child, it felt like it was carved into my forehead: Damaged goods. And I presented myself as such.”
Anderson explained she has yet to “fully recovered” from her diagnosis, but has “finally come to terms” with it.
“My truth has come through my work, finding ways to express myself through the arts. It gave me the ammunition I needed, a fertile life to use and play in,” she concluded. “I’m not a victim, I’m a victor. I am strong and capable, more now than I could ever dream of … I’m not the damsel in distress, no matter how easy that role is to play.”
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