Pamela Anderson is a warrior who has faced violence and prejudice, and it is for this courage that she was awarded the Courage Award at the amfAR gala organized on Sunday, on the sidelines of the Venice Film Festival. And she had poignant words on stage as she received her award.
She notably spoke of a key moment in her existence, a moment which “turned my life upside down”. When he was diagnosed with hepatitis C in the late 90s. A disease for which there was no treatment at the time. “It was a death sentence. This is what my doctor told me: I probably had around ten years to live,” she confided in her speech, reports Variety.
“I am certain that this distorted and altered my decisions,” she clarified. “It was not the fear of death, but the fear of what could happen to my young children.” His sons Thomas Brandon and Dylan Jagger were born in 1996 and 1997 respectively.
The actress fortunately lived longer thanks to the discovery of a treatment in 2011, in which she put “all (s) her savings”. But she indicated that she had been marked for a long time by this diagnosis, which she received with “shame” and “guilt”, before moving on to build a different career.
“I am not a victim, I am a winner,” she concluded. “I am strong and capable, more than I ever dared hope…I am not the damsel in distress, although it is easier to play that role.”
