AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Pamela Anderson reveals hepatitis C battle in speech at amfAR Venice gala
Pamela Anderson told a black-tie audience in Venice that a late-1990s hepatitis C diagnosis left her believing she had ten years to live, a disclosure she paired with a declaration that she now considers herself "a victor, not a victim." Anderson received amfAR's Award of Courage on Sunday night at the organization's gala, held at […] The post Pamela Anderson reveals hepatitis C battle in speech at amfAR Venice gala appeared first on American Almanac .
Pamela Anderson told a black-tie audience in Venice that a late-1990s hepatitis C diagnosis left her believing she had ten years to live, a disclosure she paired with a declaration that she now considers herself "a victor, not a victim." Anderson received amfAR's Award of Courage on Sunday night at the organization's gala, held at the Hilton Molino Stucky in Venice. The actress, best known for "Baywatch," used the platform to walk the room through nearly two decades of illness, shame, and eventual recovery, a stretch she said reshaped every major decision in her life. The speech marked one of Anderson's most detailed public accounts of the diagnosis and its fallout. She told the crowd her doctor delivered the news bluntly, Variety…Open