Pamela Anderson says her hepatitis C diagnosis in the late 1990s led her to feel she had been given a “death sentence,” and that she was told she had about “10 years to live.” She describes the experience as leaving her “haunted” by shame and guilt.
Anderson says the diagnosis continues to affect how she makes decisions, including her approach to motherhood. The outlets reporting on her comments focus on the emotional impact of the diagnosis and the way it shaped her thinking at the time, rather than on new medical information. While the wording varies between “death sentence” and “10 years to live,” both accounts present the diagnosis as the central trigger for her long-term feelings of fear and guilt.
