Pamela Anderson has recalled the time she was given ’10 years to live’ when she was diagnosed with hepatitis C.
The Baywatch actress, 59, contracted the blood-borne illness around 1999 after she shared a tattoo needle with her ex-husband, Tommy Lee.
Pamela said it felt like ‘a death sentence’ after doctors told her it was a terminal diagnosis and she would not live past another decade.
However, she announced in 2015 that she was completely cured of hepatitis C after living with the virus for 16 years.
Speaking at the amfAR Gala in Venice last weekend, Pamela admitted she is ‘still haunted by shame and guilt’.
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