For the final nude edition of Playboy, there was only one woman Hugh Hefner had in mind – step forward 48-year-old Pamela Anderson.
And in case you didn’t get the theme of the shoot from the cover’s shot of her most famous assets, Pammy is wearing a massive gold choker that spells SEX.
The cover marks the 14th front page for Anderson. Inside, Heff gets acting whack-job, sorry, top investigative journalist James Franco to interview her. Which is good news for people who buy Playboy on its literary merit…
Bye bye
The mother-of-two showed some initial reservations about stripping off for the iconic magazine in her forties, but son Brandon urged her to go for it.
Anderson told Brandon: “Hef just called, he wants me to do the last cover of Playboy.” To which a seemingly very open-minded teenager Brandon replied: “Mom, you’ve got to do it. We’re older, we not embarrassed of you anymore. You know, we think you’re great.”
Safe in the knowledge her teenage offspring were no longer ashamed of her, the original Baywatch babe got back to doing what she does best.
It’s little wonder her kids felt so at home with their mother appearing in the magazine, as Anderson said of the Playboy Mansion: “I don’t want to get too detailed, but I’m sure one of my sons was conceived there.”
The romance…
Oi Oi Captain
Although she’s now obviously very much at home with Playboy, Anderson told Franco that her first cover shoot wasn’t so glamorous.
She recalled of the 1989 cover: “The photographer shot me in one roll of film because I was nervous and throwing up. But then I saw the pictures, and from there it was hard to keep my clothes on. I was painfully shy before, but then it clicked in my head that nobody cares what you look like naked except you. People are more concerned about themselves and their own flaws.”
And she admitted that although she doesn’t see herself as beautiful, Anderson thinks people are attracted the by the aura she gives off. Indeed.
“I don’t think of myself as beautiful, but I know I have a deep, sensual drive,” she said. “People respond to that more than physicality because your spirit never ages. I’m a bit of an exhibitionist, and I like being playful and having fun.”
Vintage dress code
Playboy’s January/February 2016 double issue is out on December 11.