Pamela Anderson won’t be dating again until “after Christmas,” but the single star is taking some steps toward putting her divorce from Rick Salomon behind her. Anderson is auctioning off her engagement ring for charity.
Emma Dunlavey
“I hope this very special Tiffany engagement ring can bring joy to someone while I put the donation to great use,” the 50-year-old star told PEOPLE, adding, “One hundred percent of funds raised will go to The Pamela Anderson Foundation [dedicated to human, animal and environmental rights] and this will mark the launching of my foundation’s new eBay charity store, where there will be signed books, magazines and more memorabilia.”
The stunning Tiffany & Co. ring features a 3.24-carat round brilliant cut diamond stone surrounded by
round brilliant cut diamonds weighing approximately .46 carat total weight. The starting bid? $100,000.
Emma Dunlavey
Anderson and Salomon were married and divorced twice. Over the years, there was a series of restraining orders in which Anderson once claimed she was “scared of what he was capable of doing to me.”
But the exes have now settled in a peaceful place.
“Public divorces can be harsh and cruel — we apologize to our families and friends for any hurt and embarrassment we have caused — we have come to an amicable agreement and are moving on,” the couple said in a joint statement after their second divorce was finalized in April. “There are private and personal family sensitivities to consider and we retract any hurtful comments made in haste and distaste. We wish each other and our families well.”
Anderson has kept herself really busy since the split, recently releasing her new photo and poetry coffee table book, Raw, which features poetry and prose by Anderson combined with a decade’s worth sexy photographs by Emma Dunlavey.
While promoting the book, Anderson PEOPLE that she’s not afraid of aging.
“I embrace my age. It’s about feeling good about what you have,” she shared, adding,” I actually feel like I look younger and younger.”
And the star’s proving that in her new nude photo shoot for Flaunt magazine’s latest issue. Shot by David LaChapelle, Anderson poses covered in silver glitter. In the interview, she opens up to the magazine about her sex tape scandal (refresher: her private home videos with ex-husband Tommy Lee were stolen from their property).
David LaChapelle
“I was in the Guinness Book of World Records for most downloads,” she says, adding, “I think it’s the least sensual thing, a computer. How does anyone learn to make love? They’re so oversaturated with all of this information. It’s kind of becoming a lost art. We need to start a sensual revolution, to start feeling our feelings again. It’s that loss of intimacy.”
She also tells the magazine that she keeps her iconic red Baywatch one-pieces in a locked safe. Why? Because in 2001, she was subjected to anther invasion or privacy — a homeless woman broke into her home and put on her iconic one-piece.
David LaChapelle
“When the police officer arrested her, they asked me if I wanted it back, and I said ‘No, no you can keep it.'” But, yes, a duplicate is in her safe.
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