Pamela Anderson Gives Powerful Speech in Venice About Hepatitis C Diagnosis: 'It Was a Death Sentence'

Getty Pamela Anderson gave an emotional and powerful speech over the weekend while being honored with amfAR's Award of Courage during the 2026 Venice Film Festival. The Baywatch actress received the award during the amfAR Gala Venice on Sunday night (September 6) at Hilton Molino Stucky in Venice, Italy. amfAR is an organization working to end the HIV and AIDs epidemic, but the charity also works on hepatitis C research. Pamela was diagnosed with Hep C in the 1990s and she says it was a "death sentence" at the time. Pamela Anderson talks about her hepatitis C diagnosis "It was a death . . .