Overview
- In a Vogue Scandinavia interview published Dec. 2, Anderson said she hopes to take her grandfather’s surname, Hyytiäinen.
- She remarked, “Sometimes I don’t want to be Pamela Anderson… I would like to change my name, but they won’t let me,” without specifying the obstacle.
- Herman Hyytiäinen, her late grandfather, emigrated from Finland to Canada, worked as a logger and poet, and taught her Finnish before his death when she was 11.
- She previously visited Finland in 2007 with family and says she wants to return with her sons, Brandon and Dylan, to explore her roots.
- Coverage notes her renewed visibility following Netflix’s Pamela, A Love Story and recent roles, including The Last Showgirl and The Naked Gun with Liam Neeson.