Pamela Anderson opens up on her relationship with Julian Assange

SCOTT Morrison has taken to the airways to respond to calls for action from former Baywatch bombshell Pamela Anderson, after she told of her “romantic struggle” with Julian Assange.

SCOTT Morrison has taken to the airways to respond to calls for action from former Baywatch bombshell Pamela Anderson.

The one-time Playboy Playmate appeared in an interview on 60 Minutes last night in which she opened up about her relationship with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

After initial confusion about the identity of the Prime Minister, the Hollywood star urged Morrison to intervene to free Assange from the Ecuadorean Embassy in London.

Anderson addressed the PM: “Defend your friend, and get Julian his passport back, and take him back to Australia and be proud of him. And throw him a parade when he gets home.”

Pamela Anderson is interviewed by Liam Bartlett at her new home in the south of France. Picture: 60 Minutes/Nine Network

On Gold Coast radio 1029 Hot Tomato today, Morrison made light of the attention he was getting from the blonde beauty.

“I’ve had plenty of mates who’ve asked me if they can be my special envoy to sort the issue out with Pamela Anderson,” ScoMo said with a laugh.

He continued (this time in serious mode): “Putting that to one side … our position on that hasn’t changed.”

The PM not surprisingly rejected a welcome home parade for Assange.

In a letter sent last week, Anderson also urged the PM to ban live animal exports — an issue Morrison says his government is acting on.

“She has raised some other important issues about live exports. We just had the Moss Review back. It’s a bit of a hard policy topic but we are acting on that with an inspector general and an animal welfare branch sitting within the dept of ag. There are some pretty serious issues going on with live sheep and we are acting on them”.

The star outside the embassy during one of her frequent visits. Picture: AAP

During last night's interview, the US-Canadian actress described her situation with Assange as a “romantic struggle”.

The star is regularly photographed entering and leaving the Ecuadorean Embassy where Assange is holed up.

Anderson, a longtime animal rights activist, said she arranged a meeting with Assange just over two years ago.

“I wanted to meet him because I wanted to ask him how to be a more effective activist. Of course, I was fascinated with him,” she said.

In the interview at her home in the south of France, Anderson said she was “valuable” to the Melbourne-born Assange “because I think people think he’s a computer screen and I humanise him.”

Pamela Anderson delivers lunch to Julian Assange. Picture: Getty

She said she visited Assange for “three to four hours at a time”.

“I’m exhausted when I leave but I’ve got a stack of notes,” she laughed.

When asked directly by reporter Liam Bartlett what sort of relationship she had with Assange, Anderson replied: “We like to call it a romantic struggle. It is to educate the world.”

The enigmatic Anderson said the pair’s relationship wasn’t about “holding hands”.

“We don’t have a romantic relationship like that, but I feel very close to him. And I feel closer to him than a lot of people have and he trusts me.”

Now living in Cassis in the south of France with her boyfriend, French World Cup soccer player Adil Rami, Anderson admits to having a famously chaotic romantic history, saying she seems “to pick the same kind of men”.

Pamela Anderson described her connection with Julian Assange as a “romantic struggle”. Picture: AFP

She married rocker Tommy Lee — she famously wore a bikini to the ceremony — in 1995 before a nasty split in 1998. The couple had two sons together, Brandon and Dylan.

In 2006, Anderson married Kid Rock, but they couple split shortly after.

The following year, Anderson married Rick Salomon but they called it quits months after. Six years later, Anderson and Salomon remarried in 2014 but divorced in 2015.

“I mean, I love to be married, Anderson told 60 Minutes.

“The marriage part is difficult, but I love the weddings … I think, yeah, maybe once should have been enough for me.”

Pamela Anderson with 60 Minutes reporter Liam Bartlett.

The stunning star, who has graced the pages of Playboy numerous times, defended the controversial magazine as “empowering” but dismissed the Me Too movement.

“I’m a feminist, but I think that this third wave of feminism is a bore,” she said.

“I think it paralyses men. I think that this Me Too movement is a bit too much for me. I’ll probably get killed for saying that.”

Referring to the Harvey Weinstein scandal, Anderson appeared to defend the disgraced mogul. She said mother had taught her “don’t go to a hotel with a stranger”.

“If someone answers a door in a bathrobe and it’s supposed to be a business meeting, maybe I should go with somebody else,” Anderson told 60 Minutes.

“I think that some things are just common sense. Or if you go in, get the job,” she laughed. “I’m Canadian, I’m going to speak my mind, okay?”