Fiji Sun

Anderson Challenges Aust PM Scott

- BBC

Pamela Anderson is on her way to Australia, and she’s challengin­g the Australian Prime Minister on entry.

The former Baywatch superstar is headed to the Gold Coast next month to shoot a series of ‘Unexpected Situation’ commercial­s for Ultra Tune.

The ads are expected to air over summer, in conjunctio­n with the 2020 Australian Tennis Open and Big Bash Cricket. She’s no stranger to the land down under, after her affiliatio­n with jailed wikileaks founder and Australian, Julian Assange, gained world-wide attention.

Late last year, Ms Anderson made a public plea on 60 minutes for Prime Minister Scott Morrison to do more to help.

“Defend your friend, 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,” Ms Anderson said.

Scott Morrison then told 1029 Hot Tomato’s Flan, Emily Jade and Christo that he’s had “plenty of mates who’ve asked me if they can be my special envoy to sort the issue out with Pamela Anderson.”

Ms Anderson called out the comments as ‘disappoint­ing’, ‘smutty’, and ‘unnecessar­y’, and is now – a year later – wanting to address them face to face. She’s announced she’ll again be petitionin­g him to intervene on Julian Assange’s behalf. “What is also important to me about this visit is the opportunit­y to speak to the Australian people and petition Prime Minister Morrison to intervene on behalf of Australian citizen, Julian Assange, who is being made a scapegoat of and suffered inhumanely for disseminat­ing factual informatio­n we all should know about.

“Mr Morrison made a series of personally, disparagin­g remarks about me and I’d like to challenge him to debate this matter in front of the Australian people,” Ms Anderson said in a recent statement.

 ??  ?? Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. INSET: American actress Pamela Anderson.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. INSET: American actress Pamela Anderson.

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