Pamela Anderson stepped off the plane in Athens on Sunday for the premiere of her new television show, titled “It’s Show Time”.
Asked if she knew any Greek words, she said: “Yes, well… Ohi (No).”
She said that she admired the Greek people who voted ‘no’ to bailout reforms in the Greek referendum by 61 per cent.
“It was the most heroic event in recent Greek history, thousands of people were on the streets, there was hope, for the first time people felt dignity, by simply saying ‘no’,” she said.
“But unfortunately, the SYRIZA (left) government decided to overturn that, and the next day of the referendum finance minister Yanis Varoufakis resigned.
“Today when you look at Greece, you will see that most of the airports are owned by German companies (Fraport), that the port of Piraeus is owned by the Chinese, that people are even more in debt, there is poverty everywhere, that there is mass immigration of the young population… So ‘Ohi’ means something today. It is a symbol which should not be forgotten.”
The former model also sent an open letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday. She hopes that the letter would encourage him to set free 11 orcas and 87 beluga whales currently in captivity near Nakhodka, Russia.
She shared the letter on her blog on the foundations website for her fans and supporters to see.
Anderson is no stranger to Greece and has visited the country before. Her first husband, Tommy Lee, was Greek.