Should you had been to suppose again on “Baywatch” or the spoof movies of the early aughts, odds are one of many first actors to return to thoughts could be Carmen Electra. Nevertheless, from the 2010s and onward, we’ve not heard fairly as a lot about her. Granted, that is to not say she’s gone off the radar fully. Au contraire, the actor has stepped into her energy in the previous few years — and she or he’s additionally gotten very susceptible. 

After quite a lot of quieter years, Electra made headlines in 2023 when she and her “Baywatch” co-star Jenny McCarthy reunited for a Skims swimwear marketing campaign. Talking to Folks, Electra shared that she’d been thrilled to be part of it (and never simply because she loves working with McCarthy). “Kim’s a sweetheart. She’s been very cool with me. So I used to be like, ‘Hell yeah, it is on,'” she gushed. That stated, Electra additionally hinted at one more reason why she was completely satisfied to be there. Specifically, she felt a bit extra assured on set than she had in her youthful years. “Our voices are extra heard. You may say how you’re feeling,” she mused. Sadly, she additionally admitted that a few of the insecurities she’d had prior to now had been nonetheless very a lot current. “I am all the time pondering, ‘Suck it in.’ There are these little issues which have all the time been behind my thoughts, which are nonetheless there,” Electra shared. 

Electra has spoken about that in quite a lot of her interviews over the past decade or so. In 2013, she revealed on “Bethenny” {that a} suggestion from a higher-up in Hollywood early on in her profession that she get a nostril job had caught together with her. Likewise, talking to Additional in 2024, she shared that she beloved getting glammed up, however once more admitted, “I am undoubtedly very insecure.”

It is actually heartbreaking figuring out that Carmen Electra’s insecurities have continued to have an effect on her, nevertheless it does bear mentioning that she’s discovering a technique to transfer previous them. Throughout her chat with Folks, she shared that, like many mainstream celebrities, she’d began an OnlyFans account — and that she relished being accountable for her personal picture. “I like being my very own boss. I can go as attractive as I would like and it feels good. I really feel accountable for my life,” she shared. It was one thing she reiterated in one other interview with Folks, too. “I get to really feel the liberty and creativity of doing no matter I need to do, bouncing backwards and forwards with the followers and their requests,” she gushed. 

Shifting from conventional media to OnlyFans in the previous few years is not the one growth Electra has been thrilled about. She’s additionally spoken about loving seeing the world change into a extra body-positive place. Opening up to “Additional,” she spoke about being instructed to drop pounds when she first entered the leisure business. Electra did not name out her physique shamers by identify however revealed that it hadn’t been remarkable on the time for producers to say issues like that. “You may’t try this as of late, and that is cool,” she stated of the shift. She added, “I like being part of this time period, the place you may’t simply go in and inform somebody how they need to reside, who they need to date, and what weight you need to be. I like what’s occurring now … everybody’s coming to be who they’re, and it’s totally accepted, ?”

We would not hear as a lot about Electra within the mainstream anymore, nevertheless it’s protected to say she’s completely satisfied together with her new gig. Extra energy to her!