Carmen Electra Recalls Being Told to LOSE WEIGHT on ‘Baywatch’ (Exclusive)

you look gorgeous thank you you knew that though you always no I I'm definitely very insecure but I think when you have a Glam team and the you know everyone's like Jing and and then you have a f moment it's fun you know I mean I love fashion I love the Glam that's just something I love I I cannot the lashes are just like the staple that even when they weren't cool I was so walking these lashes you know you've been that girl before the world knew you were that girl well definitely in the early days you know cuz Prince discovered me and and he was definitely like this Shining Light of inspiration and um and someone that I could like watch his work ethic and I just remember feeling like I want to be that badass and you know I'm not comparing Us by far but I just liked I liked how he worked you know and the things he would say have stayed with me forever and then it was just time for me to go and Adventure out into my own life and I just started auditioning and I started working with MTV and then the Baywatch thing happened and that was like boom boom boom like baywash is the icing on the cake at that point iing on the cake I love watching this series one thing that stood out was that you said everyone still comes up to you and either ask for a photo or they ask you to do the the slow motion B watch run what makes stop doing that slow motion run I mean what makes the perfect Bay Watch run I mean it's kind of funny but you're slower and and but you still need to look a little serious you know I feel like you know the entire cast like nailed nailed it eventually you're nailing it they watch one thing about this show that would go down to history it set the standards for beauty but looking back at your time on the show did you feel pressure to live up to those beauty standards I did because I was always told I need to lose weight and when I look back listen I'm very you know I I grew up studying Classical Ballet and that was what that was happening in my life so I think as times went on I would still listen to that and take it to heart but I'm telling you when I look back I love my body and I love that I was curvy and not like straight up and down and those ttimes of change you can't do that anymore but that's just it was kind of the beginning of those times where actually producers come to you and say you need to stop eating some snacks and for that moment I really did take it seriously as a professional dancer because that was always engraved into my mind growing up yeah but now no way I mean no it's just not you can't they do that these days and that's cool I love being a part of this time era where you can't just go in and tell someone how they should live who they should date and what weight you should be I love I love what what's happening now I mean I I feel like everyone is being like everyone is coming to be who they are and it's very accepted you know and I love the people that have supported me through my career you know I know I know who they are and there's my heart skips a beat because without without everyone there wouldn't be any of this so you know it's beautiful [Music]