Pamela Anderson gets cover in last nude Playboy, her 14th showing

Pamela Anderson, like Playboy, is aging. Now she’s historic as well. The former “Baywatch” babe will appear in its last nude issue.

The 48-year-old Canadian-born actress recalled the first of her 14 Playboy covers in an interview with James Franco posted Thursday. She was 22.

“It’s clear Pamela Denise Anderson has secured a place in history as our most beloved Playmate,” said the story. “For her record 14th cover, we enlisted James Franco to interview the Marilyn Monroe of our time.”

The Playboy exchange:

FRANCO: Let’s go back to October 1989. Tell me how your first cover happened. You were spotted at a football game, right?

ANDERSON: [Laughs] Yeah. The cameraman zoomed in on me and everyone screamed and yelled, so they brought me down to the 50-yard line. I was wearing a Labatt Blue T-shirt, and Labatt ended up giving me a commercial. From there, Playboy called and flew me down. I’d never been on a plane before.

FRANCO: You hadn’t?

ANDERSON: No. I came from a tiny town, Ladysmith, on Vancouver Island.

FRANCO: How was the shoot?

ANDERSON: The photographer shot me in one roll of film because I was nervous and throwing up. But then I saw the pictures, and from there it was hard to keep my clothes on! I was painfully shy before, but then it clicked in my head that nobody cares what you look like naked except you. People are more concerned about themselves and their own flaws.