“Baywatch” Star Slams Critics Who Say She’s “Too Old” for Bikini Pics

Donna D'Errico at the Last Chance for Animals 35th Anniversary Gala in 2019 - 1

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Donna D'Errico at the Video Software Dealers Assoc. convention in 1997 - 2

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D’Errico came to fame in the mid-90s for posing in Playboy and, soon after, for her starring role as Donna Marco on Baywatch and then Baywatch Nights from 1996 to 1998. She has continued acting and, in recent years, has been in episodes of Brooklyn Nine-Nine and 9-1-1 , as well as the movies Survive the Game and Frank and Penelope .

D’Errico was married to Mötley Crüe member Nikki Sixx from 1996 to 2007. They have a daughter together, and the former Baywatch star also has a son from a previous relationship.

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“Quite a few women complained about the 4th of July video I posted in a red white & blue bikini because they thought I was ‘classier than that’ and ‘too old to wear a bikini’ and, my favorite, ‘desperate,’” D’Errico wrote. “Let me tell you something that might surprise you. I can actually wear and do literally whatever I want. On that note, here is me in a bikini squatting on a coffee table.”

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The Baywatch star has been candid about the cosmetic procedures she’s undergone to combat aging. In a 2020 interview with Extra , D’Errico was told she looked young for her age —52 at the time. “Not completely natural,” she responded with a laugh. “There’s little tweaks, there’s little things. There’s help. There’s Botox. There’s some fillers. There’s nips. There’s little tucks.”

She also was asked if she’s worn her Baywatch swimsuit again. “Yeah, but you know, over decades I guess the elastic starts breaking down,” she said. “It’s not cute anymore.”