Everything Pamela Anderson Has Said About ‘Pam & Tommy’: ‘I Refuse to Watch It’

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Everything Pamela Anderson Has Said About 'Pam & Tommy': 'I Refuse to Watch It'

Not on her watch list. Pamela Anderson didn't comment on Pam & Tommy when it premiered in February 2022, but nearly a year later, she made it clear she had no interest — or involvement — in the show. "I have no desire to watch it," the Baywatch alum said in a trailer for her January 2023 documentary, Pamela, A Love Story. "I never watched the [sex] tape, I'm never going to watch this." The Hulu series told the story of the sex tape that was stolen from Anderson and then-husband Tommy Lee's home in 1995 and widely distributed online. The Canada native and the Mötley Crüe drummer, who were married from 1995 to 1998, didn't participate in the show's production, though star Lily James — who portrayed the former Playboy model in the miniseries — reached out to Anderson ahead of filming. [sendtonews type="float" key="7mVGU41fq7-2828322-14453"] “I was really hopeful that she would be involved. I wish it had been different,” the Downton Abbey alum told Net-a-Porter’s Porter in January 2022. “My sole intention was to take care of the story and to play Pamela authentically.” An insider exclusively told Us Weekly at the time that Anderson "won't be watching" the series, which also featured Sebastian Stan as Lee and Seth Rogen as Rand Gauthier (the man who stole the tape). “She had no involvement whatsoever," the source added. Anderson has claimed that no one from Pam & Tommy ever reached out to her about the show, but showrunner D.V. DeVincentis alleged they tried to get in contact with the Scary Movie 3 star. "We particularly wanted to let Pamela Anderson know that this portrayal was very much a positive thing and that we cared a great deal about her and wanted her to know that the show loves her," the American Crime Story producer told Entertainment Weekly in January 2022. "We didn't get a response, but considering what she's been through and the time that we were reaching out, that was understandable." Shortly after Pam & Tommy's premiere, Anderson announced she was working on a Netflix documentary about her life. "My life: A thousand imperfections, a million misperceptions,” the Barb Wire actress said in a handwritten note accompanying Netflix's announcement. “Wicked, wild and lost. Nothing to live up to — I can only surprise you. Not a victim, but a survivor. And alive to tell the real story.” While Anderson didn't watch Pam & Tommy, an insider told Us that the series was a major reason that the former model decided to make Pamela, A Love Story. “She hated how sensationalized the story was and wanted to be able to tell hers from the beginning," the source explained. "[She] didn’t want to consult with someone writing her life for her. She wanted to start fresh.” Keep scrolling for everything Anderson has said about Pam & Tommy:

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Everything Pamela Anderson Has Said About 'Pam & Tommy': 'I Refuse to Watch It'

Not on her watch list. Pamela Anderson didn't comment on Pam & Tommy when it premiered in February 2022, but nearly a year later, she made it clear she had no interest — or involvement — in the show. "I have no desire to watch it," the Baywatch alum said in a trailer for her January 2023 documentary, Pamela, A Love Story. "I never watched the [sex] tape, I'm never going to watch this." The Hulu series told the story of the sex tape that was stolen from Anderson and then-husband Tommy Lee's home in 1995 and widely distributed online. The Canada native and the Mötley Crüe drummer, who were married from 1995 to 1998, didn't participate in the show's production, though star Lily James — who portrayed the former Playboy model in the miniseries — reached out to Anderson ahead of filming. [sendtonews type="float" key="7mVGU41fq7-2828322-14453"] “I was really hopeful that she would be involved. I wish it had been different,” the Downton Abbey alum told Net-a-Porter’s Porter in January 2022. “My sole intention was to take care of the story and to play Pamela authentically.” An insider exclusively told Us Weekly at the time that Anderson "won't be watching" the series, which also featured Sebastian Stan as Lee and Seth Rogen as Rand Gauthier (the man who stole the tape). “She had no involvement whatsoever," the source added. Anderson has claimed that no one from Pam & Tommy ever reached out to her about the show, but showrunner D.V. DeVincentis alleged they tried to get in contact with the Scary Movie 3 star. "We particularly wanted to let Pamela Anderson know that this portrayal was very much a positive thing and that we cared a great deal about her and wanted her to know that the show loves her," the American Crime Story producer told Entertainment Weekly in January 2022. "We didn't get a response, but considering what she's been through and the time that we were reaching out, that was understandable." Shortly after Pam & Tommy's premiere, Anderson announced she was working on a Netflix documentary about her life. "My life: A thousand imperfections, a million misperceptions,” the Barb Wire actress said in a handwritten note accompanying Netflix's announcement. “Wicked, wild and lost. Nothing to live up to — I can only surprise you. Not a victim, but a survivor. And alive to tell the real story.” While Anderson didn't watch Pam & Tommy, an insider told Us that the series was a major reason that the former model decided to make Pamela, A Love Story. “She hated how sensationalized the story was and wanted to be able to tell hers from the beginning," the source explained. "[She] didn’t want to consult with someone writing her life for her. She wanted to start fresh.” Keep scrolling for everything Anderson has said about Pam & Tommy:

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Her Thoughts on Lily James

Though she didn't want to watch Pam & Tommy, Anderson said she didn't hold James responsible for participating in the series — and told Netflix she wanted to invite her to the premiere of Pamela, A Love Story. “I think it’s hard to play somebody when you don’t know the whole picture," Anderson told Variety in January 2023. "I’ve got nothing against Lily James. I think that she’s a beautiful girl and she was just doing the job. But the idea of the whole thing happening was just really crushing for me.”

Speaking to The Guardian, the Dancing With the Stars alum added: “I heard she’d been nominated for an Emmy, but maybe that was a joke. It’s not her fault; it’s a job. But whoever created it — well, it just feels like something else stolen.” (James was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie at the 2022 Emmys, but she lost to Amanda Seyfried for The Dropout.)

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Tommy Lee's Advice

“It was just shocking,” Anderson told Variety of the show in January 2023. “Tommy probably thought it was funny. I remember Tommy writing me a note saying, ‘Don’t let this hurt you like it did the first time,’ because he had heard through the kids [sons Brandon and Dylan] that I was kind of struggling with the idea of bringing this all up again. I don’t think he was portrayed kindly. I just know that I refuse to watch it.”

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Waiting for an Apology

Anderson didn't mince words when revealing what she thinks of the producers behind Pam & Tommy. “A–holes. Salt on the wound. … You still owe me a public apology," she declared to Variety in January 2023, adding that she wasn't impressed by the much-discussed prosthetics worn by James and Stan. “It just looked like a Halloween costume to me."

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Why She Didn't Read Lily's Letter

James sent Anderson a "handwritten" letter asking for advice before filming on Pam & Tommy began, but the Stacked star has never opened it. “It was already hurtful enough the first time,” Anderson told The New York Times in January 2023. “It’s like one of those things where you’re going, ‘Really? People are still capitalizing off that thing?'”

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Feeling Blindsided

During a January 2023 interview with Howard Stern, Anderson said she probably wouldn't have participated in Pam & Tommy even if producers asked for her input. “I felt kind of run over with that one,” she explained, claiming that she didn't know about the show until she saw an ad for it. “I don’t think they really portrayed Tommy or [me] positively. I’ve only heard that it was a very shallow kind of representation of us at that time. I wish they would have called. ... I don't think I probably would have been involved, because especially about that subject matter. Why? Why bring it up again?"

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Bad Dreams

“It really gives me nightmares,” Anderson said of the Hulu series in a clip from Pamela, A Love Story. “I didn’t sleep last night at all. I have no desire to watch it, I’m not going to watch it. Never watched the tape, I’m not going to watch this.”

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Total Disbelief

Anderson told The Guardian in January 2023 that she felt “violated” by the producers of Pam & Tommy, claiming that they never asked for her permission to make the series. “How are they allowed to do that?” she wondered.